We had a great meeting at Perth Modern Quilt Guild on Sunday It was our last week of me demo-ing FMQ (phew, I can relax now! Emmy is going to demonstrate techniques for joining your blocks next month) and the first of our feathers blocks! Now a lot of quilters love and aspire to quilting feathers,…
If there’s a reference book for modern quilting, this is it. Quilting with a Modern Slant, by Rachel May. It’s the definitive guide, the history and the Who’s Who of Modern quilting. The book is chock full of ‘articles’ (for want of a better word) on the who’s who of the modern quilting movement. From…
It’s time for our last block before our next meeting when we are going to attempt FEATHERS. This will help prepare you for feathers – the veins of the leaves are similar to the movement you use to create feathers, but the leaf shape gives you a nice small area to practise in. First,…
Do you remember making paper dollies? This sort of thing? How about trying to quilt that? Last year I did a class at Handcrafter’s House with the amazing Helen Godden who introduced me to the idea of ‘continuous line designs’. Helen is a Sweet 16 Ambassador and an amazing artist. She’s so good at this…
It’s time for the next two blocks! These blocks are variations on the Orange Peel design. It’s such a useful and variable design, I thought I’d show you the basic technique, some variations, and then let you go for your life! The orange peel pattern is one I admired in a number of Judi Madsen’s…
Our next monthly meeting at the EJ Scout Hall in South Perth will soon be upon us. Put Sunday, August 24, 2.00pm-6.00pm in your diaries! This month Laura will introduce and demonstrate the next QAYGFMQAL blocks. Hopefully last month’s introduction and the fantastic posts and video tutorials since have got you all inspired and on…
This is the final block of row 1! Your challenge (should you choose to accept it) is to: split up the rectangle however you’d like practice a few different filler designs. I went totally crazy and tried a plait but you can do boxes, ribbons, an hour glass… I just wouldn’t recommend you try the plait/braid…
It’s time for block 3 of the QAYGFMQAL! Are you ready for Block 3? This block is inspired by Judi Madsen of Green Fairy Quilts. Judi is one of my quilting idols. I want to BE Judi when I grow up. If you are serious about free-motion quilting, Judi’s book Wide Open Spaces is a…
Our July meeting was on last Sunday and what a meeting it was! There were the usual happy faces… …and it was great to see quite a few new ones too! After everyone had arrived and settled into sewing it was time for Laura to launch the quilt as you go free motion quilt along…
Let’s get this party started! You’ve got your blocks prepped, your darning foot on, you’ve had a glass of white (red stains worse) to relax those shoulders and nerves, you’ve brought your threads to the top and you’re ready to go! By the way, there’s a Facebook group here if you’d like to join in and…