Ballaarat Beauties

This intricately pieced quilt was made by Judy as a project that she shared with a group of friends.  They would go away together and all work on their version of this quilt - inspiring and encouraging each other.  I have had the pleasure of quilting several others made by this group of friends.

The design is by Michelle Yeo.

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Art Deco Quilt

What a striking quilt! Made by Ann as a present for her son, he picked the quilt from the book Design Art Deco Quilts by Don Linn.

Unfortunately the book didn’t have the pattern for this particular quilt in it. So Ann had to draft the entire quilt just from the picture. I think she did an amazing job.

Ann wanted the quilting as close as possible to how it was done in the book, and I really enjoyed working on a quilt so unusual.

The back is also lovely.

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Marylebone Quilt

This gorgeous quilt was made by Sue as a present for her husband.  Her husband picked all the fabrics, and I think he did a fantastic job.

The quilt is designed by Sue Ambrose, a local patchwork teacher and designer.  I have had the pleasure of quilting a number of this design.

Sue chose to have my allover Feather Plume on the quilt which gives it a lovely texture, and shows up beautifully on the cream.

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Feathers, Flowers and Embroidery

I have finished Janet Sansom’s latest embroidery quilt (the one where I showed pictures of how I designed the quilting in the pink ‘v’ last week – click here to see post).

I really enjoyed quilting this one, especially the creative challenge.

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Athenaeum Theatre

A couple of weeks back Paul and I went to see DUMPED! The musical at the Athenaeum Theatre. I couldn’t resist taking a photo of the ceiling to add to my collection.

Turning Three

My gorgeous nephew turns three today.  He is having a little party at a local pancake parlour with family members tonight.

Here he is on a quilt I made for him, which I finished couple of weeks ago. He helped me pick the fabrics and watched me make it when visiting my place.  

My sister has told me she has already had to wash it.  I am sure that will be the first time of many washes as it is loved and used.

I Love Quilting Feathers

Today I am working on another beautiful quilt by Janet Sansom.  My instruction from Janet for the quilting in the pink ‘v’ shape was to treat it as one area, and to incorporate some kind of curling feathers. 

I decided to let Janet’s embroidery design be my inspiration, and I started by chalking in my design ideas.

These were the tools I used to mark the chalk lines.

Once I was happy with the design outline, I took a deep breath and started quilting.

I am happy with how it looks.  And I really enjoyed the creative challenge.

I will show you the whole quilt when it is finished.