Tag: comtemporary quilt
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More kawandis

Blue After I finished my sister’s kawandi, I started gathering the fabric for my brother’s. The plan was to go visit in the July holidays which allowed a good amount of time to get the kawandi finished. I started by preparing the backing, by unpicking a flanallete queen size flat sheet and basting a layer…
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Kawandi workshop & quilt show

New for me in 2025 was running a kawandi workshop over eight weeks through the winter months. I applied tor funding from the Palmerston North City Council’s Creative Communities Fund and was lucky to be awarded some funds to cover costs. I have met lovely ladies, some with whom I am still keeping in touch,…
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Quilt update

It has been a few months since my last post. (Haha – that sounded much like a confession.) Lots have happened and life just got away on me a little. We started painting the house, yet to be finished, weather and other commitments permitting. I also wrote a proposal for a solo exhibition at a…
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Quilting in a small space

I guess the right way to go about creating a quilt would be to have a plan, or a sketch, or to roughly lay out all the pieces of fabric first to get a feel for the overall picture, and what the quilt would look like. However, I live in a tiny cottage (45m2 to…
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Quilt week #2

For as long as I can remember I’ve been making patchwork blankets for myself, family and friends. It consisted mostly of pieces of off-cut fabric, patterned in blocks or lines, machine stitched together and sown onto a backing, usually with an old worn out blanket sandwiched between the two outer layers, and finished off around…