Liesl

hoppo bumpo
cherry

About me…
I am currently a stay-home-mum with two little boys who are 3 and 4. I originally learnt to sew as a bit of a counterbalance to the large amount of time I was spending spotting diggers and rubbish trucks and playing games where you have to yell rarrrhhh. I now enjoying spending the rare quiet moments in the day sewing, crocheting, drawing and photographing sunsets. I also have some fun writing my blog Hoppo Bumpo

About my square…
My square is an appliqued cherry tree - a motif inspired by spring and my love of blossom. Most of my sewing is relatively functional, so this was a lovely opportunity to experiment and try and create something decorative and textural.

The tree branches are free motion machine stitched silk dupion and the twigs have been created using braided embroidery floss. Some of the leaves are overedged by machine and others are hand chain and blanket stitched. The leaves are only partially caught onto the fabric to give some depth to the applique. The blossom is overedged by hand and most of the flowers have red glass beads and looped metallic embroidery floss beads in the centres.

The truth in nature is that cherry blossom and fruit would not be found on the one tree, but I really couldn't resist sneaking some beautiful red shell buttons in as cherries!

Find me…
Flickr

Rachel

idle pines
flowers

Rachel
Queensland, Australia

About my square...
here

The red square

66 squares were posted out.

60 squares were returned.

For a number of the participants something got in the way of being part of the project. In some cases it was really good, inspiring, life changing stuff & in a couple of cases it was the not so good but very real life.

I wanted those original participants to be represented in the quilt. Their original support & enthusiasm for the project made a real difference to me personally & I wanted their part in the project to be acknowledged.

Thank you.

Jane

thunder road

About me...
Making stuff keeps me happy. I like experimenting and trying new crafts.
Sometimes i write about it on my blog.

About my square...
Initially, my red work square was daunting: too many ideas. I finally settled on an old children's illustration which i enlarged and edited into my own design.

After some pratice runs i decided on using single strands for the finer detail (hair/wood grain) and 2 strands for some definition of line. I even managed some french knots and i was very happy with the end result and to have actually finished it!

I've loved being part of this project. Being new to redwork, i discovered it to be a gentle meditative occupation, easy to pickup/stitch in amongst the daily grind. Seeing everyones ideas and designs develop has been fun also, knowing how tricky and painstaking it has been. So much thought and creativity has gone into these projects

And a big shout out to Kirsty for bringing the redwork quilt together.

Find me...
on my blog.

Jeana Marie

unbecominglily
dancing dress

Jeana Marie Blackert
Geelong, Australia

About me…
I am a wife to one, mum of two lovely girls, student, textile artist, liver and lover of life. I am most inspired by the beauty and joy of God’s creation, motherhood and forgiveness. You can catch fragments of my art and life in words and photos at my blog

About my square...
she swirled from one corner and across the floor carefree, in and out of time with the music arms around the one she loved in a red, red dress. Later they were married and the dancing morphed into to the fine art of living one’s life day by day; children, routines, struggling to enjoy the moment, arms still round each other, deepening and moving fast as ever...
Such were my thoughts whilst creating my square “dancing dress.”
Hand and free machine embroidery over silk fabric (dupion and hand-dyed georgette), cotton thread. And I must confess to using just a touch of pink, not to be cheeky but for the benefit of a somewhat dull red thread.

You can see more about how I planned my design here.

Find me...
on etsy where I have a little shop.

Nova

a card a day
mini quilt

Nova
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

About me...
I love to drink tea and sew.

About my square...
I made a mini redwork quilt for my block using tiny scraps of red and white fabrics which I pieced together by machine and then embroidered little sewing notions on to a few random squares by hand using 2 strands (occasionally just 1 strand for the fiddlier bits) of embroidery floss. I ‘tied’ it with embroidery floss to quilt it.

Redwork is very current in my life right now as I am working on a long distance redwork quilt with my mum (she is in the UK) so when I came across ‘the Quilt Project’ I was so excited and just had to be a part of it.

Here’s how I transferred the little designs onto the quilt to embroider them.

Find me...
Pop in and say hello sometime, you’re most welcome - you can find me here ....