Category: Finished quilts
Finished quilt: Fizz
A while back, Tara Glastonbury of Stitch & Yarn invited me to contribute Moonshot to her next quilt exhibition, called ‘Ahead of the Curve’. I’m always thrilled to be invited to participate in any of Tara’s exhibitions, so of course I said yes! Then more recently, she asked if I had any other curvy quilts she could add to the mix. Hmm… not really. (The few curvy quilts I had weren’t really suitable.) I did have a few designs up my sleeve though. This was mid-October. Could I finish a quilt in time for posting to the exhibition venue by mid-November? Well, nothing gets me moving like an external deadline! 🙂 Here’s Fizz.
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Finished quilt: Shoalhaven
It’s been a while since I shared a ‘just because’ quilt finish – one I made solely for the sake of making. Probably most of the quilts I make have a purpose in mind (a show or exhibition), but sometimes I just need something to sew! I’m calling this quilt Shoalhaven, because it reminds me a little of a school of fish swimming this way and that.
Finished quilt: Breakthrough
I’ve found the concept of negative space somewhat difficult to grasp at times, and some of the quilts I’ve submitted to the ‘Use of Negative Space’ category in QuiltCon probably didn’t really belong there. (The judges said as much in 2023, although Fanfold was awarded second place in this category in 2021.)
Breakthrough is my attempt to get it right – to make a design that balances positive and negative space, using colour to play with the push and pull of light and dark. The name describes the design itself and what I felt I’d achieved after finishing it!
