Today’s mail brought me a copy of Issue 38 of Quilters Companion magazine which features my project Kaffe Tapestry: Kaffe Tapestry is a popular design in the series of quilts I’ve developed for my Power Stripping workshop – designs that grow quickly with minimum fuss and maximum fabric economy using strips cut across the […]
Technique:Quilting
Looking back
Remember my disappointing dyeing day where the results were afflicted with red speckitis? Well some of those fabrics worked perfectly well as a backing for Savannah: This also gives you some idea of the quilting. All those thread changes; all so close; all those tails. Next time I will factor in a much greater allowance […]
It’s a start
Walking with Bernina
I quilt very large quilts on my domestic sewing machines and I am sometimes asked whether I have considered buying a machine that has a larger harp. Well, I do covet the new Bernina 820, for many reasons including its 12in arm, but I haven’t been converted to other brands. A key reason that I […]
Green again
Intense quilting is a time consuming process…
Wildberry Serendipity
In an ongoing effort to declutter my studio, I decided to put together some spare blocks arising from previous Colour Rhapsody workshops. Looking through my stash, I found some coordinating backing fabric that happened to be just the right size AND it has a perfect motif for “back to front” quilting. Pure serendipity! I […]
