The late Carol Bulmer hand pieced the centre of this quilt. I followed her technique to add the border – .it was quilted by hand.
I feel honoured to finish this quilt for Carol. #Handpieced #HandQuilted
The black and red honeycreeper is a small bird in the tanager family. It inhabits the rainforests around Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii. Sylvia Pipper, who designed this pattern, took the honeycreeper out of its native habitat and placed it among bamboo and monstera leaves, which are both exotic and beautiful plants found on the Big Island. The beauty and diversity of the Island inspires the design of this “Hawaiian” wall hanging. #26x19 #Handappliquedamp
I always look for fabric with an Asian design, therefore, I discovered THE QUILED LILY FABRICS posted on-line. They were selling ten small panels with Chinese daily life printings. The designs are vintage and used only two main colors in the printing. I really appreciate the details in the pictures, for example, Chinese women had their feet bound; a man carried a monkey while he was selling goods; a man had a pole to show the items for sale; and there were outfits from the