Megsie's Gallery : Home Machine, Patterned Cotton

Boys toys

Megan Byrne — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:57:04 GMT

This is an original design. It is old fashioned toys for boys in a crib sized quilt. 100% cotton fabric and wadding. Hand appliqued and machine pieced with free motion quilting on a home machine. Pattern is available at crafsty.com

Applique Wisteria Floral Wall Quilt

Megan Byrne — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:06:36 GMT

This is my own design of the Wisteria growing in my garden in Spring. It's turning into a series of quilts, but I love designing with flowers. I made this into a pattern and its on the Craftsy site.

Simon's Garden

Megan Byrne — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:07:48 GMT

This quilt is inspired by my husband's garden. I love the way the roses take over and even try escaping over the back fence. It's hand appliqued and machine free-motion quilted.100% cotton fabrics and batting. Various colours of stranded thread for the applique and various polyester thread for the quilting.

Wisteria

Megan Byrne — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 01:48:27 GMT

I collected all the fabrics in this quilt's background while travelling through the east coast of USA not knowing that they would become a brick wall. I made the brick wall thinking to put graffiti on it, something wild and urban, but I saw my wisteria flowering on my verandah and wisteria wall it became. Sometimes i think quilts make themselves! All the fabrics are 100% cotton, raw edged appliqued on my machine (for the first time!), various threads and the wadding is a thin iron on type I wanted to try.

Amelia's Teddies

Megan Byrne — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:27:38 GMT

This quilt is from the book Quilts to make for children by Margaret Rolfe. A friend at work asked me for a quilt for a family member who was expecting a girl soon. This quilt came to mind and she loved it. Consequently Amelia's Teddies now have a new home.

Child's Chef Hat, apron and table topper

Megan Byrne — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 07:57:35 GMT

My daughter organises a cupcake day each year for Telethon, our local children's hospital fundraiser. Volunteer bakers donate their cupcakes and time and all proceeds of their sale goes to Telethon. I can't bake so I am making these sets for her. They are from a web bonus pattern in Quilt magazine Oct/Nov 2012.

Christmas church banner

Megan Byrne — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 03:07:12 GMT

I made this quilt in St Anthony, Newfoundland for our church for Christmas. It has many prayers stitched into it.

Squares

Megan Byrne — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 04:46:28 GMT

I chose the brown and cream spotted fabric first thinking of making something with an irish chain design, then i was given some modern prints and the quilt turned into this. I quilted some feathers around each square.

garden of grey

Megan Byrne — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 03:47:20 GMT

This is another colourway for the hidden stars pattern. The yellow and the grey work well together and the stars really shine. I tried an all over design of leaves and flowers hoping to get the pattern within the stars as well. I'll have to work on that!

musical mayhem

Megan Byrne — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 03:40:22 GMT

I thought the beautiful border print needed a different sort of quilt so I tried the slash and put together technique, a little like writing music! It's 100% cotton fabric and batting and quilted on my home machine with an all over design of a treble clef.