From hand pieced hexagons to machine embroidery …
Quilts by Bev Darby
Bev Darby - Guest Speaker – talked about the story behind each of her quilts. Her love of hexagons had us gasping when she brought out the quarter inch hexagons made from men’s cotton shirts!
Murmurs of appreciation and mutterings reflected our own connections with individual quilts - especially for those who went on the recent Bus Trip.
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- Blue Wren’ by Bev Darby. Machine embroidered blue wrens.
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- ‘Tulip Hexagons’ made as Quilt-As-You-Go by Bev Darby.
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- Quarter inch hexagons made from men’s cotton shirts.
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- ‘New York Beauty’ by Bev Darby.
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- ‘Guilt Quilt’ by Bev Darby. Pieced hexagons using Zoe Clifton’s templates.
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- ‘Jelly beans’ by Bev Darby. Favourite fabric used – tiny squares of ‘Fossil Fern’.
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- ‘Brown Stars’ by Bev Darby. Hand pieced while travelling the east coast of Australia.
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- ‘Disaster Quilt’ by Bev Darby. A one block wonder that needed purple stars to stop it looking boring!
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- ‘Log Cabin Clamshells’ by Bev Darby. Uses hand dyed off-cuts from Warrigal Aussie Wool Quilts
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- The background was originally black and white. Didn’t like it – so took out some pens and coloured it in!
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- ‘Pink Hexagons’ by Bev Darby – took 40 years to complete!
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- ‘Field of Poppies’ by Bev Darby. Memories of the sacrifices made by families during times at war.
Thank you Bev for sharing your quilt stories with us - your quilts reflect an exploration of techniques and styles.
Thank you.
Bev was a delight to listen to. So talented and yet so modest!