its all about the quilting...

In the last week of November 2011, I attended a quilting workshop with Katherine May at her lovely home. It was a perfectly lovey day of quilting and chatting and sharing stories and just the confidence booster that I needed. I had made a spontaneous quited throw for my dear friend Jasmine as a wedding gift. But hadn't got any quilting knowledge per se. I had planned another quilt and so after the workshop, felt very brave ordering the wadding. And now, two months and two holidays later, having said goodbye to my first ever quilt (which now sits happily on Jasmine's sofa), I have finally started the new quilt and as back-breaking as it is (literally!) I am mighty excited.

First ever quilt!

This first quilt is really a patchwork of my very first botanical dye experiments some worked and others didn't but they were too precious to throw away. Back then I hadn't got a cupboard to put my samples away safely so they ended up in lots of different bags. Almost a year later I started to get really concerned about moths destroying the beautiful wool as they were feasting on some other stuff. And in an eureka moment, I decided to join them together to make a bigger piece.... then add a back piece... then add a fabric in the middle... and that's how it became a quilt. ta-da!

Beginning of a new one

This one is a bit more thought through and intentional. Sort of.