Our recent finishes

Susan Mac adapted the floral designs in her vibrant
quilt from Natalie Pearson’s 1994 book ‘Floral Applique:
Original Designs and Techniques for Medallion Quilts’, and
 placed them using needle turn appliqué. The multi-patterned
black and white backgrounds and asymmetrical
grid of floral squares are Susan’s design.
We enjoyed watching Susan hand stitching the floral
 appliqué during our meetings, but the finished quilt
was a delightful surprise!

The tropical palette is carried through to the pieced back.
 It is hand quilted.

Elaine G says she doesn’t like hand quilting (and she’s a whiz
at machine quilting) but she’s done a beautiful job on this quilt
for a dear friend. The palette was chosen from her friend’s
favourite colours, including the soft rose on both
the front and back. Lucky friend!

The backing fabric is lovely, and highlights the hand-quilting.

Miriam is working on a range of embroidery exercises
for students in her classes. This one is a tiny woven panel
of embroidery threads on linen, perhaps destined
to be a pendant - we shall see!

The improv patchwork for Daphne’s zippered pouch
was made by fusing raw edge pieces to a base cloth and
then further securing them as tulle overlay and quilting.
A fun way to use some tiny scraps.

A clever project bag, also made by Daphne with a zip
closing and a clear front panel to leg you see that
everything is where it ought to be!