Quilts and Needlework as Gifts
Below is some Stitching, Quilting and Applique etc
I
have given as gifts or made for myself.
After confessing to be a zipperphobic
I had a play with a zip that is hand stitched in place like in the
tutorial in the blog listed here:
http://quiltsalott.blogspot.com/2010/03/little-purse-tutorial.html
I only had a short zip in among my stash so it is only a small coin
purse size. I hand stitched a small flower on the front of the purse
before I put the zip in place.
Then I had a play with sewing in a zip by
machine and then hand stitching the purse lining to the inside of the
zip.
It all
went well and I feel more confidant now with zips.
Above is a mixture of Needlework and Applique that will be made into a
bag front.
It is 18 x 25cm ( 7 x 10 Inches). I designed it as a "Tree of Life". It
depicts life growing with doves of peace, hearts showing love growing,
leaves for new growth and circles of sun for light. I made some of the
parts uneven as it shows that life is not always perfect.
These hexagons were hand sewn together using paper templates. Each
hexagon measure 2.8 cm (3/4 inche). The whole hexagon panel was then
appliqued onto the front of a black bag. I top stitched by hand the
plain coloured hexagons. Also I made a small pouch to put my business
cards in that will live in my handbag.
This bag is 18cm (7 inches) wide. The front is strips of fabric that
have been woven together and then added into the front construction of
the bag,
A bag I made for my Mum's birthday for her Library books. 42 x 36cm (17
x 14 inches) The front is blocks with curved seams. Circles are
appliqued onto the blocks. The back is rectangular pieces of fabrics
with circles appliqued along the centre seam line.
Each needle case has beads sewn
around the edge of it and felt pages inside. The lining of the needle
cases are the same fabric used for the matching pincushion.
Felt pages inside.
Pincushions decorated with hand stitching and beads.
Mum's Teacup Quilt
Pictured above
is my Mum with the lap throw I made her April 2009 for her birthday.
The back is lined with polar fleece and no batting.
 The throw
before the backing was attached. The triangles towards each corner are
folded squares inserted into the dark blue border strip.
Squares of
plaid fabric were top stitched by hand onto the centre of each background
block. On 8 of the squares cupcakes were hand stitched.
Peace Symbol Bag with Dove and Hearts
 The Peace Bag front is 21cm (8 inches) wide. The peace symbol and
the hearts are appliqued onto the background fabric with hand stitched Buttonhole stitch
edges. Beads have also been added between the spikes of the Buttonhole stitch on
the peace symbol. Single beads have been added to the centre of each heart
Fusible webbing was used to adhere the applique shapes to the background fabric. The inner bag is lined with pockets.
On the back of the bag the peace dove is hand
quilted. The bag walls have a layer of batting inserted. The edges of the bag
have hand made bias binding.
Paua and Gumby Cat
Throws
Throws I made for my Children for
Christmas 2008 (pictured before backing was added.
I really like how the 2 colour depths
(light/dark) used give the illusion of different sized alternate blocks.
Each is just under the size of single quilts.
Quilted Koru Placemat
Koru Placemats. 21cm (8 inches) wide. The design has been hand quilted.
Hand made bias binding was used for the edges. The quilting was done using
2 strands of 6 stranded embroidery cotton.
Pot Stand or
Mitt, 26
cm square (10 inches)
English Piecing with cardboard templates
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