Dowdeswell Family Pages

New Millennium Delphiniums

Janice's Quilts
Getting Better ... 2003 & 2004
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Made for my husband's parent's for Christmas 2004 - front and back views.

Entered in a competition held to celebrate the return of the godwits to New Zealand's east coast. Won Merit (2nd) prize.	Another competition entry - Celebration - not placed.

Xmas Birds - front	Xmas Birds, back

Jessica's Welcome to the World quilt	A Garden for My Mother

My First Grandson, Hamish's, I'm Five quilt	Advent Calendar
	(Left) Made from Australian prints collected while visiting our daughter in Sydney

The centre of this quilt is a 'found' table mat. I've copied motifs from it to repeat in the corners of the inner border.	A small appliqued and pieced Christmas wall hanging

My Great-nephew James' "i'm Five" qult	My niece Mary was in need of a hug - Sarah and I made her this quilt in a weekend while our husbands cooked and child-minded.

Bright I Spy - made for our spare bed to entertain visiting children	Country Coloured I Spy - made for our spare bed to entertain visiting children

Cushion for my sister's 50th birthday - photo of Susan and I as children	A xmas cushion for Jennifer
These next seven pictures are the pages of a quilted book I made for our first grandchild. I have used the appliqued picture of me, Nana from the back of the book as a symbol on quilt labels since then.