Humidicrib quilts – the gallery

A bit of idle curiosity inspired me to wonder how many humidicrib quilts I have made over the years. I think I photographed most of them. Let’s see … And that adds up to … lots! One was made as …

Lucky last

As I explained last week, my plan to sew one humidicrib cover each month in 2018 is being cut short, and this one will be my last. I made the top and quilted it a few months ago, and then …

No more humidicrib quilts

I have not been shouting this from the treetops, but my goal for this year was to sew one humidicrib cover a month, as I did in 2015. I had a plan for the rest of the year. I was …

Nearly there

It seems like the process has taken forever, but I am finally putting the finishing touches on two new patterns, which I hope to release in April. One pattern is for a foundation-paper-pieced map of Australia. It is a fun …

More humidicrib quilts

Two years ago (I was shocked to realise it has been that long), I decided to start a new quilt from scraps. I had planned to make at least one block each month as part of my Bee, Myself and …

Starting and finishing

Last week, I went a bit wild and started four projects in four days. We know we should not, but we all do it, right? On day 1, I started cutting out templates and pieces for a Christmas tree skirt I have …

Bowl

According to Instagram, I made this experimental free-motion quilting sample a year ago. It sat in my UFO collection until a week or two ago, when I started picking friends’ brains for ideas. To use it up, making a vinyl zipper …

When in doubt …

When in doubt, quilt big, loopy swirls all over it. I have been allowing myself to get distracted and flit from project to project as the whim takes me. I have been starting lots and not finishing much, but when …

Bye-bye, baby

Bye-bye, baby quilts. The last binding on the last humidicrib quilt has been sewn on, and they have all gone to the coordinator of my quilting association’s community quilts program to be taken to the hospitals’ neonatal units. I promised …

Puppy and Poppy

I keep forgetting to share my mini mini quilt adventures here as all the excitement happened over on Instagram. Last year, I somehow managed to avoid getting caught up in the mini mini quilt phase – more from travelling and …