Wadded quilt sample: calico and silk noile

Cotton bump wadding.

Base layer calico. Top layer silk noile.

Machine stitch 28 with variable stitch width and length 2-3.5.

Madeira metallic thread 260.

Wadded quilt sample: fine net

Grass and debris from North Beach Lowestoft.

Base and top layers fine net.

Giant running stitch in wool. Cross stitch knots in chenille.

Wadded quilt sample: calico and scrim

Bubblewrap wadding.

Giant running stitch with DMC linen L822 Ecru and metal thread.

Wadded quilt sample: calico and polyester

Conventional quilt sample with polyester wadding.

Base and top layers calico.

Running stitch with DMC stranded cotton 25.

Washed after stitching to pucker.

Shaped quilt sample: muslin, calico and organdie

Lavender Sprigs from my friend Bev's garden.

Base layer muslin and calico. Top layer cotton organdie.

Running stitch with cotton and silver thread. Whipped between the sprigs.

Very bendy and smells gorgeous.

Shaped quilt sample: calico, bubble wrap and scrim

Debris from North Beach Lowestoftand found and bought shells.

Base layer calico and bubblewrap.Top layer scrim.

Stab stitched with DMC linen L822 (sadly no longer available). Knots with linen and metal thread.

Shaped quilt sample: calico and fine net

Luminous plastic stars (came with the house, plastered over the bedroom ceiling).

Base layer calico. Top layer calico and fine net.

Stab stitched with Madeira Silk 018.