Selvedge Quilt Finishes

The walking foot sure has been 'walking' this week and I have got the quilting done on three quilts.  This quilt is made completely of shorter selvedge pieces, both plain and word selvedges.  I even joined them together to make the binding.

This quilt has been waiting to be quilted for quite some time but now it is done and I am really pleased with how it looks.  Again a mix of both selvedge edges and it is one of the bigger selvedge quilts I have made. I love the border on this one.

These two bring the total to 29 selvedge quilts I have made so far and I have one more to finish before my display in March.

Happy quilting !

Quilting on a Hot Day !

On a very warm and sunny NW Coast of Tasmania day, I decide to begin quilting this large Selvedge Quilt.  

It won't be heavily quilted as I want the selvedges to be the highlight of this quilt so I am just doing the basic stitch-in-ditch to hold it all together.

Happy Quilting !

'Australia Day' quilts

Australia Day is January 26.  So I thought I would make a couple of quilts to show what makes me a proud Tasmanian and Australian citizen.

A picture in an adult colouring book was the inspiration for this 'Koala Friends' quilt.  

This 'Tasmania' quilt is made up of little crazy blocks joined together, fused onto a background fabric to represent the surrounding oceans.

I loved sewing the 'Tasmania quilt' so much that I thought I would have a go at an 'Australia' quilt.  This quilt is almost 1 metre wide and is called 'I Love a Sunburnt Country'

These quilts are now on display at a local art and craft gallery during January.  I bought the cute Apron panel off a quilt destash page on Facebook and it made up into such a fun apron.  

The small Tasmanian mug rugs have been so popular, I have just sewn another 30.  Lots of fun to do and they make great gifts.

And I couldn't sewn a Tasmanian Mug Rug without trying an Australian one.  They are just as cute but turning them was a little bit tricky.  

Happy New Year !  And to another year of making quilts to share !