I had fun with my 2020 quilt block 16 as I tried another new technique on it. Can you spot it? I will tell you about it in a minute. An unembellished block and finished block looks totally different. As you work a block it changes and many beginners get …
Here I am again waving my 2020 quilt block 15 in the air declaring it done! This is how the block started out. As I have said before, an unembellished block and finished block looks totally different. As you work a block it changes and many beginners get very concerned …
2020 crazy quilt block 12 is done! After a long break with this project I am back to it. To be honest I was very busy last year doing a number of things. One of them was writing another book which is at the publishers. It will come out towards …
Crazy quilt block 100 is of course the last in this series and I thought I would share with you a reminder of what the quilt looks like as feels quite momentous to be writing this post! If you have not read the backstory you will find it here in I …
Crazy Quilt block 83 has a music theme. When I discovered a scrap of some quilters cotton depicting a violin, the idea of this block was born. Jerry my husband plays the violin and when we met (40 years ago) he earned his living playing in a West Australian band called …
Crazy Quilt block 69 is a a muted bronze/green colour scheme which was an interesting block to work. In the top right hand corner has an unusual vintage souvenir. During World War II Australian soldiers made miniature slouch hats from Australian half pennies and pennies. They were pressed over a …
Crazy Quilt Block 68 has a red-ish autumn colour scheme. On it’s own it looks a bit hum drum but since it is part of one of the darker bands that run diagonally across the quilt it works in its context. The charms on the block have a bit of …
