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Full Moon is my second quilt hanging at the Sydney

Full Moon is my second quilt hanging at the Sydney Quilt Show ... on until Sunday.

Unlike Pollen, this one has lots and lots of fabrics across hue, tone, and tint. Started in late 2022 as a class sample.
Grey neutrals calmed the brights, constructed by machine and hand, depending if I was home stitching. It was expertly quilted by Wendy @clever_ducks_quilting_ and measures about 76 inches square.
Thank you, QuiltNSW!

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#inspiredbycolour
#sydneyquiltshow2024
#scrappyquilts
#cleverducksquilting
#slowstitching
#collectedfabrics
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Rarely do I make a quilt with only two fabrics!

Rarely do I make a quilt with only two fabrics!

Pollen is my 'ode to spring' and is at the Sydney Quilt Show this week. A small quilt, with circles appliqued by hand, and quilted by machine using my stationery Bernina.
Started a couple of years ago, inspired by the circles fabric and the windy pollen filled gusts of the season.
#QuiltNSW
#sydneyquiltshow2024
#appliquequilt

If you are visiting Sydney for the @quiltnswexhibi

If you are visiting Sydney for the @quiltnswexhibition, look out for my two quilts hanging.
I will post photos if them soon.
With thanks to QuiltNSW for all the work committed to a members exhibition.
Cannot wait to see photos of the show on the socials as regrettably, I will not get there this year.

#quilts
#QuiltNSW
#sydneyquiltshow2024
#inspiredbycolour
#playingwithcolour
#playingwithshapes

The joy of starting a new project, after digging d

The joy of starting a new project, after digging deep into my stash.

#handpiecing
#slowstitching
#piecedquilts
#inspiredbyvintagequilts

Yesterday was quilt photography day! I needed to c

Yesterday was quilt photography day! I needed to catch up on the finished quilts in the past few months.
Thanks to @PK Fabrics and QuiltNSW for the inspiration for my Odd One Out quilt. A couple of years ago, a part of a prize at Sydney Quilt Show was a large stack of precut small squares.
They sat on my shelves for a few months until I started sewing one day. Each block has 24 of the same square and one that does not match, hence the quilt name, Odd One Out.
Nothing complex, but the challenge was to make an interesting design with simple shapes.
Thanks, Wendy, Honey Pot Quilting for the great quilting.

#pkfabrics
#QuiltNSW
#simpleshapes
#quiltdesigns
#watell24

Just glorious sky from our deck this evening. #au

Just glorious sky from our deck this evening.
#aurora

I just love productive weekends! 3 bindings finall

I just love productive weekends! 3 bindings finally handstitched on 3 quilts over the last 2 weekends.

#bindingquilts
#almostfinishedquilts
#inspiredbycolour
#inspiredbyvintagequilts
#scrappyquilts

Delighted to see Whirligig in the latest Quilters

Delighted to see Whirligig in the latest Quilters Companion Magazine.
Inspired by a vintage quilt pattern with my drawn appliqued leaves. The leaves were drawn from my photos of the extraordinary vegetation in the Daintree National Park in Far North Queensland.
Machine and hand pieced patchwork, and hand stitched applique, using a buttonhole stitch on a raw edge.

The issue is available to buy now from all newsagencies or online at: https://www.universalshop.com.au/

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#daintreenationalpark

Borders or not? Pieced or plain? Another version o

Borders or not?
Pieced or plain?
Another version of Puzzled started as a class sample in 2022.

Hundreds of these are now prepared in greens and r

Hundreds of these are now prepared in greens and reddish burgundy browns. Now, to play with colour across the top, starting with the greens. This is the fun part.
Need to rethink the background, as discarded the first choice. Instead of one background fabric, I have decided to go very scrappy with that, too!

