Dowdeswell Family Pages

New Millennium Delphiniums

Janice's Quilts
In the beginning... 2000-2002
Click on a thumbnail to see a larger picture :

Table mats for my parents	Ducks and Dragon - Aimee's bedroom Wallhanging

Closeup of Ducks and Dragon	Table runner made in a class with Kirsty Duncan. My introduction to raw edge applique - a technique I love.

Aimee's I Spy - front	Aimee's I Spy - back

Wallhanging for a gardener friend	Made from the scraps after my first year's quilting- a wool batting in this one for the first time, makes it really cuddly!

A two sided quilt for my sister's visiting grandbabies - blue or pink

Everyone has to make a denim quilt with raggedy seams - only once though as it fills up the washing machine filter and clogs the drain! This one was for my son, John.	Xmas quilt hanging over the back of the sofa

just pinning pieces on the batting and scribble quilting over the top - great fun!	Sarah caught the quilt bug when she made these cushions as gifts for her friends.

Batik napkins supplied the circles which I cut out and appliqued to the black background. It was quilted with free motion stars.	Fishes swimming in the ocean - the centre circle is cut from a scarf found at a second hand shop.

A printed panel found at a second hand shop with a seminole pieced border - I made four machine embroidered motifs for the corners echoing the flowers held by the lady.	The central panel is a handpainted panel found in a second hand shop. The border is made from australian print cotton fabrics.

I found this elephant in a second hand shop and unpicked the cushion cover to provide the central panel and black borders for the wallhanging.	Emma's Quilt - this was great fun to make. It is heavily quilted in clear monofilament.

I started playing with the appliqued centres one evening and then as the quilt grew I could see that it was going to be just right for the back of my daughter's new sofa...	My second pieced quilt - spider web and prarie braids, colour washed and made with a very limited palette - my stash was still very small!

A printed scarf which I interfaced and quilted for my daughter Nadeeka	My First Quilt! - foundation string pieced from old table clothes mostly, and very badly machine quilted.