Helen Walland
I've been quilting for about 10 years and am beginning to feel a little confident about it. I love dyeing, printing burning and generally creating surface texture, rather than the traditional cutting fabric up and sewing it together again.
I have found the WI's in Derbyshire to be a wonderful audience for quilt talks. They actually pay me for talking about myself and my passion - what could be better!
My personal gallery
Set of coasters - good tombola gift
Christmas Mariners Compass might end up as a Christmas cushion cover.
Too cold for snow. Huge log cabin with sheer and cotton snowflakes on top.
Small wedding wall hanging. Traditional double wedding ring but given the soldering iron treatment.
Another view of Too Cold For Snow.
Handbag for an Icelandic Fairy. Reverse applique and chenille work.
Somerset star made with the tails of all the rosettes my dog won in agility competitions.
Following a trip to Iceland this was my take on the fire and ice. Interesting problem I gave myself using sheer for foundation log cabin at the top. All fabric dyed and printed.
This is a labour of love. It is a family memories quilt for my Brother in law and his wife. They pulled down the old log cabins and built a fantastic house on the site in a valley in the wonderful mountains of North Carolina. There are 272 photos spanning over 50 years of use of the cabins.
Another photo quilt. Two similar photos of the limestone pavement at Malham Cove in Yorkshire. I used Photoshop to colour them and then Corel Draw to cut them up using the Fibonacci sequence to arrange them.
THis lamp was made as part of my Diploma course. It is made of strips of sheers stitched and perforated with the soldering iron.
