Another Challenge Quilt

Running late as usual, just completed the 'Out of Africa' challenge for Challenging Ourselves

I did a google search for Africa and came across the Tinga Tinga drawings and paintings.They were the inspiration for my quilt. Love the colours and naive style of paintings used.

The quilt measures approx 14.5 x 14.5 inches (37 cm square).

Time Flies

I have been keeping myself busy and doing lots of quilt top making. I now have lots of tops to be quilted. Here are some pictures of what I've been up to.

Art Quils Around the World and Challenging Ourselves challenge quilts:

Two colour challenge -

 

Doorways -

Self Portrait - I think I overdid the the lips

This was a tricky one, we had to name a colour we seldom use and then make a quilt using that colour -

 

Christmas Gifts - Emma's Trees. Made in memory of a friend's daughter who sadly passed away leaving a very young family.

Baby Quilts made as gifts, Peter Rabbit was a panel that I free motion quilted.

A Pooh Bear Quilt made for a very recent arrival.

I know that I have other completed tops but I've looked through all my photos and it looks like I will have to get busy with the camera.

Holiday Pictures

1956 Hudson

 We have just come home from a week away with the car club. We were based in Warrnambool for the week, there is plenty to see and do on the shipwreck coast. This trip we used the '56 Hudson Hornet

12 Apostles

Loch Ard Gorge

Hopkins Falls

Hopkins Falls

The Four Elements - a challenge

September 15th was the reveal date for the Challenging Ourselves Four Elements Challenge, Earth, Air, Fire and Water.I had lots of ideas but none that included all for of the elements. In the end I made four separate postcards, they were going to be stand alone pieces but I felt they looked better as one piece.

Water

Air/Wind

Fire

 

Earth - Ploughed fields

Stone Soup Completed

My Stone Soup quilt is finally completed, thanks to Kathryn for thinking of the challenge and for being brave enough to cut up everyone's quilts.

The completed quilts that I've seen so far are fabulous, click  Art Quilts Around the World to see them.

Those who participated:

Stash Reduction

Finally managed to finish a couple of stash reduction quilts. Two tops down and about 20 to go. I'm not counting the tops until the pile is somewhat depleted.

I know compared to some I don't have a lot of UFO's or WIP's but I do like to see my projects completed.This quilt measures 80x63", machined pieced & stipple quilted with cotton batting.

Some of the fabrics I've used are over 10 years old.

A close-up of the blocks.













A smaller quilt, this one only measures 51x59"

Again made completely from the stash,machined pieced and quilted, cotton batting.












A close-up of the blocks.

Return of Stone Soup

Stone Soup has returned home, all 15 pieces of it. I couldn't resist taking a photo, don't mind the white name tag/placement pieces. I will remove them before assembling the quilt.

Thanks to Kathryn for the challenge and for being brave enough to cut up all the quilts.