Collection 17 - Where Did That Name Come From?

Collection 17	Aren't the colours what you would expect in a Fresh Start?	C17 Fresh Start
The Thief of Time  is a clock found on a back alley in Paris. He looks like a tall skinny fellow who would sneak in to your home in the late of the night. I wonder if they will ever fix it so that it works again.	C17 The Thief of Time	My favourite author for many years was terry Pratchett and I love his Discworld novels. They are traditional stories with the characters begin changed to be witches, trolls, dwarfs and even Death. From one of these the Gathering of a coven of witches was brought to mind.
C17 Scattered Jewels	The colours in Scattered Jewels scattered among the floral background gave this block its title.	C17 Gathering
I have never wanted to make a pineapple log cabin and after Pinepaple Mixup am positive that I won't make a quilt using it.	C17 Dust 'n Crumbs	Dust 'n Crumbs is a quilt that I made using those crumbs, small scraps left over from other projects. It may surprise you but I have a large single bed quilt made of scraps just as small as those used in this block.
C17 Pineapple Mixup	One day I will appliqué curves and points just like Merelyn ... if I actually start and practise it could help to improve my skills rather than just dreaming. My version is machine appliquéd and even then doesn't look anywhere near as good as Merelyn's	C17 M's Clover

Collection 16 - Where Did That Name Come From?

Collection 16	Still Too Small was my second attempt at this block and it was as the title says still too small. Solution just add another border.	C16 Still Too Small
Yvonne's Mystery was designed for a friend who wanted a quilt using Flying Geese... well the geese did appear in the outer border!	C16 Yvonne's Mystery	I always thought of a play pen as a gaol and the bars through the middle of this block gave me the same feel :) Warped sense of humour I suppose you could say.
C16 Bull's Eye	What other name would be appropriate for Bull's Eye? Does the name Tim Tam Spread really need explaining.. just think of the effect of a glorious afternoon or two relaxing with a packet, or two, of the food of all foods.	C16 The Playpen
Rhonda is a friend I quilted with for several years. The name Ravishing Rhonda came from Margaret when she was trying to find a way to have Rhonda's name appear at the top of her R names in her mobile phone.	C16 Tim Tam Spread	Or imagine what happens when two dozen packets of Tim Tams split out of their box after travelling across the world in a box poorly packed by a younger brother!
Ravishing Rhonda	Margaret is a wonderful friend who 'loaned' me much of the pastel fabric  for Racontuer. I wanted to make a pastel quilt and there was only one thing stopping me .. an almost total lack of pastel fabrics. Magaret's Choice was one of the first fabrics Margaret 'loaned' me.   I wonder if she wants them back?	C16 Margaret's Choice

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Collection 18 by Rhonda Lehwess

C18 Evening Star	C18 Flights of Fancy	C18 Writer's Lament
I recently had lunch with Rhonda who brought along her finished blocks from Collection 18. She had initially intended to make the miniature sized blocks but her chosen fabrics were just right for Raconteur 141.	C18 Sunflowers	It was quite surprising the difference between the finished collection size, especially as the individual blocks didn't seem that different in size.  I will have to photoshop two different sized blocks together to show you the difference.
C18 Hydrangers	C18 Louis XIV	C18 Jet Plane

Curves - oh what fun!

C16 Bull's Eye

Last week Carol ventured onto some of the curved blocks. Now while I pieced these in the original quilt Carol decided to use machine applique and boy is she accurate with it. You need to look closely to see her stitches and they are really well done.

C13 Nature's Force

What do you think of her gorilla in Bull's Eye. It is a shame but there are people who do think a gorilla is a perfect target. When will it end? 

With Nature's Force she has again used the flying birds for background and it appears as though the central fans are definitely wreaking havoc with their flights.

C16 Ravishing Rhonda

Ravishing Rhonda, named after a most wonderful and caring person, was made using EPP for the central star and then the darker frame was appliqued around this. Love the colours.

C13 Norwegian Wind

And in Norwegian Wind we again have the perfect choice of fabrics the dark grey suggesting a tumultuous wind surrounding torrid fires.  I don't think Norway really has much of a problem with fires though as a google didn't bring up many instances, unlike our home of Australia.