Spring Fever

Worked 3 full years to complete this quilt but all the freezer paper applique was done by hand and in the end worth every minute spent on it. Made it for my blonde and even though the sashing fabric was a spur of the moment buy, it worked beautifully with this quilt.

Designed by teacher Iessie Steenberg.

Completed: 6 December 2008

Gift quilt for teacher Iessie

I made this quilt on behalf of our quilting group, the Quiltmakers, as a birthday gift to our teacher, Iessie Steenberg, as well as chairperson of the Oranje Quilters' Guild for 2007/2008 to thank her for everything she taught us and setting a wonderful example for all of us.

Everyone in our group participated in filling every envelope with a tiny gift to hand to her on our monthly quilting class a day before her birtday.

Completed: 29 September 2008

Group Butterfly quilt

Antoher quilt made by our group, the Quiltmakers. We started making this originally as a raffle quilt but in the end it turned out we had a buyer even before the quilt was completed.

I basically bought 1 meter printed butterfly fabric, added appliqued sashings to it and the whole group worked on a part at our once a month quilting class.

Completed: 19 August 2008

From the Heart of America

Teacher, designer, Iessie Steenberg made this quilt whilst living in the United States of America and when she returned home and started teaching quilting adapted this pattern to a applique pattern for us to make.

Worked on the as a BOM starting in June 2007 we would receive our last block pattern in May 2008 but having made several of Iessie's quilts and knowing her style, I've been able to finish this one month prior to receiving my last block pattern. Still keeping up with trying to complete a quilt (UFO) every month of this year BUT it might just become somewhat harder from now on as the previous quilts were all almost done.

Completed: 13 April 2008

Pandemonium

Attended a scrappy quilt course presented by a South African teacher, Doortjie Gersbach, and, using only triangles made this quilt. The name of this quilt got a special meaning when I, somewhere along the line, got mixed up between my medium & dark fabrics and by the end of day 2 of the course, realized that I didn't have enough of the one value. Just to find out later that I've anyway been using the wrong value all along. First day at home, spent all evening unpicking and then trying to regroup fabrics into piles of light, medium & dark values.

However.... still completed the quilt exactly 9 days after finishing the course but I honestly don't think I will ever do something like this again. In any way, not attend a course to do this. I might somewhere in my old age realize that I have way too many scraps and start stitching these together to use it up but whether I will set out to make a deliberate scrap quilt.... don't think so!

Completed: 14 March 2008