Aboriginal fabric quilts patterns

This might actually be the quickest quilt top I’ve ever made. And it’s one of my favorites. I had planned to finish up this quilt top last weekend since I only had a few horizontal seam…

I had a wonderful long weekend with a visit from my brother and his wife. They drove up on Thursday, a really rainy day. Friday was even more rainy and wet and we stuck around home most of the day …

Hmmmm!!! I'm not sure this photo does the fabrics justice? I sought out fabrics that would lend themselves to fussy-cutting but not really sure how to piece them together. Finally, I came up with this... I might have to upload another couple of photos so we can all see some of the great fabrics that are in it... These 2 shots are taken from the top and bottom, hopefully, they show more of the fabrics and techniques used. In between the fussy-cuts are rows comprising of half-squares…

Posts about Aboriginal Fabric written by agilejack

This week at Fairholme ... Pam has finished another large quilt top, that we pin-basted last week - she says hand quilting will begin any day now ... lots of lovely aboriginal design prints from Central Australia and elsewhere. Diana is multi-skilled - she embroidered the medallions for her wall hanging ... ... and machine appliqued the flowers to this navy background fabric that was then stretched over a frame to hang above her bed. The same doona cover (yes, she bought two) is on the bed…

My log arm quilter texted me yesterday to let me know that the five quilts I left with her on Aug 24 were done and ready for me to pick up. I’ve made 20 quilt tops during the pandemic and the…

I reached out to my long arm quilter this morning to see if she was currently taking work — and she is. This was the push I needed to finally piece the back for my Aboriginal quilt and get it…

I can’t tell you how happy I am to have that drab bag off my sewing table. And tonight I surrounded myself with more color as I continued working with the blue and orange Aboriginal and KFC f…

The vendor floor opens the second day at 9:30. It seems like miles of exhibitors, all with more than the eye can see or the brain can absor...

I’ve been organizing 2.5 inch strips of Aboriginal fabrics over the last few weeks in anticipation of making a scrappy trip quilt, and I’m loving how these fabrics look together. And to…