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Festival of Quilts 2010 – Part 2
As promised, here are some more photos from this year’s Festival of Quilts at the NEC in Birmingham,UK. In my last post there was a picture of the fabulous winning quilt by Kumiko Frydl, so here I will...
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Birds Nest Ferns
These birds nest ferns normally grow high up in the canopy, but they happily grow at ground level too. This one which we got as a small plant a number of years ago has turned into a beautiful specimen,...
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African Skies – continued
Over the last week I have continued working on my African sunset project. Having painted the skies for the background then fused a black hand dyed batik for the foreground it was time to add the...
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Birds and Flowers_2
It’s been far too long since I updated my blog and one of my New Year’s resolutions for this year is to write more regularly, so I hope I can stick to it. New year, new project and I have just started...
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Iban Design Continued
Recently I’ve been experimenting with the back basting method for hand appliqué after buying the excellent book “Back-Basting Appliqué Step by Step by Barbara J. Eikmeier. I have found it to be very...
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Seed Pod Reflected
I started work on a new appliqué quilt wall hanging in November and just got it finished last week. This design is inspired by the seed pods of the Pom Pom tree that one can find washed up on the beach...
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Isle of Wight landscapes
While I was at The Festival of Quilts last year I was impressed by the beautiful landscape quilts by Kathleen Matthews. I bought her book “Stitched Textile Landscapes” but it is only now, six months...
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Memory Star – 4 patch block
I don’t often do any traditional patchwork piecing these days but I do still enjoy it when I do. I’m teaching a nine block sampler quilt course at the moment and wanted to refresh my memory and make a...
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Fan Palms
I have just started work on a new series of small wall hangings inspired by the fan palms in the Borneo rain forest. It’s been a while since I started a completely new project but this is one I have...
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How to add a single fold binding to your quilt
People often want a reminder on how to sew on their binding once they finish their quilt or wall hanging so I have put together this tutorial for my blog. It also contains instructions for adding a...
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