Welcome

Welcome to my  web page. I am delighted with the design and I hope you will visit the site many times. The design shows a compilation of two of my quilts with Kapiti Island in the background. I live in this area of the lower North Island of New Zealand.

I am a quilter and an embroiderer and enjoy teaching my own original projects, both in Patchwork and Embroidery. I have a "What happens if" policy for the students which means we have a lot of fun and get some great results. I like the addition of embroidery either by hand or machine to my patchwork, I feel it gives an extra dimension to the flat surface. To learn where I'll be teaching, visit my Teaching Schedule page. To learn more about my classes, visit my Classes page where I've also included an image from each class and some examples of my students' work. You can also find me on www.FindAQuiltTeacher.com

Inspiration for my work often comes from my garden and the unique landscape of New Zealand.

News

• World Quilt 2010.  Congratulations to Camilla Watson and to Ansa Breytenbach with winning ribbons at the World Quilt.  I have just loaded all the photos entries from the New Zealand entries.  You can find them on   http://www.helenmarshalldesigns.com/galleryextra.asp

• Exciting news,  my The Miniature Embroidered Quilt has been published in French.  Available from Les Editions de Saxe.
  

• Coastlines and Highland Block Swap.The completed quilts from the block swap are on this web site. Fourteen quilters from Coastal Quilters in New Zealand  and Milford Valley in Pennsylvania have finished their quilts and will be exhibited at  the Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival Feb 25th - 28th 2010 and the Quilt Fest of New Jersey March 4th - 7th 2010. You can see all the blocks and finished quilts on