It's our annual Quilt Show this week and yesterday I attended the set up. A great range of quilts will be available to browse around and I thoroughly recommend you make some time to pop in and see the quilts. If you'd like to see the winners - pop over to Queensland Quilters Website.
I managed to photograph my three quilts that I have entered. No prizes this year, but I'm very proud of the quilts I've shown.
This first quilt was completely hand made and hand quilted using a gold thread. I used a paper piecing method to put the hexagons together, and also used a vast array of border prints to give the hexagons a frame.
Of course, I ran out of black fabric towards the finish and so had to use some teal silk to make the black fabric last the distance. I call this one Hexaggeration and it sits above our piano in the lounge.
Tulis Textiles in New Zealand. I changed the design considerably, and finally ended up with this completed wall hanging.
I used the quilt as you go method in joining the blocks, which allowed me to machine quilt each block separately. A delight to make and I'll be making another version again.
I call this one Cycles of Life.
The final quilt I entered is a needleturned applique quilt that I've had on the go since 1997. In fact I finished piecing the quilt top the day Princess Diana died in Paris - 31st August 1997. I call it Celtic Rose in her honour.
The celtic patterns come from an old publication by Patricia Campbell with a huge amount of patterns. I designed the applique borders myself and am pleased with the result. This quilt is the only quilt I have hand quilted.
I managed to photograph my three quilts that I have entered. No prizes this year, but I'm very proud of the quilts I've shown.
This first quilt was completely hand made and hand quilted using a gold thread. I used a paper piecing method to put the hexagons together, and also used a vast array of border prints to give the hexagons a frame.
Of course, I ran out of black fabric towards the finish and so had to use some teal silk to make the black fabric last the distance. I call this one Hexaggeration and it sits above our piano in the lounge.
I used the quilt as you go method in joining the blocks, which allowed me to machine quilt each block separately. A delight to make and I'll be making another version again.
I call this one Cycles of Life.
The final quilt I entered is a needleturned applique quilt that I've had on the go since 1997. In fact I finished piecing the quilt top the day Princess Diana died in Paris - 31st August 1997. I call it Celtic Rose in her honour.
The celtic patterns come from an old publication by Patricia Campbell with a huge amount of patterns. I designed the applique borders myself and am pleased with the result. This quilt is the only quilt I have hand quilted.
