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Another Gift Quilt - joint Effort
My friend Stan and I made a joint quilt to give away.I cut the fabric, pieced the blocks and quilted and he did all the applique.It was fun to do it and a good learning exercise for Stan.
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Old blocks and Another Finish
This quilt top has finally been completed.I had made these block several years ago but when I put them together it looked too busy so I unpicked and stored them away.Recently I decided to put them...
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Gift Quilts
I have been helping out with some more gift quilts for my local quilt guild.Some have already been pieced and I just quilted on the longarm and others I just pieced.They are so fun to use up all sorts...
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My own Kawandi Style Quilt
A kawandi quilt is a hand-stitched patchwork quilt made by the Siddis, descendants of African immigrants and brought to India by the Portuguese, French, English, Dutch, and Americans. The kawandi...
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Sashiko Inspired panel
I just completed this panel which is based on the Sashiko technique.The thread I used came from Japan; I particularly liked using a variegated thread of yellow and orange to give the design a bit more...
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More gift quilts
Been helping out with the gift quilt program at my guild.Everyone contributes in various stages of the project, some make up the kits, others piece, quilt and bind. I pretty much do all stages except...
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Some of my projects
There's never enough hours in the day to do patchwork and quilting ! I try many techniques, start new projects but don't always post my results.For quite some time I have been after a pattern or a...
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Craft and Quilt Show - Melbourne
Last week I attended the Craft and Quilt Show.I had a quick look at the vendors but the highlight was the magnificent quilt exhibition.There were many quilts on show made by Australian quilters as...
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Visit Mill Rose Quilting
Yesterday I visited for the first time this beautiful quilt shop.Set within Ballan’s (Victoria) beautifully restored old Masonic Hall all, holds an enchanting feast of colour & fabric, from...
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Bargello Style Quilt
Several years ago I cut up lots of my scraps in 2 1/2" strips and made this Bargello style quilt. It sat on a box but finally I decided to quilt it.And my boy Billy approves ! I actually like it more...
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Gift Quilt
In the past two days the weather has been very windy and wet, so I picked up 2 jelly rolls (batiks and white tone on tone) and made this top.This is going to Gift Quilt Program for my guild to...
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Gift Quilt top
I made another gift quilt top to be donated to the Gift Quilt program at my guild.I had these fabrics in my stash so why not make good use of them.
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Gift Quilt - Citrus Punch
I have been having a lot of fun creating gift quilts for my quilt Guild and enjoying working with batiks. I made this quilt top with batik jelly rolls (2.5" strips). Very easy and quick to make.
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I had in my collection of quilting rulers, a ruler called Hex 'n More created by Julie Herman of Jaybird QuiltsI don't remember buying it but a friend showed me a quilt she had made with this ruler...
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Another Gift Quilt
After my last quilt I made using the ruler called Hex 'n More created by Julie Herman of Jaybird Quilts, I made another quilt top using the same ruler but a different setting when joining the...
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Needle case holder
I didn't have a chance to make a posting to show you a Xmas gift I made for my friend Deidre.I made it using batiks and hand embroidered a little.
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Top for the Gift Quilt program
I am back making gift quits to donate via my Quilt Guild Waverley Patchworkers.These tops tend to be scrappy because we use our personal stash and is quite fun to come up with ideas to use them. I try...
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Table Runner
I made this table runner using an Aboriginal style fabric I had in my stash. The block is a small tumbler.I was a gift for a family relative who lives in the UK.
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Wedding Quilt
I helped my daughter make this quilt for a friend who's getting married soon.
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Scrap Quilt - one Block
I had a bunch of rectangles in a box so using little squares in black and white made a rather interesting scrap quilt top.It's another one to be donated to the gift quilt program at Waverley...
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Baby Quilt
Made this quilt for the daughter of my neighbour.Its a very simple design but very effective.
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Gift Quilt - top - Fractured Four Patch
It's no secret that I love making quilts from scraps and this one is another one of those.I cut up a bunch of 5.5" squares and had leftovers from a few charm packs and put this top together. The...
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Sashiko Bag
I put together this bag yesterday after finishing the sashiko embroidery. Sashiko is basically just using a running stitch to create the design.This panel was part of a kit I purchased recently.
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Little Basket using embroidery
I have a bunch of batik scraps that I put to good use.I got some thin cotton fabric, and wool wadding and covered the entire surface (5.5 inch square) with the batik shapes and randomly stitched them...
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Blue tones Top
I had such fun making these easy blocks using a jelly roll of blue toned batiks and white on white scraps.This top has been donated to Waverley Patchworkers Gift Quilts Program.
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