Patchwork and Quilting
I enjoy colour and pattern which is why I started machine piecing a couple of years ago. Iam gradually trying different patterns - but there is a limit as to how many quilts I can find a use for!
Click on any image for details of that quilt in a new window/tab. Sizes are given in inches because many quilting books and most quilting accessories, especially the perspex rulers, are produced for the American market and marked in inches, and I do try to sew quarter inch seams in my piecing.
One of many free on-line conversion tables
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This was the first attempt; made with off cuts of silk fabric mostly from David Evans' closing down sale.
31" x 27" |
This was made with cotton patches with a poly-cotton for the backing and sashing.
67" x 54" |
All cotton this time and using some of the patches left over from the previous quilt.
51" x 42" |
The same type of varying widths of strips pieced into squares and cut into triangles
39" x39" |
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A sampler quilt made by cutting various sizes of squares and triangles and assembling into blocks.
64" x 40" |
I'm not good at quilting so this one is tied. I used narrow ribbon ties at the corners of each block.
92" x 64" |
This was made from a panel of 'Clarice Cliff' motif and a matching all over fabric.
47"x 47" |
My own design using two different blocks to make an interlaced ribbon pattern.
82" x 58" |
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A baby playmat quilt with squares, snowballs and prairie points.
45" x 35" |
Four patchwork cushions.
16" x 16" |
Quilt made with four duck panels as the starting point.
48" x 48" |
Quilt top started in 1977, completed June 2011.
80" x 62" |
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Two tote bags.
Each 16" x 16" plus handles |
Brick pattern quilt top in progress. |
Single bed quilt and pillowcase
71" x 54" and 21" x 29" |
Stack & Whack quilt
72" x 60" |
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Patchwork stockings for Christmas |
Christmas tree skirt made with 10 degree wedges |
Storm at Sea quilt
80" x 59" |
Another Storm at Sea quilt
90" x 55" |
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Eighty Stars quilt - made to celebrate a friend's 80th birthday |
Christmas tablecloth in progress |
"Colour Theory" quilt in progress |
Lucky Stars quilt top made with blocks from The Sewing Forum's Star Block Swap. 61" x 61" |
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Design based on Izzo-22 by Victor Vasarely. 59" x 48" |
Cushion made with a Dresden Sunflower Applique. |
Quilt and pillow shams made as a wedding present for Rob and Lynne. |
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