Below is a selection of the quilts Katie has completed over the years… more coming soon…
Happy Birthday Kate
2018-2022
Made for a dear friend (Kate) to celebrate her birthday, this quilt took some time to make. Beginning in a class and I didn’t like what I had done and started it over. It was made larger than the original to suit the recipient, and now lives on her bed.
Size: 233cm x 202cm
Design: Fancy Forest, by Elizabeth Hartman
Fabric: Background Essex Linen, blocks from stash and assorted purchases.
Pieced by Katie, Quilted by Make IT Quilted
Awards: Commercially Quilted, 3rd Prize, Canberra Quilters Inc. Exhibition 2022
Down the Rabbit Hole; Chased by a Cat
2017 – 2022
The quilt top for this quilt was completed over the year of the block of the month – for the first and possibly only time ever. Hand quilting took the next five years. The quilt now lives on Katie’s bed.
Size: 233cm x 233cm
Design: Sarah Fielke – 2017 Block of the Month Program (Down the Rabbit Hole)
Fabric: stash and shopping 🙂
Pieced by machine and appliquè by hand; Hand Quilted by Katie
Awards:
2022: Hand Quilted; Highly Commended; Canberra Quilters Inc. Exhibition 2022
2023: Second Prize; Non-Professional Traditional Quilt (with more than two years experience); Royal Canberra Show 2023
