Showing posts with label wall hanging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wall hanging. Show all posts

"country hearts and flowers" quilt

This is my "hearts" quilt finished at last.
The design is not mine, but the choice of colours is. The colours are based around the blue fabric (here used mainly for borders and backing). I have a stash of "modrotisk", traditional blue print fabric from the central Europe, so it was nice to use some of it at last. I enjoyed making this quilt very much, it has so many different blocks and some embroidery and buttons as embelishments.
I have stitched a sleeve on the back of the quilt and it is now hanging on our hall wall.









wool applique hanging

I made this wall hanging at a workshop with Madeleine Millington (see my links), great fun to do! The only rule is that there are no rules! It is made with dyed pieces of a blanket, which Madeleine brought with her, but of course you can dye the fabric yourself, and embellished with all sorts. Even if you think you have gone wrong, you just cover it with something else!
Madeleine brought some of her lovely work to show us. It varied from a large blanket, to cushions, bags, Christmas tree decorations, even a waistcoat.
One of the ladies in our group made a bag for her small granddaughter in the shape of a Russian doll, very sweet.
So, any old blankets out there?