I had in mind that I wanted to make a Christmas quilt for a friend I have known all my life, in fact, my sister's best friend. There is something special about friendships that have lasted for many years; a common bond, a shared history. I have wanted to make…
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 wanted to make a very special cake to celebrate my Mum 's 70th birthday. The rainbow cake has been all over Pinterest for some time and I've been waiting for an important occasion to try it out. As my Mum is part of Rainbow Christian Fellowship (formerly known as…
My youngest son said to me "What IS that?". Well, I think it's quite obviously a lobster transmogrified in to a ladybird/ladybug in the form of a finger puppet.Mr Pinchy - back viewLobster claw lollipop from Candy Hero (I gave it to my BFF for her birthday).Happy Easter Monday!Love Melanie…
Haven't baked for a while as most of the residents of my home have been training and watching their intake of refined carbs! I missed baking and decided to add some baked goods to my Mother's Day gifts for my Mum and Mother-in-Law this year. I made my Mother-in-Law Nigella's…
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…
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.…
It's very satisfying, I've completed a whole bed quilt. As this quilt is a Christmas present I feel that I am ahead of myself. It's made of pink and blue hexagons using the English paper piecing technique. Last year I asked a fellow quiltmaker on Instagram what the acronym EPP…
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…
Melanie Makes Meringues