Wednesday 27 December 2017

Bronwyn's Block Swap

This is Bronwyn's Block Swap Quilt.  You can see my version using the same blocks here. 


There were ten members of the block swap group, so it was an interesting number of blocks to have to incorporate into a quilt.  I like how Bronwyn offset her blocks into three rows leaving interesting space in between for quilting.


I wanted to emphasise the long lines of the quilt so quilted straight lines down the length of the quilt gong behind the blocks.


A plain fabric on the back shows the quilting beautifully.




Wednesday 12 April 2017

Daisy Basket



This is Bronwyn's design which she calls Emma's Basket.  The templates are available through Victorian Textiles.


Bronwyn wanted the baskets to pop so didn't want allover quilting.


I continuous curved the white in the basket and quilted a daisy with two leaves above each basket.



Around the basked I quilted an intense allover daisy and leaf design.  I varied the sizes of the daisies to give interest.


To define the border I quilted a larger daisy design which I echoed and then quilted straight lines approximately half an inch apart.


The quilting shows really well on the white back.