I have always loved to sew, any type of sewing. Dressmaking, embroidery, tapestry, cross stitch... dabbled in a little business making bridesmaid dresses for a while. I love to try any type of creative activity out there - Scrapbooking, Cardmaking, this list could go on and on. But I could never really settle on one thing til.....
January this year there were terrible floods in QLD and whilst surfing the net reading blog after blog then looking at this link.... going to that link. I stumbled accross a blog belonging to Natalie Lymer of Cinderberry Stitches . I was in love with her designs and whats that......patchwork & stitching together mmmmmm I want to do that !!
The quilting online community had started a QLD flood relief auctions, where by bloggers would donate things which would be auctioned to the highest bidder and that bidder would donate the winning amount to the QLD flood relief.
So this was for me and I bid and bid until it was mine... A full set of fabric and patterns for Natalie's Tail Feather's quilt design. Wow what a beaut package that was when it arrived.
Now what do I do??? OK so I looked at the instructions and started on my way... Ummm excuse me I need help... So I set out about finding a class or someone to help me make this beautiful quilt. I stumbled into a shop called "The Patchwork Heart" and into the wonderful hands of Michelle Marvig.
The adventure continued every Thursday for 3 hours and after a few months I finally had the whole lot of the lovely stitcheries done and all the blocks sewn together... Here are a few piccys of the progress..
The quilt is all together and I have started to quilt in on my domestic machine it's coming along nicely... even though it is now OCTOBER and it is not fully completed. So yes my first project is I must admit officially a U F O !!
Please people this craft should come with a warning ! You can't stop at one quilt, You can't stop with a few pieces of fabric. Every bit of yummy pattern, fabric, magazine, goodness, toy, or new fandangled tool must be bought !!!! AHHH I need it all.
Well by the end of sewing the tail feathers quilt I had enough fabric and patterns to last me OOOHHH I don't know 2 years.
So began the journey... stay tuned for the next installment
XX Caz
Hi Caz,
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting on my blog.
How amazing that the same quilt got us into patchwork and stitchery!
Yours is looking beautiful and you made great progress.
I saw you started Vignette in Stitches too :o)
Okay, a bit of enabling: have a look at the quilting books by Blackbird Designs. I'm sure you will love them! No stitchery, but gorgeous applique work. Another venture to try: needleturn applique. Warning: you will get addicted! :O)