Many a quilt of mine has been enhanced by a touch (or more!) of lime. For example, Firefly Fancy (based on a Ricky Tims design): Or Technicolour Dreaming: Or Pacifica (a Donna Ward design): I could go on – just look at my gallery of baby quilts! I am also partial to limes in cooking […]
Cot Quilts
In further praise of baby quilts
As I have mentioned before, smaller/baby quilts are a great medium for experimenting with new techniques and mastering skills. Here is a small sample of the 70+ baby quilts that I have made. Popsicles uses dimensional pieceing. Not a technique that I care to use again but effective enough here: Heartened was an experiment using […]
Housekeeping
This week we satisfied one of our civic duties by completing the 2006 census. Among the many questions was an estimate of the number of hours per week we undertake unpaid housework. My husband is very domesticated so I get off lightly but I have been doing my own kind of housekeeping over the last […]
Spring Petals
If you are looking to make a quick and cheerful baby quilt, check out my Spring Petals quilt which features as a project in the current issue (Vol 14, No 5) of Australian Patchwork & Quilting. As you can see, I used a selection of hand-dyed fabrics but it would look good in other colour […]
A Bright Patch
I’m off to “Quilt Camp” at the end of month and participants are encouraged to make a quilt for a children’s charity organisation. So here is my contribution:
Waving Not Drowning
Well I have decided to take the plunge and to hold a patchwork and quilting workshop here on the Central Coast. Appropriately enough, I have chosen my “Making Waves” workshop which involves using fabric stacks, freeform cutting and a curved piecing technique. Once mastered, this technique will be useful in a range of improvisational projects […]