Piecing and quilting

There's a lot of piecing and quilting happening here at the moment, but unfortunately I can't show the finished quilts yet! Very frustrating. I will show some sneak peeks - the block above is part of a Dutch Quilt I recently made, using some Dutch farmers handkerchiefs my mother-in-law sent me.



Chevrons are everywhere, so I thought I should try them as well. The piece above is now part of a bag!



I played with some strips and made this block a while ago. It looks good, don't you think? I've made a few more now and will sew them together soon...



I am also experimenting with quilt blocks made from upcycled denim. In the last six years I have kept all the blue jeans from my sons, my husband and myself, so I have quilte a pile of fabric now. Let's make a quilt!



And last but not least, I am finally making an art quilt again! Here is a peek of a very small part of it. I will reveal more in four months or so...

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More felted sweaters projects

I'm still in my felted jumpers/sweaters phase and yesterday I made this 'trivet' (or table topper). Cool, hey? Here is a view from above:



Much as I like them, I don't really need more than one of these things, so I've added it to my Etsy shop - you can find it here. I also made a smaller version of the Baby Blocks (or Tumbling Blocks) trivet I showed here a week ago:



I've added that one to the shop as well - I think it would make a great mouse pad!
And here is another one - this block is known as Card Tricks. It's a small one, I think I will keep it and use it as a coaster:



I've still got a pile of felt, so I'm not done yet! Any suggestions for quilt blocks I could make with felted shapes?

Tea House Cosies

I made these Tea House Cosies for Down Under Quilts. The boys love them :-).



Issue 160 is on sale now - it's my favourite so far. I wrote an article about house quilts made by our readers that has some stunning quilts in it. I love house quilts but have never made one so far - really should do that someday! (I'm waiting until we have our own house, I suppose...)



There are also some great Christmas projects in this issue, like the cute wall hanging on the cover made by Kirsty from Bonjour Quilts. Check it out! (and if you do, I would love to hear what you think!)

Felted wool and kids' art

A while ago a friend who was moving overseas gave me her (small) fabric stash. In it I found some woollen jumpers (sweaters) which I felted in the washing machine. Then I cut them up and stitched the pieces back together, as you do when you are a quilter... and ta-da!



 The back is made from another jumper:



I think this sort of thing is called a trivet, right? it is residing on our dinner table now where we could put a vase of flowers on it if we had any flowers (flowers are shockingly expensive here in Australia, compared to the Netherlands, so I hardly ever buy them). The boys, especially my middle son Ernst, are fascinated by the 3D shapes!

Speaking of Ernst, here is a painting that he made this week. It's called Robot Dog:



And here is a drawing of a character that he invented. He called it Triple Trouble - or rather Triplle Trubull ;-)



I just love his original artwork and am going to try to upload it onto Spoonflower and see if I can have some of it printed on fabric (as I did with another drawing of his a few years ago).

SAQA Auction

You may remember this little quilt, my donation for the SAQA Benefit Auction. I'm happy to say that it was sold during the first week of the auction. It's featured on the SAQA Europe/Middle-East blog at the moment, as they announce their plans for a gallery of auction quilts for 2014. Do check it out!

For the first time I have bought a quilt at the SAQA Auction. I will show it here when it arrives!

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