Hello!
I grew up in a sewing
household with my mum always sewing being it making clothes,
curtains, covering chairs or altering wedding dresses. I sewed a bit
as a kid making various bits and pieces but I started quilting while
I was at university to keep me sane while writing my thesis – my
first quilt was pieced and quilted by hand and took a year and did
indeed provided an excellent distraction from my thesis!
Being self
taught there have been many mistakes along the way but I do always
try and do something new and different with each quilt if I can. I
recently attempted curves in flannel and although I love the result
it may be a while before I want to piece with flannel again...
May favourite quilt is
also probably the least modern but never mind. I recycled a
patchwork quilt top my mum made in the early 70’s using any fabric
she happened to have so it is full of memories. There are fabrics
from school uniforms, my mum’s clothes, her sister’s dresses,
cushions etc – each piece has a history. So it started like
this....
And after a mountain of
unpicking, cutting, piecing and hand quilting the final quilt looks
like this...
My bee block for the
Layer Cakes is Christmassy because I love Christmas fabric and have a
tendency to hoard it and then never use it! I have been meaning to
make a Christmas quilt for ages and this is an excellent way to get
started. It is a Christmas tree block based on instructions which can
be found here:
or a video tutorial is
here:
The tree should be in a
predominantly green fabric and the trunk in a red fabric and please
feel free to use Christmas fabric if you have any lying around...
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