In the past I have made quite a few quilts using fabrics from old Japanese textiles, mostly kimonos and futon covers. I only used the “good” bits without holes or fading or other imperfection. 

My recent project has been to go back into that stash of discards to make the latest projects.

What i have been doing is assembling the piece, hand quilting all of it then going back and “mending” the holes. I guess I’m doing my version of “boro”

Hi there, remember me?

 It looks like I haven’t posted for such a long time. Let’s seeing if i can get this to work again?

So far so good

I have been making a lot of these lately.

I started them a few years ago when there seemed so many pressing issues that made me want to get out and protest. Well that hasn’t changed!

Ah…log cabin

Is it just me or has this blogging business got more complicated?

Or less complicated?

Has anyone noticed differences I should know about?

Meanwhile...

I have kept myself busy making a log cabin quilt. 

I saw one draped across the foot of the bed in a popular TV show that inspired me. The block placement looked quite random. Got carried away and did another one!

A large proportion of the fabric and thread were "donations" (and these are both BIG quilts)

I have hand quilted them with Wonderfil Spaghetti thread.  

It is lovely thread somewhere between the thick Perle thread favoured by some and quilting thread. It is mercerised so pulls through nicely.

 You can see one my favourite log cabin quilts back here

It has been comforting to have stitching to fall back on when so many around you seem to be 

struggling or losing their commonsense. 

Cheers for now. 

Now we are out on the loose in time for Spring and everything seems rosy. 

I have kept busy drawing and stitching. As they said back at the beginning us quilters have spent our lives training for this. 

So here I am. It feels like I have to learn how to do this all over again. What have I missed?

Getting ready

 This week I delivered a couple of pieces for a group show.

It is very exciting to hang yourself out there for the public see.

Lots of triangles

It seems that I have been working a lot with triangles lately. 

Someone (let’s not called her a friend) said to me a while ago 

“Ah Maria you should move on from triangles”

Not just yet as you can see. Obviously.

But really, what else is there?

Yeah, well I was thinking of a log cabin or two, never curves though.

Not willingly. Not at the moment anyway.

Stay tuned for more triangles though. I’m not done.

BTW blogging form my iPad: couldn’t do that before but why is it double spacing the lines now but wouldn’t do it up the top and I can’t work out how to centre the writing....

the blues

Well there has just been so much going on hasn't there?

If you are reading this I hope you are safe and well.

I have only  needed to be tested for COVID-19 once and the strict isolation didn't last long.

I have had to stop my giving my classes since March and am not able to restart yet. 

Amazing how some of us have learnt how to embrace new technologies so well.

This is my main project completed for the pandemic so far and I love it.

Don't you just love solids.

Not to mention about 100 masks....

The last couple of days we are down to zero new Covid cases in Victoria 

and soon I will be able to see my sons. 

What a miracle of forbearance, patience and community spirit we have witnessed here in Victoria!