It’s always a thrill to see student work. Jeanne Treleaven of South Australia started this quilt in my Power Stripping workshop at the Australasian Quilt Convention earlier in the year. Thank you for sharing your dotty, spotty extravaganza Jeanne! You too can make your own version of Kaffe Tapestry with your favourite fabrics.Instructions can be […]
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More Quilts @ Sydney Quilt Show 2009
Lately I’ve been busily working on the layout and other planning for the Sydney Quilt Show that will be on at Darling Harbour from 10-14 June 2009. I’m thrilled to report that, in addition to the record number of 390 quilts in the members’ exhibition, there will be many other special exhibits including: a selection […]
Behind the scenes with Quilters Companion
Very appropriately (and serendipitiously!) many of the quilts that I made for the 12×12 project will appear in Quilters Companion DVD #12 that is due to be circulated (to Australian readers*) with Quilters Companion Magazine #37 in mid May. The 12×12 project has been an ideal opportunity for me to experiment with a variety of […]
Quilting Karma
I dispatched my selvedges from Kaffe Tapestry to Erica without a second thought and look what comes back to me, albeit delayed by a couple of weeks courtesy of Australia Post. Thank you Erica. Today a quilt I made from simple squares also found a good home with a young widow who lost her husband […]
Lovely Lotus
At last I have finished quilting Kaffe Tapestry. I’ll post some photos once the binding is on. In the meantime, I can report that I opted to use the floral motif in the Kaffe Fassett border fabric as my quilting guide. That is, I quilted around each flower shape. Some of the petals seem lotus […]
Scroll Vines in Progress
Quilting of Kaffe Tapestry is under way. Much as I like the heart vine motif, I decided that the quilt needed something a little more whimsical so I am doing scroll vines, also covered on Patsy Thompson’s instructional DVD Vines & Leaves Volume 2. Click the image to enlarge.