I got my new sewing machine today, isn’t she a beauty! Ohh, I’m so looking forward to making lots of quilts next year. It took a day of cleaning, rearranging and sorting to make room, but worth it for a christmas present like that. Watch this space and see what…
How lovely, my entry into the NSW Quilters Guild Challenge , Pearl, has received a Judges Commendation!
The NSW Quilters Guild Challenge this year had the theme of “Pearl” for it’s 30th anniversary. What a great subject matter, and I couldn’t resist painting this piece up to enter. It’s a wholecloth piece, painted with fabric paints and free motion embroidered and quilted. If you go to the…
Yesterday we finished the Dragon Class, and WOW the results are Fantastic!! A georgeous copper Earth Dragon, all metallic, and the background colours set him off beautifully. What a great tone-on-tone Water Dragon. There’s wonderful silvery sparkly bits in there, too! The dramatic impact of the fabulous colours here, in…
Last week I did a Trunk Show at Sew This n That in their Fabulous new store. The ladies who attended were treated to a suitcase full of my quilts and I really enjoyed sharing with them.If you missed out, I will be teaching there next month and you can…
This quilt came about because of the lovely little Dutch Girls that my mother used to paint. She was Dutch herself, and this is a Tribute to her. She died 12 months ago today. I made this piece by first doing up watercolour paintings based on her little oil paintings,…