Denim aprons

These kids aprons are up-cycled from op shop jeans, you get two aprons from one pair of jeans. I found the tutorial on the web hereand thought what a fantastic idea. Since then I went a bit crazy collecting denim jeans and now have so many. I have made a denim rag quilt too as you can see below, I love it as its got a fair bit of weight in it. So i plan on making many more aprons to sell at the local market.

Hexies - English Paper Piecing

My addiction with english paper piecing began with hexies, i have sewn so many flowers together but this is the only thing I have made with them. I can't seem to find the right combination to put them all together so they are tucked in one of my drawers waiting for the day when I will find the right way to sew them together. I have since hand pieced houses, eight point stars but will save those photos for another post.

Inge's Quilt

This quilt was my first applique experience, a labour of love for my sister who was celebrating a milestone birthday. She chose the pattern and we both chose the fabric. She loved it as do I, was a very heavy quilt to quilt on the machine as we found the backing from an op shop, a very heavy fabric which were curtains fom Ikea. There is a mistake in the quilt which my sister is so eager to find but cannot, a bit of fun. She has it in her motor home and says it is a perfect weight for travelling up north of Australia as it has cotton batting.

With the leftover scraps my sister Inge  made two of these cushion covers, they look fabulous Inge!

Anime Quilt

This quilt I made for my daughters friend who was turning 18. She loves everything Asian, especially anime so i printed some of her favourite anime characters on fabric and chose oriental fabric for the rest of the wall hanging. This was also my first quilt that I free motion quilted so I loved that I learnt a new technique. I was pleased with the end result as was she.

50th wedding anniversary photo quilt

This wall hanging I made for my parents 50th wedding anniversary and they loved it. The middle section of the quilt are photos of their wedding and their children and the outer edge are the children as adults, their grandchildren and great grandchildren. The celtic looking corner design was a challenge, bias applique and hand sewn on, lots of work but well worth it i think. I wish i had quilted it more, I was relatively new to quilting when I made this and have learnt a lot since then. I may re quilt it I think, it will hang better if i do.

Photo Memory Quilt

This quilt was my first project in quilting, after being inspired by the movie Stepmom starring Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts, I vowed to myself to learn quilting and make my children a photo memory quilt for their 21st birthday. So 18 months ago I joined a UFO class at a quilting shop in Gisborne and started. My teacher Lorraine was fantastic, formerly a textiles teacher at a secondary school, she was patient and encouraging. I was hooked on quilting from that moment on. My son loved the quilt and l have gone on to make many projects which I will gradually share with you.

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