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| Val Nadin - The Corporate Life For years I’ve been collecting my husband’s cast off silk ties. A wall quilt for his study seemed the appropriate use for these beautiful fabrics.English paper piecing, hand quilting. |
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| Yvette Aoude - Starlight I needed a simple and modern pattern that suits a traditional quilt. The McCall pattern Blueberry Ice designed by Gerri Robinson was perfect for my first machine quilt on a long arm. Machine pieced, machine quilted. |
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| Dawn Cox - Butterflies on the Wing The design required three colours, a dark a light and a zing colour. All slashes were freehand from the stack and no pins were used - just sewn. All curves fitted easily together. Slashing fabric freehand was stressful. Brenda Gael Smith workshop, May 2016, 'Stacks of Improvisation' |
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| Elaine Bright - What a Hoot! I had often thought it would be great to make a ‘wonky’ quilt so I set about constructing some log cabin blocks with the owl fabric.This type of sewing is a little off-putting at first when you are used to getting blocks to be perfect and trying to let go of the idea of neat, straight lines is a little difficult but the effect turns out to be very interesting. Design: inspired by a 'Logs and Ladders' workshop with Brenda Gael Smith. |
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| Louise Wyatt-Spratt - Mindful Mandala I really love Miriam’s (Sewmiriam) method of making the fusible orange peels and I love how you can make different patterns using different sizes. This quilt was lots of scraps from a variety of previous quilts. I think my daughter Anna has her eye on it. Machine quilted by Christy Wang. |
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| Robin Williams - Wonky Squares I like patterns that are off centre so when I saw this one in Quiltmania I just had to try making it in a Moda blue layer cake, despite my preference for bright colours. I enjoyed the process. Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Jo-Ann Phillips. Design: 'Shuffle', in Quiltmania July-August 2016 |
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| Val Nadin - A Little bit of Fauvre: A Nod to Henri Matisse A small piece of Henri Matisse print was the inspiration for this quilt. Working with small hexagons I was able to incorporate many of my brightly coloured scraps. Hand and machine pieced hexagons. Custom quilted by Jo-Ann Phillips |
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| Robyn Leek - Hexie Flowers A flower garden made with hexagon flowers with yellow centres embroidered with colonial knots. Original idea for this quilt came from a quilt seen on Pinterest. Hand appliqued, embroidered and quilted. |
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| Val Nadin - Blue Boxes I’m still trying to cull my scraps. So this time the blues had to go! Hand pieced and machine quilted. Design: 'Patchwork' by Kaffe Fassett |
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| Susan McMahon - Autumn I named this “Autumn” because it gives me the sense and feel of the beautiful colours of Autumn. It also allowed me to use the batik fabrics to their full advantage – from the recently fallen to the older more decayed leaves. I also enjoyed popping in a couple of butterflies as well. Positive/negative applique using Vliesofix. Design: Down Under Quilts, June 2001 by Michelle Steel and Ami Hillege |
