Tag: quilting
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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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Hoerdraad
This is a bit of a crass word in my home language, which loosely translates to ‘whore thread’. It doesn’t actually exist as a word and I doubt a lot of people would know the meaning of it, but in my family we know exactly what it means – I call it a ‘family heirloom’…
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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…
Wouna le Roux 