Dowdeswell Family Pages

New Millennium Delphiniums

Janice's Quilts
2006 & 07
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This quilt won the New Zealand Hoffman Challenge in 2006. The Challenge rules state that the challenge fabric must be used in a recognisable quantity on the front of the quilt, that it must fit in a metre square and that it must not be square or rectangular. The challenge fabric is the one I've used on the lower wings.

Windmills for Helen - to commemorate our win with After the Party.	. WIP - the centre of another quilt to illustrate another original verse by my friend Anne Cook. This picture still needs much machine embroidery and a large border for the verse.

WIP - the central delphinium was started in a Ruth B McDowell workshop - the remaining borders have been slowly developing. I think it will have another border before its finished	A collaborative quilt - made from Helen's design, telling her story. I helped refine the design and bring it to fruition. This quilt jointly won the Human Right's Challenge at the 2007 NZ Quilt Symposium.

My Great-Niece Jasmine's I'm Five quilt - front and back. She wanted: butterflies, princesses, fairies and dinosaurs!

Triple F Challenge - we were given a Fat Quarter in a brown paper bag, then 2 or 3 block patterns each month for Four months. I set most of the compulsory blocks on point to make this quilt which is now my table topper.	Our third grandson, Andrew, got a Welcome to the World quilt - made from a lot of orphan blocks.

An Evening Bag made for Jennifer - front and back

Another Evening Bag made for a special occasion - front and back

Made to illustrate an original children's verse written by a friend, Anne Cook: "Mary Ellen lost her shoe". This won Best of Show at our local guild show.	Crossover bag.