Apr
My Craftwerk
I started quilting just over a year ago when I decided that making a quilt for my son’s first birthday present was a wonderful handmade heirloom I could give him that really meant something (we’ve been through a lot together, he and I) and would hopefully draw a line under what had been a very difficult year. The flip side of this was that taking the class was something that was also for me, a great way to rediscover the textiles which I had studied at uni and loved.
All of a sudden I was quilting any free chance I had and would carry it around with me in my nanna’s old knitting bag. I hand pieced my son’s “Lila” quilt top and had it machine quilted. I am so happy with how it turned out!
I have since hand pieced my older son the same quilt “Lila” in a different colour scheme (he loves green!). I just need to find that last push to finish it off so I can get it quilted!
I then made my brand new nephew Aden a wee bassinet sized quilt top with all the bits and bobs I had left over from the boy’s “Lilas”…
… my friend Victoria’s little girl a wee quilt (I’m addicted!)…
… my booba boy a wee quilt for his cot…
… my big pumpkin a wee quilt for his teddies…
… a couple for my etsy store…
… and one as a special commission for teeny tiny Owen (work in progress!)
All my other products have snowballed from these first quilts. I now make birdie mobiles, covered notebooks, rosette brooches, hair clips, button rings, flower rings, door stops and lots more products in the pipeline! You can visit my etsy store, where I send all my lovingly handcrafted goodies all over the world. I am also lining up some local markets to sell my products direct. Watch this space…
