Bee and Lotus - Crafting the Good Life! A blog devoted to creating the Good Life through design, craft and thriftiness. Monday, April 27, 2015. I came across an incredible quilt maker on Pinterest last week, Maura Grace Ambrose who sells quilts under the brand Folk Fibers. She dyes cotton and linen fabric with natural plant dyes like pomegranate, walnut, osage orange and madder to create beautiful variations of tone which she then carefully stitches into geometric quilts.

Greater Western Sydney Modern Quilt Guild. All modern quilters welcome to join! June 25, 2015. Louisa, a first-time entrant, won .

Apple, Pecan and Bourbon Caramel Cake. Lorena Uriarte is a Sydney-based modern quilting teacher. And is also an experienced teacher of vegetarian cooking. Modern quilting is a broad discipline which has evolved from the traditional craft practised by both English gentlewomen and American pioneers, and is now a term used by contemporary quilters to cover a wide range of styles and techniques.

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Link open for you to share your beautiful finishes and fresh starts. It has been two weeks since we returned from our big trip. What did I do during those weeks, or I should say what have I been doing since I returned? I have only 14 afternoons left at work, then I will be on maternity leave.

Quilts, crafts, salty rants and swears. A Game of Thrones Memorial Quilt. This is my second entry. In the Game of Quilts Challenge. I decided I wanted to make a memory quilt for some of the fantastic characters who have met their makers on the Game of Thrones TV show. Take your stacks and strips to your sewing machine.