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Quilting With My Very Own First Pantograph

Teeny Tiny Thing - my very first pantograph

Here is the first time I put any quilting pattern of mine on an actual quilt. It was ages away from being released at this point. At the show where it won, a quilter commented that “Theres no overstitching. Anywhere, I looked.” I was so flattered. 

The background to why I made Calm and Chaos, the quilt that bore it:

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 play with me in Rotorua, NZ, May 2023.

Freeform Improv Piecing 

No Rulers, No Rules, No Quilt Police.

This article’s morphed from talking about teaching to talking about the pattern!

Unquilted improv piecing
Close up of textured quilting

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