Like Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin quilt-making and I had a conscious uncoupling this year. Until a few weeks ago my Bernina 440QE has barely seen the light of day this year. Sewing and I needed a break, we needed to try other things. So in 2015 I put away…
It's my good friend's special birthday today and I started making this quilt for her in March. I thought long and hard about what kind of quilt to make her and I chose the pattern Pebble Grove by Tacha Bruecher which I found in one of the Fat Quarterly e-zines.…
I made this quilt for my friend's special birthday and I think it's one of my favourites. It's a Moda pattern I first saw on Pinterest called 'Nough Said'. I wanted to make a quilt for this friend which celebrated her love of bushcraft and fortunately another friend gave me…
After spending a lot of my time in the last few years working with purples and greens I was ready to use some different colours. I made this St Louis 16 Patch quilt using blues and oranges. The pattern was all over Instagram and many versions of this quilt were…
I used fabric from my stash and a lot of material I got at last summer's Fat Quarterly Retreat to make this quilt. I entered some material in to an "ugly fabric swap" at the retreat, the fabric I put in was hideous but what I pulled out was beautiful.…
The blank canvas of a new term! Started back at Committed to Cloth at the beginning of September and it was good to be back after a summer break. Screen printed some lobsters with the thermofax screen of my sister's lobster design. I used screen inks instead of dyes and rolled…
Well, this was a long haul! I dyed and printed the fabrics for this wall hanging at Committed to Cloth. My intention was to learn to piece a single curve.On the design board.The machine quilting took a long time.And pulling the threads in on the back of the piece seemed…
The best laid plans of mice and Melanie don't always come to pass. I had wanted to have a nice relaxing breakfast at the Vintage Tea House before I arrived at my monthly 'Stitch with Intent' day at Committed to Cloth but due to slow moving traffic on the M25…
Started my new course of independent study in stitch at Committed to Cloth. Had an amazing group critique session for my last piece of 2011, stood and spoke the truth and understood how critique can move you on in life and work. Felt release, light, support.Started a new piece based…
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