I went in the house to have dinner. I was wondering how I could get that lovely flat blue for the background of the block… and I suddenly thought…."I wonder if I could print the image out on fabric"? I had some printed treasures fabric sheets… so I gave it a go.!!! Voila. the block…
Category: Quilting
Challenge block No 6
I think I'm going with color.
Challenge block No 6 – blackbird in disguise.
Thoughts and process:- I was thinking of the Gabriella Quilt… those darn blackbirds and their spindly yellow legs…. Can I get away with this.? Now what do I do with it.? I thought of writing part of the story of Pamela, the keeper of perfect pathways on the computer and printing it on fabric and…
Gabriella Goodness and her Angelic friends.
The pattern is up, just go to the URL below. She also has a big problem with the blackbirds who have a wonderful time tap dancing on the bark chips with their spindly yellow legs - so if you can't beat them join them – she makes cute little bird houses to place in strategic…
A little touch of summer.
We had a day out today and despite the fact that the burglar alarm in the studio went off twice… we had a lovely time. We sat under a red and white umbrella and sampled grilled barramundi. A good idea for a quilt? This little quilt has the blue of the sky, a funky…
Christmas Podcast – have a chat.
Download Christmas Episode 7
Challenge block No 5 completed. 12″ X 12″
Thoughts and process:- When I dyed the fabric I didn't give consideration to the fabric outside the 6" block border. So I decided to leave it as it was with the blue floating out into the extended area of the outside border…. I like it. !!! Originally I began quilting with Mono filament thread in…
The Design is in the Detail
via pamhollanddesigns.typepad.com I wanted to create a Christmas block… Should I piece it…? I have a lot of patterns, I designed a lot of Christmas blocks some years ago… Somehow I want it to fit in with the detail of the previous blocks so the inspiration for this one came from one a Christmas book…
It’s Sunday and I have to have the quilt finished in about 9 hours.
Challenge Quilt No 5. I did make another quilt, but I decided I really need to create a Christmas quilt because it's Christmas…. of course. I know the quilt will shrink when it's quilted so I've drawn a 6 1/2" square, onto a piece of fine white cotton. I wet the fabric and created a…
Moving in on the Rhinos X two
I sort of hit the wall today… The Christmas link is too long and I need to compress it…I worked on it for days……..XXXXXXXX (Oh well, more time on the computer) now the pen isn't working on my sample piece for the rhino…. SO, I gave in and went to the movies with Kodi. We…