Still quilting

Hi everyone, I have not given up on papercraft just yet, but I am really enjoying quilting at the moment, and after a  long spell of having my quilts on the backburner, it is fabulous to get behind the machine and create something again. I love threadwork and creating a stunning background on a quilt is such a great feeling for me. I love the experience and find it quite therapeautic.

I have completed all the blocks so far and appliqued my designs onto the surface and I have begun the fun part of stitching... I have hit a temporary snag (I don't have the colours I need) so have ordered some Sulky Threads and they should arrive soon..... I will post photos of the finished quilt soon.

Have a wonderful weekend

Turkish Plunder Cushion

I did a class with Gabrielle ver Straeten and created a beautiful turkish plunder cushion. Here are some pictures of my silk cushion.

Machine embroidery

I went to the Wellington Quilt Syposium in 2009 and went to a class with Sandra Meech. She inspired me to create this piece. I am not sure what I am going to do with it yet, but I think I will frame it.

It is made with white cotton homespun fabric on both sides, which is sandwiched with cotton felt. I painted the fabric with acrylic paint and painted some tyvek in the same paint colours. I then machine embroidered the fabric heavily and this is the final piece. If you want to see some of Sandra's amazing work, check out her website http://www.sandrameech.com/index.html.

Pencil rolls

These rolls are absolutely devine, a friend made them for me and I love them. They hold my craft markers and as they fold over, the pens cannot fall out and get lost, here are two before adding my markers.... Brilliant idea. Now my other half wants these in leather for his woodwork tools....

My first quilt - my inspiration for my latest quilt

I loved the possibilities of the pattern of this quilt and took ages finding the perfect colours to make the design work for me. I loved the non traditional christmas feel of the quilt and fell in love with machine embroidery. I have an amazing friend who taught me to machine quilt (and later introduced me to scrapbooking and card making) and I have been hooked ever since.

I am busy quiliting a 'matching' quilt that will go really well with this quilt. I will be posting it as soon as it nears completion. I have quilted the design heavily and the first picture shows this.

Quilting

I have a wall quilt in the pipeline and will post some details soon. It is to go with an existing quilt and they should work as a pair.

I will also be posting some images of bamboo tile bracelets soon (want to make a whole lot of these as gifts) and some twisted wire and feature bead pendants.

Look forward to spending some time crafting away. I am also creating an engagement album for my cousin, so will post some pictures of the finished pages soon.

Have a wonderful day and catch up soon!!!

Fabric diary/journal covers

Every week I meet up with a wonderful group of women who keep me inspired to continue creating. Each week we have a different project and everyone contributes. It is a fabulous melting pot. Each of us has a very distinct artistic style and the group dynamic means we each grow, learn and challenge our ideas and methods.

One project we had great fun with was creating a custom journal cover. Bought diaries and journals are very plain and uninspiring.

A wonderful friend made me a diary cover and I love it. It is absolutely stunning and a great reminder of this amazing person when I open my diary and and see the gorgeous cover.

She kindly showed us how to make the covers and I made a visual diary cover. In this wee journal, I write my ideas for scrapbook pages, invitations, cards, techniques, quilt ideas and so much more, and it is housed beautifully below the stunning cover.