Exhibited at Birmingham, 2012

I was very pleased to have a quilt called Springwatch exhibited at the 2012 Festival of Quilts in Birmingham NEC this year.

Malvern Quilts in Fabrications magazine

I'm chuffed to have two of my quilts from the Malvern 2012 show featured in the latest copy of Fabrications: Quilting for You (June/July 2012) - get your copy now!

On page 10 you can find Simple Curves - inspired by the work of Caryl Bryer Fallert, this one was awarded the Crafty Ribbons Award for Miniature Quilt.

On page 13, you can find Les Dancers, winner of the Creative Grids Award for Humour.

Parkhouse Patchwork Group Show, June 2012

For those of you who were unable to make it to the exhibition by the Parkhouse Patchwork Group in Bude this weekend, here are a few of my personal highlights.

A number of quilts were entered for the 2012 Challenge:

I was thrilled to win first prize for this one:



For anyone who felt they were missing out not watching the boats go down the Thames, I also had a patriotic cushion cover on display:

and I also had a chance to display quilts made for my brother and his family (see It's a family affair below for more on those):



The Malvern Quilt Show, May 2012

These gorgeous Can Can Girls below have won me first prize at the Malvern Quilt show this year 2012. I just love the 'joie de vivre ' that emanates from it. I was so thrilled to win first prize in the Humour section.

As submitted...

and with rosette!

This Caryl Bryer Fallert design below has just won me another first prize for a miniature at the Malvern Quilt Show 2012.  I had to figure out a way to put it together as she does hers with freezer paper and glue and invisible thread. I devised my own method with 1/4 inch seam allowances,and some foundation piecing. I was totally amazed to win.

As submitted...

and with rosette!

And here I am, picking up some silverware!

Twisted Log Cabin

My most recent enterprise is this Twisted Log Cabin quilt ,which started as a workshop with Jan Hassard. I embroidered feathers onto the backgound with black and free motion embroidered feathers onto the rest of the quilt.

We Are Sailing

This small quilt was made for the We Are Sailing competition for Region 4 of the Quilter's Guild,  back in March 2012. It will be touring around this summer with all the other entries and will be shown  in Tiverton on May 17th and at the Dorset Quilters' day on June 2nd. Further venues will be the Sea Ilfracombe festival on September 1st and at Creative Stitches at Westpoint from September 27-30.

It's a family affair

I've photographed a few quilts made for members of my family - I'd like to share them with you here:

The quilt above is one I made for my brother Derek and his wife Pauline for Christmas 2005, when we returned to England from Australia.  It is a classic Log Cabin design in colours to suit their decor. I really enjoyed making this as I loved the colours.


Detail:

My nephew Ian and his wife Sarah were married in 2004 and the quilt below was made for their wedding present. It is a Bethlehem Star, the first one I had ever tackled . I was quite pleased with the result.

Since this is a family affair , here is the quilt I made for Karen's 50th birthday.  Full of colour, from Batic fabrics.  I loved  it and I know she did!