All Things Lovely

How To Make An Australian Quilt

I've finally made my first quilt! To the joy of my mum who is a quilting queen. I just went with something very simple for the first go, but I'm so happy with it. A simple brick pattern, each square made up of six rectangles.

I agonised for months over my fabric choice, and eventually settled on pretty much the entire range of Dolce, by Tanya Whelan. It's so beautiful isn't it? I know this will probably offend real quilters who delight in picking out their fabrics, but because beautiful fabric is so expensive in Australia, I prefer to buy online and it's just easier to know everything matches!

As a little nod to my mum and her style of quilting, I included a little pink 'peeper' between the main quilt and the border. I really like how it breaks the colour up without standing out too much.

The wonderful lady who did the quilting used an aqua cotton so it can just be seen, with a lovely squiggly pattern for the edge, and a flower pattern for the main body of the quilt.

Uh oh....I think I've now got the quilting bug!

Time To Quilt

OK, I know in Australia we're in the midst of summer, and a very very hot one at that. But, because I take time to do everything I'm starting to plan the quilt I want to make this year.

My winter theme colours for the lounge room are based on Joel Dewberry's Aviary fabric in bark. Beautiful browns, creams, oranges etc So I'd love to use all these fabrics and more for my quilt.

Image from Sew Good Fabrics

As this is my very first quilt, I turned to some of the best for inspiration as to what style I will make. These are some of my favourites, starting with Amy Butler.

And the lovely Heather Bailey

And some beautiful quilts from Joel Dewberry fabrics

And last but very much not least, beautiful quilts by Lisa Manoglesby. I absolutely love the edging she does on her quilts, it's a small touch but makes such an impact.