sharing my creative journey
Over on the YouTube channel (yes, Sometimes I Quilt also comes in video format), I have worked through my process for putting together templates for hand piecing. The quilt I am working on here is my version of 36 Allbrook Hill; from the Quiltmania book Quilts from La Gare and other Mewsings, by Margaret Mew. …
We make quilts for all sorts of reasons. This one came under the heading of “because I wanted to”. I have long admired Lone Star quilts, generally hand pieced and traditionally quilted, but it wasn’t until I saw the Plains and Pine Big Sky Star quilt pattern, that I was moved to actually make one. …
My Nana Kit lived to be 102. In her last months of life she took to giving advice to all who she considered part of her family. My cousins received pearls of wisdom on managing a work/life balance; my sons were told how hard life can be, and sometimes just persevering is what is needed. …
I was influenced. You know when you go to the shows, and watch the demonstrations and write the user case in your head to convince yourself that this is something that you “need”. It has turned out that this thing I bought myself (as a reward for something, could have been surviving a Monday), is …
September 2023 brought the third (I think) of the workshops I have attended this year (the other two will come soon to here). It was with Australian contemporary landscape quilter Gloria Loughman. This was a two day class organised through Canberra Quilters Inc (my local guild), and was a very intense weekend filled with learning, …