Pleated fabric was appliquéd and couched as leaves in bold colour ways such as in Penny's block above.
Penny decided to construct her wall hanging using the quilt-as-you-go technique so that she can mix and match her backgrounds.
Sue has added a New Zealand theme to her Welsh quilt, her pleated fabric is some she bought whilst back home earlier this year and she's toning in all the threads used for the hand stitch and couching.
In the cathedral border she's added some hand dyed silk velvet spirals. The pattern for the spirals was from some Maori inspired wooden coasters, whilst the zig-zag pattern comes from some braid off a piece of traditional fabric.
There is also a fan tailed bird corner design and other Kiwi motifs planned to complete the design. I can't wait for her to finish it so we can photograph it for you to see!
Christina has made a leaf motif which looks beautiful in some blue/ purple mix silk velvet and combined with a trapunto stem is going to made a striking border design. With plenty of hand stitching to complement the machine quilting, this is going to be a stunning wall hanging when it's completed.
Sue has chosen to design a cushion panel, so her motifs are scaled to suit the size. See the corner fan design she has started to free motion quilt? Let's take a closer look
How's that for precision machining? Pretty fabulous don't you agreed? Sue has then repeated the motif in the centre to reinforce the design and added a dash of hand dyed velvet for the leaves.
Here is a flat shot of the whole panel, lots of hand stitching needed still, but it's going to look beautiful when it's finished.
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