The Great New Zealand Quilt Show opened today in Rotorua, and I can finally show you my entries in the Aotearoa Quilters Lime Challenge.
First up is "Not Your Grandmother's Garden".
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| 12" wide x 16" high |
At first glance you might think these are hexagons, but they're not! Hence the name, and the fact I'd just bought some new jeans from Not Your Daughter's Jeans.
I love experimenting with geometric shapes, and I wanted to try the Fiesta Gitana pattern in Millefiori Quilts 4 by Willyne Hammerstein.
I hand pieced this mini quilt, and then I machine quilted it because the joins are quite bulky, even with 1/4" seam allowances. And of course, time was running out!
I love lime, and I'm happy with my mini quilt. I did learn that it's hard to draw the stitching lines for pieces with long, sharp points like the stars at the centre of these blocks. My pencil wouldn't go right to the tip, so I fudged it a bit when I did the hand piecing.
My second Lime quilt is "The Tea is Delicious".
This quilt was an after thought because I'd bought this quirky Japanese fabric for the Lime challenge, and I didn't end up using it in my first entry above.
So, I just cut a piece to the required size, and added a combination of hand and machine quilting. The name was already there in the fabric - The tea is delicious.
12 comments:
Beautiful! Love the second one!
-Soma
My favorite is Not the Hexagons, I'm appreciating line green more than I used to. Have a wonderful time at the show, I looked forward to viewing the photos you take. Happy stitching!
I too have a love of bright green so not surprisingly I love your minis - great entries both of them.
Two fun little quilts! They make me want to go sew with some lime fabric...but wait a minute...I don't have any! I was thinking I am not fond of lime green but may have just changed my mind!
Wow Wendy that Fiesta Gitana quilt is gorgeous!
really stunning
Wow! That's really pretty, with all the different greens plus the kaleidoscopes - well done!
I just love your lime quilts. Fiesta Gitana is absolutely stunning and those lime starry centres! Perfection!
Enjoy the quilt show. I look forward to seeing how your weekend went :)
Wendy, this little quilt is absolutely gorgeous!
Love your mini quilt Wendy, oh to be able to visit my home country some time in the near future, let alone a quilt show!
That's such a beautiful mini Wendy!
What beautiful usage of those pretty fabrics, Wendy. You have an eye for putting designs together.
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