Friday 30 October 2009

A Jelly Roll quilt



Hand pieced in no time at all. Hand quilting took slightly longer! Pictures taken on a dull day on the Little Island. Backing was a piece of fabric that has been in my stash for years.
Please feel free to click on the pictures to make them bigger.

Thursday 15 October 2009

Some Little Island bags







I have to be careful what I write here now as in a moment of wild abandon I revealed the existence of my quilt blog to a couple of male Little Island work colleagues. Quilting doesn't appear on their radar so unless you can hit it or kick it (balls to both) they don't appear to be interested and may well be having a merry chuckle to themselves as I update my blog with yet more creations.

I have been having fun with Anna Marie Horner fabrics and made two bags - one for Daughter No.2 and the other for Daughter No.1 to take to a party next week as a present.

Note to self: Buttons are good for hiding less than perfect handle ends.

Sunday 11 October 2009

My entry to the Park City Girl Quilt Festival



Woah - I've started a blog just so I can enter Park City Girl Quilt Festival!

It's a coin baby quilt for a work colleague who is due in the next couple of weeks. I entered it in our local agricultural show in August under the 'patchwork and quilting' section and it came first! I shouldn't shout that one too loudly from the rooftops though as I was only up against one other entrant!! The backing is a flannel black and white cow hide looking print. Machined pieced and hand quilted.

I live on a small island between England and France. There is no quilt shop, a very tiny fabric shop with about a dozen or so quilting fabrics and hardly any other quilters that I am aware of. Myself and another friend started the island's only quilt group about 6/7 years ago but we meet irregularly and struggle to get attendance into double digits.
So........practically all of my inspiration and fabric needs are met online.
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