Dorothy in Autumn - or What Quilary did next

How do 2 (almost) utter novices learn how to quilt? Easy - we recruit 2 other novices and do a Block of the Month (BOM) sampler.

The one we chose was Correspondance sampler by chocolate-coated. We are eternally grateful to, the then owner, Dorothy Clark for her beautifully clear patterns that arrived each month and the delightful colourways that she put together for us.

Over 16 months we'd meet fortnightly to work our way through each block.

We all chose different colourways - and here is my version:

Go on - have a go- you KNOW you want to...

Come and take a peek

"My name is quilary and I am addicted to quilting..."

There I've said it! But take a peek over the fence into my work space and you will see why.


Here is the first quilt I ever made: 




It was made for my then 2 yr old and was finished when she was 12. The intervening years involved the arrival of 3 more babies, 3 older children starting school and house extension to name a few.


Then my dear friend, Marisew, and I, both discovered we had a long held desire to quilt. That was in 2004 and life has never been the same since.