patchwork and quilting – Page 4 – Melanie Makes Meringues

Cutting + sticking + sewing + baking. My creative life.

Quilt for Phillipa

I gave myself a road trip for my birthday as I wanted to visit some friends and family who live further afield. I met my friend Phillipa whilst we were studying A-level biology in 1984. I hadn't seen her for many years, around fifteen I think, since she got a…

Rest

I finished the banner I have been working on since the spring before my self-imposed deadline of the end of the year. Here is a picture of the work in progress during a critique at Committed to Cloth. The lettering is always one of the most time consuming parts of making…

Bagz

Seem to have been making a lot of bags lately. I've been holding on to this adorable piece of vintage fabric for a while now and I recently used to make a little cocktail bag for my brother-in-law's girlfriend. I had enough material and trim to make two so I…

What Have I Been Up To Lately?

I wanted to show you some of the projects I've completed recently. They've all gone off to their new homes now but fortunately I took some photos before they left.Goodie bag I made for my March facebook giveaway, packed with tempting treats.A bonnet I made as a tongue in cheek…

Secret Santa Sorted

I pulled the name, out of my work secret santa draw, of the one person at my clinic that I don't really know. I have made him a Christmas stocking with his name appliqued on and I am going to fill it with a bottle of wine and a Toblerone.…

Strawberry Fields Forever

I just finished, stuffed with presents and posted this stocking to the other side of the world!One of my friends gave me a blue Cath Kidston off-cut with strawberries on and some white broderie fabric with strawberries on and another friend from quilt group gave me a strawberry fat quarter.…

Rejoice!

Rejoice on your building site!

To Wales with Love

I have been waiting to show you these projects for a while. I had to wait until they had been safely received as they were made for friends of mine who have emigrated to Wales. My friend sent me a large bag of fabric when she moved house recently and…

Double Irish Chain Quilt

My parents kindly photographed this double Irish chain quilt I made for my aunt whilst they were visiting her. I've only recently started to photograph my work so unfortunately I have not got many pictures of the things I've made. I'm very fond of this quilt which is made from…

Church Banners

These two banners that I made for the church I'm part of both started life as group challenges at Seven Sisters Quilt Group. For the first one everyone made a couple of little blocks which I placed around the central panel.Here is some detail from some of the small blocks.…

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