Quilters Companion

Cheryl Filby

aving previously concentrated on dressmaking, a chance purchase of a quilting magazine started Cheryl on a quiltmaking journey that has spanned the last two decades. The magazine’s cover quilt had caught her eye and appealed to her sense of a challenge. She read the project’s instructions and decided to “give it a try”. Cheryl remembers that the cover quilt was predominantly of pastel blues and yellows with appliquéd teapots in the centre. Expressing a streak of independence with the confidence

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