Welcome to my blog. It's always great reading other people's blogs-looks great fun to do. So, now I've got some time to indulge myself in patchwork and quilting, I thought I'd have a go. So looking forward to meeting new friends and sharing the passion.

About Me

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Following a lifetime spent in teaching, I'm now enjoying the luxury of having time to indulge in a wonderful hobby. I also now have time to visit my son, his wife and baby in US. Time too, for seeing my other son frequently. Keith, my husband is often drystone walling and climbing...so a girl's got to find something to do. Great news, awaiting the birth of twin grand-daughters in early October 2011...more quilts needed! Ireally welcome welcome your comments and interest in my blog. Thank you. P.S. I'm the one on the right!

Saturday 12 March 2011

Sea Life Quilt

I made this for my first grandchild, Ezra (called Ez or Ezzie). He was born at the end of December 2010 and of course he's beautiful. I took this quilt across the Atlantic to Virginia for him. It's been very well used as a playmat and has survived numerous washes-thank goodness!

Knotted and Tied Quilting

Last but not least in this unit we produced a piece of work which was really bias strip patchwork and tied quilting.

Hand Hooking to Create a Textured Surface


The idea was to re-create in collage and fabric, man-made items or structures. I used a stone wall. I really enjoyed this, especially the hand hooking. Keith wasn't too pleased when I used one of his tee shirts because it was just the right colour for my stones!
Free Motion Quilting

Hand Hooking

Tesselated Patchwork

 Tesselated patterns in tiles we had to experiment with shapes which fit together. The art work was using paper shapes and paper manipulation techniques.

The curled and rolled paper has got a bit squashed!