QUILT: On point reclaimed black linen skirt with white embroidered flowers "fenced in" with red and green scraps & monochrome strips.

QUILT: Rainbow squares

QUILT: in progress improv cutting and piecing

Linen scraps

playing with scraps

QUILT: on the design wall - beginnings of an "Exploding Quilt Block" quilt. How big can I go? (One of the blocks here has block has a curved-pieced block for centre).

QUILT: Wall hanging :" I can see birds"- improv piecing using dark, light + gold ... and the emergence of a mythical flying half rabbit, half human!!

Quilt: The scrap-busting myth. Red and blue improv log cabin blocks.

Quilt: Full-size kawandi using vintage Japanese fabrics, reclaimed men's shirts and other fabric scraps.

Quilted wall hanging: Profile of a quilty friend.

Wallhanging: "Good Morning Springtime". Upcycled vintage embroidered traycloth and reclaimed, overdyed female figures.

QUILT: Zig-Zag quilt front & everywhichway but use up your scraps back.

Knitting: Blanket of modular-knitted diamonds

Quilt: 2-layer summer coverlet using reclaimed fabrics and eco-printed reclaimed fabrics with machine-decorative stitches.

Quilt: First (small) attempt at a kawandi.

Quilt: "Dear daughter ..." waiting for the arrival of a grandchild. Wall hanging Reclaimed fabric & lace with red stitching.

Basket weaving: freeform jasmine basket with side handle

Bbasket weaving / braiding Phormium tenax (New Zealand Flax / harakeke) bracelets/bangles/wristbands

Basket weaving: Hazel rods and Phormium tenax (New Zealand Flax / Harakeke)

Freeform crochet and kntted shawl

Freeform crochet & knitting waistcoat/vest

Words by Anne Holloway, Stitches by Ruth Marler