Re-Purposing Old Quilts: Table Mats and Napkins

After 43 years of creating quilts as a professional teacher and quilter, some of my quilts have started to show their age through normal use. So, what to do with un-donatable items? My fun solution has been creating table mats and napkins.   I’ve made many sets mostly from Australian Flora and Fauna prints.  Here is a set of table mats featuring finches and desert peas. Minimum quilting is required (I machine or hand quilt horizontally 5 cm apart and bind with straight cut binding folded double).  

Re-Purposing Old Quilts: Desktop Mat

After 43 years of creating quilts as a professional teacher and quilter, some of my quilts have started to show their age through normal use. So, what to do with un-donatable items? My fun solution has been creating table mats, and this, my latest, a desk mat for my keyboard and mouse to adorn! Minimum quilting is required (I machine or hand quilt horizontally 5 cm apart, and bind, or use a finished size 1.5 cm lazy fold over technique). For this desk mat I used “Scenic Route Wildflower Garden…

Colourful Cot Quilt

A christening quilt for the grandchild of a long-time client, was this delightful Australian Fauna quilt. The cute Australian critters were appliqued in multi-coloured fabrics, and I chose a simple, traditional customised approach to highlight the design. Take a closer look in the gallery… [supsystic-gallery id=4]

Poppies for Remembrance

multi coloured crochet flowers

I was reminded of the 5000 Poppies Project, when I heard an interview with Lyn Berry, on Radio National recently. Textile artist, Lyn started this project in conjunction with a colleague, in 2013, and it grew like topsy. The target of 5000 poppies was well and truly exceeded when the project was sent over 270,000 poppies: most from Australia, but many from all over the world. Since then, the blooms have popped up in various installations from 2014 to 2018, with a view to commemorating the years of World War…