This is a small sample that I did to see if it could work and delightfully it did. The big one that I ended up making, for the Field of Quilts 2007 raffle, was beautiful and was won by a woman who was visiting from Tasmania.

I used vintage white cotton sateen, Aurifil thread for the motifs in a darker colour to increase the depth, One Song Needle Arts pattern called Janice with Attitude, which unfortunately I don't think is available anymore at One Song, however it is now available in a set from Digi-Tech or a single block from Digi-Tech, two layers of wadding - one cotton and the other polyester and McTavishing to flatten the areas around the blocks.

It too is unbound at this time.

People often think that for me to quilt for them they have to have a pieced top. With being the feature quilter at the Field of Quilts I wanted to show that a plain piece of fabric could be quilted and be striking and beautiful.
I also wanted to take it a step further and show them that other fabrics besides cotton could be used with fantastic effect. This is a piece of green synthetic silk(?) that I bought out of a remnant bin. The thread was my favourite Aurifil yukky green. The pattern used, there's only one, is a Kathy Olson from Just Quilting Designs, with a bit! of McTavishing in between motifs. This one is unbound at the moment, I ran out of time.

This is a piece that I quilted to make a lizard. As you can see it's a pretty flat lizard and is really no lizard at all. I use it to show people as a sample - it is very tactile. I quilted the 'pebbles' using an Aurifil metallic thread that I bought from Always Quilting. The fabric is a piece that I dyed and I used 100% cotton wadding.

I think that there is a photo of this quilt somewhere in the past however I thought that I would show it again and tell you the story behind this particular quilt.

Last year, about this time I asked the soon to be Hostel Boy whether he would like a quilt to take with him to the Hostel. 'No, I don't need one' was his gallant reply. Probably due to the fact that I was running around frantically, as usual. Come the DAY before leaving for the Hostel - 'So Mum, where's my quilt?' He didn't have his quilt that day or the next, however he received his Hostel quilt for his 13th birthday a month later. I pieced and quilted the top in one day with what I had on hand and it came up a treat. The quilting pattern is by Hermoine Agee from Lorien Quilitng called 'Ebb and Flow'. Hermoine has two pattern web sites one for paper patterns and the other for digital patterns. Lovely woman, lovely patterns and Australian as well.

This next one was a pattern that I have wanted to do for a while, and not necessarily on red however this is the path that the quilt took.

There were some problems with getting things to line up and the next one will be done slightly differently and with more side tension. However for a first effort, I was VERY pleased. The top is made with RED cotton sateen. If you wish to buy some of this, I have another 25m to use and even for me it is an excessive amount.

For a bit of relief and jest, I put a big check gingham on the back and it came up a treat. The patterns that I used are Dawn Cheetham's Wedding Ring Sets.