Rainbow Rows Quilt

colourful scrappy diamond chain quilt

I’ve never shared this quilt publicly before, but on the 13, 14, and 15 Sept, it had its debut at the Whangarei Patchworkers and Quilters Show. 

Gosh, a Ribbon!

Quilt Calm and Chaos Hanging at the Great New Zealand Quilt Show with its blue ribbon

DIARY A quiet place to share work away from the hustle of social media…</p> <img width=”768″ height=”1024″ src=”https://quiltingoctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Ribbon-768×1024.jpeg” alt=”blue ribbon on a modern quilt” srcset=”https://i0.wp.com/quiltingoctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Ribbon-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/quiltingoctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Ribbon-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&ssl=1 225w, https://i0.wp.com/quiltingoctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Ribbon-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&ssl=1 1152w, https://i0.wp.com/quiltingoctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Ribbon-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/quiltingoctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Ribbon-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/quiltingoctopus.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Ribbon-scaled.jpeg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w” sizes=”(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px” /> <p>Long overdue news… My piece called “Calm and Chaos” was exhibited at the Great […]

Teaching at The Great New Zealand Quilt Show

Advertisement for the Great New Zealand Quilt Show 2023

UPDATE 2025 At the Great New Zealand Quilt Show in 2023, I taught Improv Piecing. I had great students, lovely faculty, and the worst case of nerves ever. I was humbled that people wanted to learn techniques that I was using. It went really well! I received several offers to teach afterwards, and was even […]

Calm and Chaos – Finished

Finished art quilt in improv style

This piece, which I’ve called “Calm and Chaos”, is FINISHED! Yay!!! I love the feeling of completing something. It’s 52 x 45 cm of wild piecing and I am waiting to see if it’s accepted into the Great New Zealand Quilt Show. It’s a deliberately bleached photo, which is the only finished pic I’m posting […]

Quilting With My Very Own First Pantograph

Close up of textured quilting

It was the Great NZ Lockdown of 2020. Aotearoa Quilters offered a 100 day project to help us navigate un charted waters of the pandemic. I chose 100 days of Improv, never imagining it would evolve into a class. If you’ve ever felt out of place and want a way to express that, come and […]

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