Helen's quilts in progress

Some of Helen's current works in progress, seen at our recent fortnightly meeting - there's nothing like seeing them in real life.

Helen has adapted a Margaret Sampson George design,
 using a collection of authentic vintage feedback fabric for
the wide borders, with just a few reproduction to fill gaps. 

Some of the vintage fabrics are quite fragile,
and required careful handling. You can just see glimpses
of the fine blue and white striped outer border.
It is already beautiful, but can you imagine how it will look when quilted?

It is already beautiful, but can you imagine how
it will look when quilted?

This one is made entirely from Helen's scrap baskets,
featuring soft florals ...

... in large economy blocks, in predominately pinks and
blues, with touches of yellow.

Last year Helen sewed along with a UK monthly challenge
to make large EPP hexies to different themes

Helen is assembling them with occasional
large scale un-pieced prints

For this one, the theme was
'something that reflects your interests',
and Helen had just the right prints.