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FOQ 2016 Traditional Quilts

22/8/2016

Last weekend I was at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, and there were some amazing quilts on display. These pictures are a selection of my favourites from the Traditional Class. The remit for this group is for a quilt made using a traditional design or pattern. Quilts may be wholecloth, pieced and quilted, applique and quilted, or a combination of piecing, applique and quilting. Quilting may be hand, machine or a combination.

Linzi Upton - "Tartan Tattoo"

Sandy Lush - "Pearl Princess"

Lynda Jackson - "Changed my mind - again!"

Elly Prins - "Vermeer and More"

Kimberley Follington - "New York Beauty"

Helen Hazon - "China Blue"
This was made by my incredibly talented friend Helen, and it received a "highly commended" in the Traditional Class.

Brenda Sanders - "Becky's Garden"

Esperanza Blanco Ruiz - "My Country House"

Laura Amiraglio - "I Want To Live Here"

Yvonne McKee - "Florigia"

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Festival Of Quilts 2016 - Winners' Gallery

21/8/2016

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Well this time last week I was with my sister-in-law and a coach full of crafty ladies (hello Julie - was lovely to see you again, and hi to Pam - great to meet you!) and we were travelling to the Festival of Quilts, in Birmingham. The trip was organised by those lovely ladies at KIS Quilting in Ipswich. We all had a great day out, and came home with bags laden with goodies we'd bought, and cameras full of pictures of the most amazing quilts that were on display. I'll share more pictures on here over the next few days, but first of all here is the Winners' gallery - and I'm starting off with the quilt that won Best in Show - this was truely amazing, although the poor lighting really doesn't do it justice. If you click on the pictures, they will enlarge you can get a better view! Anyway, I'm now going to grab a cup of coffee and peruse my pictures again...

Winners' Gallery
Traditional Quilts - Sandy Chandler - "Infinity" This amazing quilt also won the "Best in Show" award.

Winners' Gallery
Contemporary Quilts
Robyn Fahy
Paradise in Bloom"

Winners' Gallery
Modern Quilts
Sarah Humphries
"Office Doodle 1"

Winners' Gallery
Two Person Quilts
Janette Chilver and Mary Telford
"Vintage Moments"

Winners' Gallery
Art Quilts
Leah Higgins
"Ruins 6"

Winners' Gallery
Miniature Quilts
Sandra Newton
"Other Places"

Winners' Gallery
Quilt Creations
Jane Bonney
"All That Remains"

Winners' Gallery
Schools and Groups of Young Quilters - Primary
Shenley Brookend School
"Lobster Pots"

Winners' Gallery
Schools and Groups of Young Quilters - Secondary
Burgess Hill School for Girls
"Sittin' in the Mornin' Sun"

Winners' Gallery
Young Quilter/Young Embroiderer - age 5-8
Matilda Tate
"Under The Tropical Sea"

Winners' Gallery
Young Quilter/Young Embroiderer - age 9-11
Holly Neeve
"That's The Way To Do It"

Winners' Gallery
Young Quilter/Young Embroiderer - age 12-16
Malou Cecille Van Draanen
"Sea Views J. Pennecamp Beach"

Winners' Gallery
Group Quilts
Sussex Spectrum
"Dyeversity"

Winners' Gallery
My First Quilt
Oksana Mader
"Kaleidoscope of My Life and Love"

Winners' Gallery
Pictorial Quilts
Elfriede Grooten
"New Beginning"

Winners' Gallery
The Quilters' Guild Challenge - Laura Kemshall - "52 32'N, 04 03W"

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Leanne's House - Block 6

14/8/2016

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I've been stitching the most gorgeous BOM that was bought online from Cross Patch in Wales. "Leanne's House" was designed by the Australian designer Leanne Beasley, and is made with a combination of machine piecing, hand embroidery and applique. The pattern for block 6 arrived in the post last week, and I quickly set to work on piecing the mini blocks together, and tracing the stitchery designs. I use a Micron Pigma fine-nibbed pen to trace the designs, and my favourite interfacing is weaveline - it's a very soft, woven interfacing that is fused to the back of the background fabric. DMC threads are used for the hand embroidery...

...and here's the finished block. Julia really does put the most gorgeous fabric packs together, and this one is particularly lovely. Now I just have 3 more blocks to go!

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Nature's Pace iPad Case

7/8/2016

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OMG - I almost had to be resuscitated when the postman delivered another parcel a few weeks ago! "Nature's Pace iPad Case" pattern by Hatched and Patched kit and pattern from the wonderful Julia at Cross Patch, a wonderful online shop in Wales. It didn't take me very long to make a start, preparing the background fabric with a soft lightweight fusible interfacing (my favourite is Weaveline). The stitchery design is hand embroidered with DMC threads...

...once the hand embroidery was completed, I made a start on the applique. The technique I used was with applique paper, a fabric glue pen and Apliquick tools. The applique is hand stitched in place with a very fine thread - I've used YLI silk in a neutral colour for this project...

...once the front of the iPad case was finished, it was pressed and trimmed to size. The I pieced together the back of the case, which was quilted very simply. The next stage will be to insert the zipper - I might need a large G&T before I tackle that as I haven't hand-sewn a zipper in place before!

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United Stitches

4/8/2016

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After many, many months of stitching, this quilt is finally completed! "United Stitches" BOM designed by Rosalie Dekker Designs. Bought online from Under The Mulberry Tree in Australia (2 stitchery designs were sent to me each month for 16 months). Made with fabrics from the Chirpy Lola collection. This has been hand embroidered with Cosmo threads, hand appliqued using the gluestick and appliqué paper method, and machine pieced. Finally it was longarm custom quilted by J-Quilts.

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United Stitches - Finishing Touches

2/8/2016

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Over the weekend I've been busy putting the finishing touches to my United Stitches quilt, that was designed by Rosalie Dekker Designs. Once I'd collected my quilt from the longarm quilter, I needed to make a label to stitch on the back. I drew a simple shape and made a paper template. I added a few words saying who had stitched (me of course) and the incredible quilter (the absolutely amazing Janette at J-Quilts!). The embroidery was completed with Cosmo threads. The design was then trimmed to shape...

...I really do LOVE stripey bindings, and this one is made with Chirpy Lola fabric (this pretty fabric collection is also designed by Rosalie Dekker Designs, and the border/binding pack was bought online from Under The Mulberry Tree in Australia). Once the folded edge of the binding had been turned over to the back of the quilt, covering all the raw edges, it was hand stitched into place. The final flourish was the quilt label, which was appliqued into place.

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FOQ 2016 Traditional Quilts

Festival Of Quilts 2016 - Winners' Gallery

Leanne's House - Block 6

Nature's Pace iPad Case

United Stitches

United Stitches - Finishing Touches

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