My friends Robin & Jay recently got married, so I made them this snuggle quilt based on the "Eliza" quilt pattern. Since R&J tied the knot in South Africa, I used contrasting shweshwe prints off-set with a creamy white paisley print. It actually took me several months to put together (thanks to life getting in …
This quilt was both a joy and a challenge. The joy was working with my friend to decide the pattern and style of quilt she wanted. The challenge lay in learning new techniques. I had not worked much with triangles and never diamonds before this one. Nor had I ever made a quilt with quite …
I really wasn't sure what I was doing for this blanket. In fact, it wasn't meant as a blanket at all to start. I had originally been scrolling through Pintrest and was drawn to a handful of modern art quilts based on the half-square triangle. I happened to have a bunch of bright shweshwe prints …
I have a friend who collects bags. Not purses, but bags. Interesting bags from interesting fabrics from interesting places. When she had a big birthday recently, the perfect present seemed obvious. I should make her a bag ... but what kind of bag? The fabric had to be South African of course. Beyond that, what …
This was one of my first experiments with the log cabin pattern. It's a 1-meter square baby blanket made from blue and brown variations of South African shweshwe prints. I really enjoyed the effect of the geometric prints within the log cabin blocks. There is no arrangement to the specific prints, though I did try …
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