2022 in Review

 At New Year I always do a tally-up in my crafting diary of what I created during the year, and I did share that list on Instagram / FB but haven't summarised it on the blog (which is my 'true' record of my creations after all) so I figured it is about time I started...

I won't go into details about all of them as you can see them by scrolling through my other posts! Some are still to be added as I am still catching up on getting photos done for them.

Christmas Joy and Christmas Fun

Two of my last projects of 2022...a couple of bassinet quilts for the NeoNatal Unit at Southland Hospital. They were made with some stash fabrics and leftovers from a larger quilt.

Christmas Joy: 18.5"x12.5"

A bit of sparkle on the reindeer!

And some flannel for the backing:

Christmas Fun: 20"x24"

A lot of cute little characters on this one!

I kept the quilting simple on these (I usually do for these quilts so they are not too stiff) and they were added to the pile of donation quilts - thirty in total!

Sharing with everyone at Michelle's Beauties Pageant link-up party - Happy New Year!

Modern Plus

Have been updating my 'maker's journal' with craft projects and cross-referencing with photos and blog posts - and have found a few projects from the past year or two that haven't been shared, so will get them here on record...this one is from 2021!

It was a quiltalong project with Cheryl at Meadow Mist Designs using patterns from her book, 'Modern Plus Sign Quilts'. I started it in 2018 and finally finished it in 2021.

I used solids or tone-on-tone prints from my stash, and practised a variety of free-motion quilting motifs or straight line designs to finish it all off.

It measures 63"x78".

The backing is from my stash too.

Moravian Star #2

Have been updating my 'maker's journal' with craft projects and cross-referencing with photos and blog posts - and have found a few projects from the past year or two that haven't been shared, so will get them here on record!  

This was my second Moravian Star, created in early December as a gift for a colleague.

It started like this...1" EPP diamond pieces...

And quickly became these...'star-flowers' x12...

And was then stitched together into the final 3D star shape...

using Xmas fabrics that have been in my stash for a while...

Thank you to Cheryl Katz-Rae for the design and process 

(I took her workshop at the NZ Quilt Symposium in October to 

create my first Moravian Star).

Roxburgh: Autumn - Aotearoa Quilters Paint Chip Challenge art quilt

  Have been updating my 'maker's journal' with craft projects and cross-referencing with photos and blog posts - and have found a few projects from the past year or two that haven't been shared, so will get them here on record! 

This is my entry for the 2022 NZ Quilt Symposium 'Resene World of Colour Paint Chip Challenge' - a 12" square block that had to be predominantly based on the colours of two paint chips that were sent to each person who registered to enter.

This was my second attempt after I re-read the rules and realised my first attempt was probably too heavy on a third colour.

When driving to Clyde in Central Otago at Easter, I saw the amazing golds of the poplar trees on the hills surrounding Roxburgh and knew that was what I wanted to try and replicate.

Paint chip: Dixie Chick - I grabbed my yellow/gold fabrics,
and tea-dyed a couple of pieces to get different tones.

Paint chip: Half Oilskin - I grabbed out some beige/brown fabrics.

My sketch of the scene
(I hadn't had time to stop to take a photo as we drove past).

I ripped strips of the brown fabrics and crumpled them up in my hands,
before arranging them on a square of batting.

Then I 'sketched' overtop with my sewing machine,
using different colours of brown thread.

Next, I roughly cut out different sizes of poplar trees
and arranged them on the background.

I added tiny pieces of other yellows/golds...

Then I used tiny stippling stitches to sketch the leaf textures onto the trees.

Some close-up shots:

I think I did a pretty good job of using the two colours!

Here is the quilt on display at Symposium in October, along with some shots of the other entries (everyone had different paint chips):

And here it is, all beautifully framed up by the wonderful Alana at 'Framed on Windsor' in Invercargill...I might enter it in an arts awards if something suitable comes along.