Doily Cushion

I have been experimenting with doilies, a TV show a while back was the inspiration for this one. An old doiley purchased at Vinnies, well washed and iron, then I marked two diagonal lines on the doiley and zigzagged either side of that, then rotary cut into four. I was quite impressed with it.

Row by Row Round Robin

Last year in March I joined the forum at Craft Magazine, I have joined in a lot of swaps on this forum and thoroughly love doing them. The latest one is a row by row round robin, the first row being made by the eventual owner of the rows (quilt).

I was very good I actually took some photos along the way. I found a celtic pattern that I really liked on my EQ6, but it was for appliquing, and I wanted to peice it instead, so I redrew the pattern and this is the outcome.

lots of bits of fabric

A jigsaw puzzle

one square finished

an alternate one

The finished row.

Mum's Birthday

My Mother celebrated her 84th Birthday this week, and this was my contribution, I thought it was fitting, my mum came to Australia in the early 1950's and settled here, she loves Australia.

The quilt is from Australian country threads Vol 4 No's 9 and 10, and is called "Home among the Gum Trees"

Tassie Trip

In 2007 I went to visit my son and his new family in Tasmania, the Paisley fabric in the quilt was picked up there, so in all this one took just over 12 months to complete, I must admit though that it probably took 9 months to get around to the quilting. It is only quilted in the ditch. I have put polar fleece on the back, so it is only a two layer quilt.

Colourful Bear No. 2

Colourful Bear number two, my very first attempt at bear making. Colourful number one was my youngest son's best bear for a lot of years.

Olivia's Floor Cushion

This is what Olivia was testing. It was supposed to be a small cushion, when I printed out the pattern from the computer somehow it bacame very large. Must have been meant to happpen.

Olivia loves it.

Trying it out

Olivia trying out her floor cushion

All Things Bloom with Love

I think that I have nearly caught up with all the project that I have made that I kept photos of.

All things Bloom with love had the front completed last year, and I have finally finished it.

Quilting is not something that I am terribly keen on.

Patchwork Panache

This is a pattern called "Patchwork Panache" from Block Central .com It is huge, King size, it went to my oldest son

Bolster Cushion

Another Christmas pressent, this time for my son and his family

Fruit Bowl Wall Hanging

A Christmas Present for my oldest Daughter, gosh there were a lot of grapes in this one

Any Mail?

There is a young girl who lives in my street and loves chooks and looking in mail boxes, so this one was for her. It was again out of a magazine, and was just a wall hanging, to make it more interesting I added pockets on the bottom of it for the mail.

Blue Stained Glass

I love the colour blue, so when I found this pattern because it was blue I had to make it. It lives in my lounge room.

Roses Roses

Oops another one in side ways, this is called "roses roses"

Purple Passion 2

I liked the pattern so much I did it twice, this one is for a queen sized bed, I added the middle section to make it bigger and rearranged the other blocks. This one has gone to Tasmania to be loved there.

Purple Passion

This was a quilt that i just had to make.

I call it "Purple Passion" it was from APQ

Red Storm at Sea

Red Storm at Sea was something that I had to make after I saw one made in greens in a magazine, it was just a picture, it took me ages to find out what the pattern was. I even tried to draw this one before I got EQ6.

Olivia's Big Girl Quilt

And of course Olivia needed a big girl quilt as well, she will eventually also get a matching pillow case. (This is on my "To Do" List)

Teddy Cot Quilt for Olivia

Of course Olivia needed her own quilt (or two)

Olivia

My Granddaughter Olivia, came along in January 2007, she is so cute, I have a permanent smile on my face when I see her photos.