Joy Of Welsh Quilting

Welsh Quilting Talk I recently gave my talk on Welsh Quilting/Quilts to a local group called Positive Thinkers. And what a lovely group of Positive Thinkers they were. It's been a little while since I've given this talk. And I had forgotten just how much I enjoy sharing my love of Welsh Quilts with others. As well as talking about the history of Welsh Quilts I like to throw in a few modern/contempory/fun Welsh pieces in. The one above is the first of my contemporary challenge quilts - all with a Welsh Theme (I'll post more about them another time).  I was so pleased that they really got my miniature Welsh Quilts And fully appreciated just how much work went into freemotion quilting them.  I've also hand quilted a few with contrast colour stitching so the quilting patterns really pop. Of course I took some old Welsh Quilts so I could show/describe the quilt patterns    Spirals, Swirls, Hearts, Cross Hatching Leaves And Echo Quilting  Al

My first proper post on this blog..... And I thought I'd start with something to get you talking/thinking. Now usually I hand quilt my Welsh Quilts and love doing so. Welsh Quilts = Hand Quilting But One day I decided to see just how small I could machine quilt (freemotion machine quilt). And Inspired by the book Making Welsh Quilts by Mary Jenkins and Claire Claridge I used their plan for The Brecon Star Quilt quilting - as it was on the book page. No enlarging for me And I made this rather lovely piece. It's A4 size, that's the size of a normal piece of photocopy paper. But - don't try this at home folks! Well you can if you want. But Remember this quilt is very small. When I tried to machine quilt a more normal sized Welsh Quilt I didn't like the results. So it's hand quilting for the rest of my Welsh Quilts - unless I decide to make another miniature that is! To see more pictures of this quilt view  my gallery page  - you will have t

Just like this piece of work This blog is very much a W.I.P. Work in process. So Watch this space.........