designs

I played with increasingly complex mandala designs some time ago.  Life got in the way, as it sometimes does, but I am now ready to finish them and get them up on the website. This is a free design for you to play with. I have stitched it out on calico (muslin) in white thread, […]

I have used some of my hand-dyed fabrics, but you could use any fabric that you like. The patch is raw-edged and fused to the cover, then the bird outline is embroidered in the hoop.The bird could also be done as a raw-edge fused applique. I have added a strip for the spine, incorporating a tab for […]

This is the first of my Postcards from Australia series – featuring our ubiquitous Laughing Kookaburra (sometimes called  a “jackass, or jacky”). I am going to fine-tune it a little before it goes on the website, but I am quite happy with the way it is shaping up. I’ve taken a photograph of a kookaburra, […]

I enjoyed making these rope bowls. I saw them first when a friend from Queensland Quilters had some to show. She also did a demonstration for us later in the year. I bought the cotton rope from Bunnings and added some paint splashes to it before stitching it into bowls. It looked a lot better […]

I have made some more bowl wraps!  Just love these fabric bowls! They are so useful. I am using them to put bowls of soup or pasta in the microwave, collect the eggs from the chickens. I have given several away for presents. Also use one on the kitchen bench to hold assorted stuff. They […]

In the Southern Hemisphere, we are now well in Autumn, the weather is turning cold and I am making lots of heart-warming soups – pea and ham, apple and pumpkin… When we heat the soup in the microwave, the bowls get quite hot, so I am making some Bowl Wraps for them. I digitized a […]