Three layers is a quilt--right?

The flowery bits are tiny bits of dyed lace trapped beween sheer fabrics and embellished with free machine stitching. The fabrics have been shaped with a soldering iron to seal the edges.
Brambles are tiny black beads stitched around a small fabric ball.

Hopefully by this time next week these pieces will be combined with the previous post and the piece will be finished.

I am linking this post to Esther's blog.

Jaggy Thistle

This was the start-----



Nearly there now---------


It is very closely quilted so has taken a lot of time!

I thought it would be the first quilt that doesn't have any beads but think I will be tempted to put 6 on for the ends of the butterflies' antennae. Maybe I will embroider them just to show I can.
Also am debating about including a bumblebee?
This one is due to go to Scotland----where else? :o)

Bag for Memory sticks

This is the little bag that I made in July to keep the memory sticks in that hold the designs for my Bernina.

I started by counting my sticks and measuring the size of pockets that I would need and then just adjusted everything to fit in with that.

It was very simply made with the zip sewn in to two pieces of flat fabric before anything else was done.
The flat fabric with zip inserted was then sewn to either end of another piece of fabric (backed with a little wadding) thereby making a tube.
Flatten tube and sew sides together.
Fold up and stitch across bottom corners to "box" the bag base.
The lining is a simple rectangle that has a row of pockets sewn at each side of what will be the base of the bag .
Sides are sew and bottom corners stitched to "box" the bag.
Lining was then placed in bag with wrong side facing wadding and held in place by hand stitching to the zip tape.
It isn't a great work of art but it keeps my USB sticks snug and safe and I can always find them.

The sticks have a few beads on them so that I know which is which! :o)

Remember that silk quilt---?

Well I have just heard that it has won Third Prize ! What a great start to the year.
:o)

Now the judging is over I can show the full quilt. Unfortunately the crystals aren't showing up too well. I think when it comes home I might add more beading to it?

I made it to enter into a Machine Embroidered Quilt competition that was run by Flair magazine. My prize is Madeira threads which is great as I am a self confessed thread junkie.

I particularly enjoyed making this quilt. I think the combination of working with silk,favourite colours and patterns may have had something to do with it


I called it Crazy Paisley!

It ended up in being titivated with beads and free motion embroidery. I am not sure whether it reminds me more of a pastel Paisley or a psychedelic 60's bedroom wallpaper I once had!