Doll Quilt

I made a little doll quilt for my niece who recently turned two.  I used a pattern by Nana Company and was really pleased with how it turned out.  I used variegated embroidery cotton by Cottage Garden

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Play Day at Ali's

I had a great day yesterday at a Play Day at Ali's. We covered a number of surface design techniques and I especially enjoyed roaming around the beautiful gardens selecting leaves for leaf printing.
I have included my attempt below - I was really pleased how the fine grass type leaves printed.  Thanks Ali for a fabulous time.

Patchwork Please, Week 11 You've Got Mail Quilt

I decided to make a small quilt for Week 11 of the Patchwork Please Zakka 2 sew along.  I loved doing the paper piecing for the envelopes and the quilt came together really well.  Maybe I have finally got the hang of paper piecing!!  When it came to the quilting I decided to stay with straight lines and think that they enhance the quilt.

 You 've Got Mail Quilt - from "Patchwork Please!"

Paper pieced envelope

New Book - "Quilt Improv"

Wow I was so excited in the mail yesterday came Lucie Summers new book "Quilt Improv".
It is about making great improvisational quilts from everyday inspirations.  Lucie is from the UK and has successfully sold hand printed fabrics and also designs quilting fabrics for Moda Fabrics.  In the first section are inspirations for making thirteen different unit blocks and I am going to start off making some of these from my scraps - cannot wait to begin!

Citrus Challenge

I am part of a challenge group in New Zealand and our challenge for this period was to make a quilt 15 inches by 12 inches chosen subject "Citrus". I enjoyed making this little work.

Taupo Quilt - liberated log cabin

Ray - I finished piecing this quilt this afternoon.  As I mentioned last week I started this quilt in a Gwen Marston workshop at the Quilt Symposium at Taupo.  I have not decided how to quilt it yet.  Maybe narrow machine straight lines or even hand quilting!

Patchwork Please, Zakka 2.0 Week 9 Box

Hi there this is my scrappy box for Patchwork Please Zakka Along 2.0.  For my box I chose my own hand printed fabrics, and two thermofax screens, some Kona solid and a little piece of Lucie Summers hand printed leaves.  The lining is a commercial fabric.  Appreciated the blog post from Poppyprint on how she made her box to help me understand a couple of the instructions!