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

I have just loaded most of the photos of the New Zealand Quilts that I sent to the World Quilt and Textile Competition in the USA. Go to http://www.helenmarshalldesigns.com/galleryextra.asp
Do check out the latest photos from the Quilt University class - Fireworks, under Classes - Students work. They are wonderful.
Down Under Quilting Magazine Issue 136 features my pattern - Passionfruit, which uses the Wheel of Mystery Templates.
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 Milford Valley Quilt Show in July 2009, World Quilt in Manchester NH in August and at the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza in September, 2009. You can see all the blocks and finished quilts on http://www.helenmarshalldesigns.com/galleryextra.asp