Faces of Covid19

 Post written by Evelyn

This blog post is all about Sheila!  I have more to show but didn't want to put too many pictures in one post so watch out for more posts soon!  Send me, Sheila or Glo your pictures and stories if you want to share them on the blog!  I urge you to click on the pictures to enlarge them.  The stitching Sheila has done is exquisite!

Sheila says..

Having all this time on our hands I found my sketch book and started doodling. I came up with a few thoughts of Covid Faces. At the end I just had to turn them into stitcheries. The faces depict things such as my loss of the ability to wear my beloved red high heel shoes. I love shoes and have a huge collection which age wont let me wear. You will see the sad face, the thoughtful, the hair a mess and where I want to be under a tree somewhere not in the house.

Ah the wine.  I know you well...

My daughter has never asked me to make her a quilt. Her tastes and mine are poles apart. She likes plain and muted colours. When she asked if I would make a quilt I immediately agreed but nearly fell off the chair when I saw the pattern. Not me at all. The fabric was ordered and cutting commenced. Only a quilter would understand. “Cut 180 WOF 1 1/2 strips". That took forever! Then start sewing them all back up. I did not enjoy this process at all. You make 4 different kinds of blocks and the illusion comes in the joining of them. I had to order some fork pins to ensure my lines met up exactly. My daughter was pleased with the end result.

This was quilted in the ditch!

The walls in my house are covered in wall hangings and quilts so there was no room to put Ron’s favourite picture of Kookaburras. So when I saw this panel I had to buy it. I thought just a border and done. It cried out for some thread painting so I spent 3 weeks using miles of thread to make the kookaburras come to life. Sadly it doesn’t show in a photo. I then added the woolly wattle and some dragonflies to finish it off. Now he can have his kookaburras on the wall.

Lastly the Table Runner. Now this is more my colours! Ron has a cousin in the UK that hinted that she would like something made. She has visited Australia and has travelled the Nullabor, so I thought this Table Runner appropriate bearing in mind postage to the UK. The background is pieced out of scraps to depict the heat and desert areas. Th animals are in profile but highlighted in yellow. They are all raw edged. Hope she likes it!

What a helpful quilt displayer!