I was away directly after the Dragonflies Show in Deal and have been away again since then so this a belated catch up on some of the work shown by this very talented group.
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| Quilt by Monika Huelsebush |
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| Tracy Aplin's pencil quilt in the foyer and for sale. |
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| I think this was one of the group raffle quilts. |
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| This one an arresting arrangement by Di Hawkins. |
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| Quilt by Sally Quested |
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| Detail of Maggie Breakspear's quilting |
I washed and hung the finished "OliveYou Cosmo" quilt on the line. I washed it because it had been glue basted. And I laid my Olive You "Fragmental" quilt on the bed.. It is faced not bound and Maggie quilted it for me.
Retreater Carrie left loads of packs of fabric collections intended to make into quilts for children with physical difficulties helped by the Bluebells charity. I chose one, a strange choice as the fabrics are quite dull but there were a lot of different ones which I have made up into this top using the 45 degree joining method I learnt with the Zen Chic Cosmo quilt. I had never applied this technique to large scale use in the body of the quilt. It is very useful for using larger pieces of fabric.
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| The starting point - oblongs 10.5 or 15.5 by 15.5" |
I think the top measures 40 by 45" and there is enough fabric for backing this and a second quilt in which I will use the" waste" trimmed triangles.
Everyone enjoyed Russell's talk. I'm not sure if it was deficient hearing aids or being in the wrong place but I couldn't hear very well. I did admire his quilts though. Self taught he used some very idiosyncratic mehods but they worked.
At the workshop next day I was impressed at the thoroughness of his approach with lots of samples and practice pieces. He was a very nice gentle man.
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| His work was mostly appliqued rather than pieced surprisingly. |
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| This one won the ustainable category at Festival of Quilts |
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| Student work - I can't recognise mine. I didn't do well but I enjoyed the class. |
A modified Zen Chic Pattern called "Fragmental" and using her Olive You and Even More Paper fabric lines.
How to make 36 six inch square blocks into an 82" sq. quilt.
I think I will face it rather than bind it.
My friend Maggie quilted it in a rather nice leafy pattern echoing the background fabric design.
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| I had to piece the backing but it turned well.. |
