Finished Quilt

Late 2011 I finished my first quilt.  The theme was shells and in particular a poem about shells by Violet L. Cuslidge and the quilting technique was influenced by Alicia Merritt. The size is 60x80cm and the fabric is hand-dyed using Procion MX dyes. As much as I tried I still got some distortion and I think it was because the handquilted blocks were close to the edge.

Techniques

Throughout the year I have been study with the City Guild, so I have decided to post a few of the techniques that I have doing.  First images are of inserts.

Mosaic Patches

Fabric printed with block below and hand quilted

Stamp made from modified classic 9 patch block

Block with red inserts

Cameo window with foam stamped items and hand dyed fabric.

That is all for now.

Digital Fabric 2

Digital Fabric

Here are some samples of digital fabric that I have been designing with this month.

Using Fusing

I completed this art quilt today, the lesson was from "Using Fusing" (Quilt University).  I was able to use some of my dyed fabrics.  The bird is a stencil design from "Japanese Inspirations".  The quilt is straight it is the angle of the design board that makes it look crooked.  I used a different method of "basting" and liked the results, I stretched the backing fabric on my ironing pad and pinned it, and then put the batting and quilt front on top and used safety pins to hold the three pieces together.  The inner border is fused..an interesting idea.

Scarves

These scarves are their way to Pepper Street Art Centre, Magill.  They are either dyed in natural indigo, Procion or Landscape dyes.  The pleating is done according to the Arashi technique, one is rope rolled and there is another that is dyed in four colours.  All are silk and 90cm square.  If you click on image you can view the scarves in detail.