I have been doing patchwork since 2007 and have in the past 2 years started making personalised gifts for friends that has led to creating gifts to order. Cushions, bags and bunting can be personalised with names, dates etc., for weddings, births or even advertising for your business. I love creating and putting colours together to create something original that will hopefully be loved by the eventual owner!
Sunday 2 September 2012
First quilt
This was my first quilt which I made in 2007, completing it in September. It was a challenge set by the group I had joined, each month we had to bring in 5" squares in a particular colour, once we had gone through the colour spectrum they were then divided up and given out to those participating in the challenge. I decided to keep the squares intact and chose a calico as my base and completed the quilt by making nearly 200 Japanese folded square units. I used big stitches to sew around matching the colour of the thread to the centre colour of fabric. The quilt was then sewn together on the diagonal to give a decorative triangular edge and the colours graded like a rainbow.
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