My Quilts

My First Quilt

Here's some of the quilts I have made over the years. There's a lot more that I gave away without thinking to photograph them. Oopsy. I started dyeing fabrics because I could not find the colours and textures I wanted for my first quilt. I got completely sidetracked by my love of dyeing (colour! colour! colour!) but I did finally make the quilt. I still like the front very much but the back is a complete disaster. I followed some poorly written instructions and pulled the backing way too tight before pinning and quilting it, resulting in a ridiculously puckered polycotton nightmare. Live and learn. You can see the back on my other blog here. 

 

Fire and Ice

I made the Fire and Ice quilt both as a sample to use at craft shows where I sold my hand-dyes, and as a gift for one of my daughters. This quilt attracted a lot of attention at shows, bringing people to my booth to have a closer look. What I didn't anticipate was how many people would then ask to buy the pattern and a fabric kit. I never did publish the pattern: the business was far too busy to find the time for more spin-off products.

 

Tree

I made the tree wall hanging because my mother asked for it. I ended up using this quilt as the cover image on Fabric Dyeing 101: Simple Instructions For Beautiful Fabrics. You can see the book details here.

Log Cabin

This quilt was an experiment to confirm that you never need a pattern or measuring to make a quilt. I simply sewed a bunch of log cabin blocks, cut them in four pieces each, mixed up the pieces, and sewed it all back together. Easy! I like how it looks except I wish I'd chosen white instead of black for the unifying fabric.

Circle of Life Wall Hanging

I had a phase where I was totally into optical illusion quilts with embroidery and beading embellishments. The colours in this one really please me and show why hand-dyeing is the way to go: how else could you end up with so many varieties of each colour?

 

Big Bag

Sometimes I just start sewing and end up with something unexpected. In this case, I'm pretty sure I was going for a bed quilt and ended up with a big bag. Over the years it has been used for everything from laundry to hauling favourite toys from one room to another.