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I bought this fabric panel years ago on a trip to Alaska, it has been hiding in my stash ever since.
With some simple rearranging and piecing it only needed some straight and curved line quilting to compliment the design. I now have a table runner, placemats and coordinating coasters.

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My local quilting group, Night Owl Quilters, have dedicated the fifth Tuesday in the month to making Charity Quilts.

We were donated a large tub of red and black fabrics, which we cut into 2 1/2 inch squares. After a productive morning of stitching we had 2 finished quilt tops, using the Bento Box pattern to make 12 inch blocks.

Here are the finished quilts. I quilted one of them using my half circle rulers….a good practice piece for quilting with rulers.

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I am having some fun experimenting with my Inktense Pencils to create lots of subtle shading.

The design has been outline quilted, and detail stitched using black rasant thread. I then added lots of texture and movement with the background quilting using a cream polyester to give it some shine.

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All finished. Doesn’t the quilting make a big difference? It brings the whole design to life.

Inspired by our native gum nuts, seed pods, gum blossoms and Waratahs.

An original design, needle turn appliqué and free motion machine quilted on my Sweet 16. Once again I have used the Japanese yarn dyed cottons.

I am very happy with how the quilting has enhanced the applique in this design. The outline quilting and bubbles have given a lovely soft texture to the background fabric. The top is quilted with Superior Threads Magnifico, colour Elegante, with So Fine #50 in the bobbin. The polyester thread gives a soft sheen to the quilting.

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