Another Journal Quilt and a UFO finally finished

I've been so busy quilting the last couple of weeks I've neglected the blog. This is one of the pieces I finished recently. It's another journal quilt for the Aus/Nz Artquilters Group. We don't necessarily have to do the monthly themes in order so this is actually the June theme - The Centre. These journal quilts are A4 size and quite fun to work on.

As I was doing this I remembered a quilt top that I did many years ago along similar lines and never really finished off so I dragged it out and was inspired to finish it. The background green is piece I hand dyed. The black border was sewn around it and then I printed with grevillea leaves using gold fabric paint. The 'woven' bits are actually cut from the one piece of fabric that I dyed and appliqued after the printing. I felt it didn't stand out from the background very well in places so I ended up couching a heavy metallic thread along the edges. The title is 'Unravelled'. I'd love to hear your comments.

Another Journal Quilt

This is another journal quilt I made for one of the on-line groups I belong to - Aus/NZ Art Quilters. We have a monthly theme for the journal quilts. This was February's and the theme was 'Love'. I was a bit uninspired by this. As you may have gathered if you've looked at my work, I don't do - cute, pretty, tizzy, frilly, lacey. Nor will you ever find a cute bunny, pussy, chicken, duck, cow or any other farm yard animal on anything I have sewn in the last 40 years or indeed likely to sew in the next 40 years. Sorry to offend the bunny lovers out there, but it just ain't me.

Still going......

I'm still quilting THE VERY YELLOW QUILT. Very intensive close quilting and it's taking me forever, but I'm more than half way there. I'm not entirely happy about the batting. It's Matilda's Own 80/20 Wool/Poly blend which I normally like but with such close quilting it becomes very stiff. I'll wash it when I've finished the quilting and hope that softens it up. Just as well it's a wall quilt not a bed quilt, it wouldn't drape very well. Can't show you till its done.

This is another Journal Quilt I made recently.

January Journal Quilt

This is my very first ever Journal Quilt. I belong to an online art quilters group and decided this year to do the journal quilts each month along with the other members. Yes I know we're half way through February. The quilts are only small - A4 size (12" x 8 1/2") There is a different theme each month - January's was Heat. Appropriate as I was stitching this last Saturday. The hottest day in Melbourne's history (46 deg C) and the start of the worst bushfires we have ever known. The last report I heard 185 dead and nearly 800 homes burned to the ground. That death toll is sure to rise as more bodies are discovered in burnt out homes and cars.