#reproductionfabrics
#inspiredbycolour
#inspiredbyvintagequilts
#playingwithcolour
#graphicdesignedquilts

Welcome to the weekend ... and time for some cutti

Welcome to the weekend ... and time for some cutting and prep for stitching. I have been doing a little stitching (and some work) these last few busy weeks and months.
I started a few new quilts when I was not focussed and wandering about my sewing room.
This one uses those fabrics that I pulled together (and more) and posted about back on 1 October, inspired by the boronia plant. It requires hundreds of pieces that I am cutting individually and slowly.

#playingwithcolour
#inspiredbyvintagequilts

What do our first quilts tell us? Started early 1

What do our first quilts tell us?

Started early 1990s as a class sample, finished last year. This is not that interesting when I look at it now, 30 years on, but interesting to think about how much the process of quiltmaking can teach me.
Colours are so 1990s and they work as there is contrast. The designs that I liked then still inspire, especially those that give secondary patterns.
Sampler quilts teach us so much about techniques, contrast, balance and with no repeats maintain engagement.

#inspiredbyvintagequilts
#samplerquilts
#baptistfanquilting
#rowdyflatplace

Another long term project is almost finished, just

Another long term project is almost finished, just the label to go.
Equilibrium was started to use that great grey border fabric purchased a while ago from @threadbearpatchworkandquilting
Not a large quilt for me but this means I can find another to finish.
Do you need this pattern, let me know and I will add to my pattern writing?
Thanks @rowdyflatplace for the great quilting.

#inspiredbyvintagequilts
#ilovemakingquilts
#inspiredbycolour
#inspiredbyfabrics
#quilts

Late afternoon photo, another finished top. Lots a

Late afternoon photo, another finished top.
Lots and lots of fabrics and had fun choosing.

#playingwithfabrics
#playingwithcolour

It Bit Me! Another red and white quilt. Many mont

It Bit Me!
Another red and white quilt. Many month's ago I promised the pattern and it is finally done. If you want a pieced and applique quilt with those gorgeous willow trees, I have a limited number of printed patterns before it is loaded onto my website as a pdf download sometime in the next few weeks.
DM me if you want a printed pattern mailed to you (Australia only) for $25 including postage.

#redandwhitequilt
#quilts
#quiltingismyjoy
#inspiredbyvintagequilts
#reproductionfabrics

Inspired by yesterday's garden colours. Not sure

Inspired by yesterday's garden colours.
Not sure that I need to start a quilt, but what a difference yellow makes.

#playingwithfabric
#playingwithcolour
#yellowmakesthedifference
#thinkingaboutstartingaquilt
#quiltingismyjoy

Nature always provides colours for palette inspira

Nature always provides colours for palette inspiration for quilting.
Boronia megastigma from the garden has the most heavenly perfumed flowers in spring.

#playingwithcolour
#colourinmygarden
#australianplants
#quiltsinspiredbygardens

Thanks QuiltNSW for another Sydney Quilt Show. Whi

Thanks QuiltNSW for another Sydney Quilt Show.
Whirligig was quilted by Susan @rowdyflatplace and one of my entries. It is even coming home with a 3rd prize ribbon, which is so good. I do so enjoy making quilts that have applique and piecing. Check out the applique details on the second photo.

#quiltNSW
#inspiredbyvintagequilts
#colourfulquilts
#ilovepiecing
#iloveappliqué
#rowdyflatplace

Need some inspiration? In celebration of a great t

Need some inspiration? In celebration of a great time spent at Goldfields Quilter's quilt-in last Saturday, here is your chance to share the fun.
Simply go to my website, choose your patterns,use the code GQ23 at checkout until 25 September 2023 and receive 20% off your pdf patterns purchases.
Download instantly and start selecting fabrics for your new quilt..
One of the most popular patterns Lattice, has been recently revised and is ready for you.

#margaretmcdonaldquilts
#inspiredbyvintagequilts
#quiltinggroupsareamazing
#quiltpatterns
#quilts
#ilovemakingquilts

QuiltNSW thank you for creating another great even

QuiltNSW thank you for creating another great event on the quilt show calendar.

#sydneyquiltshow2023
#quiltNSW

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