Handcrafts

I love using items which would probably end up in landfill. Instead I use them to create usable items like fabric bowls, bags, cards, quilts, and other slowstitched projects. Here I will share these items.

Fabric Bowls

I use old bed sheets, quilts, fabric selvage, scraps from other projects and even old clothes to make fabric twine and then using salvaged wool or yarn to make bowls.

Hexagon Quilt

I started this project on my 2nd dose of AC chemotherapy. They are inch hexagons which I thread basted together. I have over 4,000 of the hexagons so far and am aiming for a king sized quilt. So far I have 772 sewn together and another 331 ready to go. This is a long project and I fully expect it to last a few years. I often carry my "travel box" to appointments so I can continue to thread bast more hexagons.

Chakra Colour Quilt

I was inspired to make this for a wondering person called Carlie. She has been my massage therapist since 2015 and she is integral to my healing with all my breast cancer treatments. She had a poster in her treatment room of the Chakra healing points so I chose those colours. The quilt block is inspired by the traditional Manx quilt block. Manx is the Isle of Man. They use their hand span measurements for the backing square, the length of their middle finger for the middle square and from the thumb knuckle to the bottom of the nail for the strips. It is an addictive process and there is no wadding so you are quilting as you make the block.

Weekly Slow Stitching Challenge

I have been following a YouTube channel called K3nclothtales since late 2023 and for 2024 she is doing a weekly slow stitch challenge. I am making my 6.5" x 12" panels into a quilt.