Summer Bird

 

Headed to Bribie Island QLD......the quilt that is not me......would be nice though!!!!!

A celebration is being held for a little babe turning one. As she is a Summer baby I thought this name would suit.  I was asked to create a quilt for her special gift using some of the fabrics from 'The Grey Teal"  and the "White Crowned Sparrow" as well as a few others she had spotted throughout this blog. Turns out to be a sweet collaboration of muted shades in grey, cream, baby blue, pink, teal and oatmeal.

Wood Sandpiper

 

I had no design constraints when it came to making this bespoke quilt for my client to give as a wedding present. I decided to try a new patchwork design that I had been wanting to experiment with for a while. I had no pattern to work from which was strange at first as I usually take a while working out my dimensions, this time I just cut random shapes and sizes. 

It was actually quite tricky to come up with the choices of fabric as I am usually given a colour base to start from but as I had total free range I decided on using many hand screen printed fabrics from Australian designers as well as a lot of organic cottons and natural linens.I used a simple cream cotton fabric for the backing to show off the quilting.

And although I do love making quilts to match the desires of my clients. It felt very liberating creating this piece which is solely my vision.

I sooooo wanted to keep this one!!! I know I will never be able to re-create quite the same.

Magpie

This single bed quilt I am making is a wedding gift. I was asked to create something monochrome with a touch of silver and a splash of colour. I'm going with green as well as this hand screen printed triangle fabric in a rainbow of colour.

Oh and if your wondering why I'm not here much its because these days I'm very rarely on the laptop instead I'm loving the simplicity of instagram. Feel free to check it out.

Singing Honeyeater and Fairy Martin

So my client received her well wrapped quilts overnight! Go Australia Post!!! As I showed you the backs a few days ago its only fair I now show you the patchwork fronts. I am told these are hidden away for Santa to bring at Christmas as gifts for my clients two daughters, these lucky girls also have a brother..........who will also be getting a quilt from Maggie and Sparrow Santa!

Catus Wren

I made Catus Wren for a friend, I made it within a week of her having her baby. Not knowing if her wee bump was a boy or girl we went for a quilt that would be neutral to both. Not only that but something anyone in her family could grab and curl under. There are quite a few vintage fabrics which I have used for the first time, including the cactus fabric for the back of the quilt.  And I chose a charcoal linen fabric for the edging. 

We did a trade of services I made her this quilt and she, Sarah Furzer designed and illustrated the adorable wombat and bunny fabric exclusively for M&S. I asked for the theme to incorporate a wombat in a woodland setting. I just love what she has done. We then went on to have the image hand screen printed. My plan is to incorporate the fabric in a run of limited edition quilts. then who knows from there......its been a fun project to dapple in, especially as I got to work with a wonderful, talented and inspiring friend .

Singing Honeyeater and Fairy Martin.

As I only sent these two single bed quilts off to their new nest in the Otways today.  I'm only sharing a snippet of them so my client and her two daughters can see them in person first!

I named these quilts after birds which frequent Bimbi Park in the Otways. In the local Aboriginal language, bimbi means "a place of many birds".
 
LO and BB had some fun exploring the wee teepee I made. Do you know quilts make awesome cubby houses too!

Seagull

Coming up with the fabrics for this quilt was fun! My client was heaps of fun too! I had a dead line as my client contacted me with short notice to get this made.  She had plans to take this as a wedding gift with her to Switzerland. She made the wedding and I made the dead line!

The bride and groom live in a Swiss chalet but traveled around Australia and fell in love with our relaxed way of life. My client told me they loved the beach, and I was to use this as my inspiration incorporating greens, blues, red and hint of pink. As the bride is stylish and the groom swiss royalty I also wanted it to be sophisticated, relaxed, cosy, and screaming Australiana without it being tacky or kitsch!

I used fabrics featuring native fauna, seagulls, sail boats, and cactus's with the colours of our beaches and the outback as inspiration.