Rhonda Bracey: At Random

I had a lovely weekend doing something quite challenging, yet at the same time, meditative – quilting. We had about 11 ladies at the workshop, held by the delightful Michelle from Raggedy Stitches. The photo below is of the almost completed quilt top, with backing and wadding attached with pins. Not bad for two days – especially considering those origami-like things in the middle were very time-consuming to fold. Oh, and it rained buckets yesterday, which we were all delighted with. Maybe some of those dams will start to fill up now…

Completed Mayflower quilt (added 30 May 2007)

Detail of 3D folded flower (added 30 May 2007)

I’m off to a quilting workshop this coming weekend. I haven’t done any quilting in ages so it will be nice to do some with a group of like-minded people. It’s local too, so I don’t need to travel more than 5 minutes to get there – very handy in case I forget to take something and need to dash home!

A lady from Perth is coming down and we’re making a “Mayflower” quilt – see under Quilts and Bags on her website (http://www.raggedystitches.com/), page 2. I’ve usually done my own designs, so I don’t know how I’ll go with this… And it’s got flowers!!! Those who know me well, know that I’m not into lace and frills and flowers (unless the flowers are in a garden or a photo).

So I think I’ll make the quilt and leave the flowers till last. Maybe I won’t put them on, or just put them on loosely so I can remove them later. I’ve picked out my fabrics – lots of deep maroons and greens and creams. And no florals!!