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. 

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”

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

On the topic of improv piecing…

It’s not only a game for solid fabrics. One quarter of this quilt is made by me.

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

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