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Category Archives: Patchwork

Primary Mermaid WIP

Primary Mermaid is a work in  progress which I am almost finished. It incorporates a Laurel Burch panel in the centre which I have used several times before and has always been a great success. These works by the late Laurel Burch have an almost spiritual element I feel. Maybe it was the immense suffering which Laurel had all her life which has this effect or perhaps because she did not allow her condition to limit her talent or then again maybe the talent was intensified because of the suffering. Whatever the source she painted with an almost childlike delight and glee and incorporated elements of the fantastical as well as history, myth and legend. Her Mythical  Horses are a special favourite of mine  as she draws on Native American myths as well as Egyptian.

Because of the spiritual dimension to these quilts I often give them to people who are ill or lonely. They make a wonderful addition to the home and are available in two colourways and are still being distributed by Burch’s estate. I do not sell these quilts as commercial use of her fabrics I believe requires licensing.

Another tote to make

love this one..hexagons!

Totes to make

Totes to make

One of the bags from a Japanese magazine I want to make soon.

Healthy New Year

So it is 2010 …can you believe it is ten years since everyone was carrying on about the millenium bug? It seems like much, much longer.

Ah well Christmas is over…and with it almost the  worst case of the flu I have had in ten years…well the only one I have had in ten years! And to top it off a headache so bad I could not get off the bed for many many many hours…..but that is a dim memory now…mostly because it kind of knocked me senseless! I think it was all part of the same virus…nasty bugger especially considering I had my swine flu shot recently.

Okay to show that this is still an occasional sewing blog….

something I am planning on sewing

and look…

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half hexi quilt top… almost finished

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A whole lot of thrifting has been going on over the break…but through ebay…oh my… the fat person’s lifeline! I cannot believe the things I have found and the new labels I discovered in the process. There appears to be a movement of plus sizes to affirm themselves with quite revealing gear…and now I know the names to avoid for me but to look out for at the local shop to resell as these brands are going like hotcakes but at platinum prices!

So I do hope you are all well and that you had quality time with those you love over the break…I will be updating the blog in a more chatty way this year and showcasing fashion labels and designers as well as the usual quilting and thrifting. See you soon!

Ruminations of a mad quilter/facebooker

Authentic Twist

I was chatting on The Friends of Fabric Patchwork and Quilting Fanpage on Facebook today with Sarah of Sewn… her blog is The Last Piece... about a photo of a quilt which I had shown there to try to promote Australian quilting. The flickr photo does not have much documentation, it simply says quilts as a tag. Sarah said that it is run by someone who looks after the website of the Hunter’s Hills Quilters in Sydney. It turns out that I ascribed the quilt incorrectly to the person whose stream it was in as there was nothing else there to say any differently!

The quilt was actually made as a group quilt, by the Hunter’s Hill Quilters which includes Sarah as one of their members, for the raffle at their yearly show. You will find the quilt here. Oh and there appears to be a flickr group showcasing the work of the group.

Cascade Lily is an Australian photostream on flickr I discovered today where the exact opposite is the case! Her photos have some rights reserved which means I can actually show you here the photos as long as I attribute back to her….which obviously I would always do. Usually I ask first by email …so that I have it in writing that they said yes… but this method of attribution avoids all that and is such a great way to share work that I am thinking of doing that with most of my photos.

Table runner for Carol

Anyway Cascade Lily added links to her blog posts about the photo and along with the attribution also mention the name of the design of her quilt and explained about the fabric etc. Fabulous for we who live and breathe quilting!

Cascade Lily lives in Canberra  and is in the Army Reserve. She added these stunning quilted pieces to the group today and I was so excited and thrilled and ….they are up for QOTW and POTW! The quilting on the tablerunner is wonderful…pyramids…and the rail fence..though so simple a pattern is wonderfully sophisticated here. I won’t give away all her secrets…do visit her here on her blog …all I will say is that there is one lucky school teacher at the moment!

By the way I find it very intersting to read of the other meaning for rumination…..regurgitating so that animals can make more digestible …or something like that…maybe that is what I did today…..made more palatable a situation where I could not actually digest or benefit from my meal…in my case my earlier poorly attributed quilt ! Well I did say ruminations of a mad quilter/facebooker!

 

All photos are courtesy of cascade lily on flickr

 

UPDATE..Lily is so honest she just let me know what her inspiration was for the quilt…although I have seen the block  before many times and well…that is why she is up for QOTW! Cause hers is such an original take on it. The colourway …the limited amounts of fabrics…it is a very original take on what I believe is a block in the public domain. Well done Lily! And Lily…you have actually inspired me…can’t say what I am going to do yet but it is down to you!!!!

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