Category: My Projects
OMG #14 I’ll Be Clammed!
May 6, 2015
General Info
| Start Date | Apr 25, 2015 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | May 6, 2015 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 15″ x 20″, 10″ x 15″, 7″ x 10″ & 5″ x 7″ |
| Pattern | My own design |
| What it’s for | Helen Godden’s OMG Quilts |
| Batting | Wool |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
I always wanted to make a clamshell quilt, but didn’t want to hand piece it. This freeform style gave me the option to make it easy and fun.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Quilted with various related FMQ designs.
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Forest in the Fog
January 14, 2015
General Info
| Start Date | Dec 22, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Jan 14, 2015 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 36″ square |
| Pattern | My own design |
| What it’s for | Gift for my Mother-in-law’s birthday |
| Batting | 2 x layers bleached cotton batting |
Quilt Shows
Modern Quilt Show Australia – May 2015
Canberra Quilters Exhibition – August 2015
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
I made the green block as part of a Canberra Modern Quilt Guild challenge in 2013. My MIL requested a green, gray and white wall hanging for her birthday, so I am expanding on the original block.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Marked out a feather pattern with gaps in the green/gray areas to make it look like the feathers are behind the colour sections. Added in a variety of fillers.
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Zen
December 14, 2014
General Info
| Start Date | Nov 8, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Dec 14, 2014 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | Single Bed/Lap |
| Pattern | Zen pattern and kit from KimoYes |
| What it’s for | Gift for friend suffering from cancer. |
| Batting | Matilda’s Own Cotton |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Vintage Japanese yukata fabric kit from KimoYES. The original pattern was for a blue border around the blocks and white sashing/outer borders. I swapped them.
I cut the borders for the blocks a bit wider so I could trim them down to the perfect size.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Quilted by Gone Aussie Quilting with a large Baptist Fan pattern.
Progress Pictures
Home for the Holidays
December 7, 2014
General Info
| Start Date | Nov 25, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Dec 7, 2014 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | Approx 18″ x 15″ |
| Pattern | Hometown Holiday quilt kit from Fat Quarter Shop |
| What it’s for | Gift for Bill and Karen. |
| Batting | ? |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
I don’t know why, but I struggled with the pieced border. It took me three times to get it right. I thought I could strip piece it and messed it up.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Quilted with invisible thread and Gutterman cotton.
Progress Pictures
Guess where I ran out of thread?
Bee’s Knees
November 24, 2014
General Info
| Start Date | Aug 2, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | November 2014 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | Lap |
| Pattern | My own design |
| What it’s for | Christmas gift for my dad. |
| Batting | Matilda’s own cotton. |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Bee my honey layer cake cut into 60 degree triangles. Created monochrome “hexagons” into the strips. Added in extra fabric to increase the size. Back pieced with offcuts.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Quilted by Gone Aussie Quilting in a loopy design.
Progress Pictures
I Still Call Australia Home
October 20, 2014
General Info
| Start Date | Sep 28, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Oct 20, 2014 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 52″ square |
| Pattern | Gumflower Wreath by Leesa Chandler |
| What it’s for | In memory of my Nanny Betty |
| Batting | Cotton |
Shows
Won 1st in “We Are Australian” category at the 2014 Braidwood Quilt Event.
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Made in memory of my Nanny Betty, who was an Aussie war bride.
Wreath was machine appliqued with a small button hole stitch using variegated thread. Hand stitched pistol stitches for gum flowers using variegated embroidery thread.
Cornerstones were from an Australian themed applique panel. I chose the images of things that Nan would have liked.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Use a combo stipple/gum leaf design for centre – based on design from quilt pattern. Used a circle design for the pink border. Cornerstones were quilted in invisible thread around main design and stippled in the background. Warratah border was quilted in a clamshell pattern.
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Hanawa
September 28, 2014
General Info
| Start Date | Sep 11, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Finish Date | Sep 28, 2014 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 12″ x 36″ |
| Pattern | My own design |
| What it’s for | Braidwood Quilt Event 2014 Blue and White Challenge |
| Batting | Matilda’s Own 100% poly for trapunto. Matilda’s Own 100% cotton for batting. |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
I wanted to make a trapunto feathered wreath for my buzzsaw blocks in my Blue Steel quilt. This was the sampler. I didn’t end up using the wreath on the main quilt, but my samples were worthy of finishing off Quilt As You Go.
Top wreath was my design.
Middle wreath was designed by Anita Shackelford.
Bottom wreath was designed by Three Sisters Fabric.
I thought the finished quilt had a Japanese look, so I named it “Hanawa” or “wreath” in Japanese.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Gutterman 50wt cotton thread in cream. Signature 40wt cotton thread in navy.
Progress Pictures
Blue Steel
September 28, 2014
General Info
| Start Date | Sep 7, 2014 |
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| Finish Date | Sep 28, 2014 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | 23″ squared |
| Pattern | Buzzsaw block from McCalls Quilting Magazine: Pinwheel Pines by JoBeth Simon Nov/Dec 2012. |
| What it’s for | For the Braidwood Quilt Event 2014 Blue and White challenge. |
| Batting | Matilda’s Own wool |
Shows
Shown at Braidwood Quilt Event 2014 Blue and White challenge.
Applied for place in QuiltCon 2015 show, but rejected.
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Blues are Michael Miller Cotton Couture. White is Kona Snow.
Very easy block with great secondary pattern.
Used left over scrap strips in binding.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Feather quilted with Mettler variegated cotton. White is gutterman 50wt cotton. Matilda’s Own 100% Wool batting.
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Barbapapa Dresden
July 29, 2014
General Info
| Start Date | Jun 22, 2014 |
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| Finish Date | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | Baby quilt |
| Pattern | My own design |
| What it’s for | Baby gift for friend |
| Batting | Cotton |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Nursery is themed with French 70’s cartoon Barbapapa, who is a pink blob married to a black blob. Went with those colours.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Quilted with invisible thread in and around the Dresden plates. Feather quilt in border.
Progress Pictures
I made a baby Dresden for the label.
Springtime in Greenslopes
June 8, 2014
General Info
| Start Date | May 31, 2014 |
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| Finish Date | Jun 8, 2014 |
| Status | Finished |
| Size | Small wall |
| Pattern | My own design |
| What it’s for | Quilt created for 2014 Under 35s Quilt Comp with the theme “Outside my Window.” Gifted to Rachel. |
| Batting | Cotton |
Quilt Top Notes/Techniques
Inspired by pink trumpet tree that was outside my sewing room in Brisbane. Used confetti quilting technique with pink organza for the tree.
Quilting Notes/Techniques
Quilted in “bricks” of building. Used fabric design in sky as a quilting design.
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