I’ve always said I’d start quilting when I’m older. Nana taught me to sew and I’ve done it all my life, but I didn’t begin quilting until last fall, when I started the first. Using exclusively batik fabrics, I’ve made three more quilts since then, with a fourth almost completed.
Then I discovered Elizabeth DeGroos online and learned about Pojagi, a patchwork technique she studied while living in Korea. She’s adapted this technique to one-layer patchwork and I fell in love with it. In the dark of winter, I reveled in colour and light and I’m obsessed with the beautiful batik fabrics! Friends keep asking for one, so I’m taking commissions for one-of-a-kind stained glass fabric squares and window curtains. Contact me at [email protected] if you’re interested. Here’s a sample of this year’s work.
Stained glass fabric gallery
All designs, all photos © 2024 Donna Hébert
Note: most work is displayed here on six-over-six windows, which show through on the photo but not the fabric.
18″ x 14″ rectangles
28.5″ x 25″ curtains
18″ x 12″ rectangles – blue-red and purple-green
13″ blue-green square
14″ blue-green diamond square – day view, in production
15″ blue-green mandala, night and day views
25.5 x 28: Blue curtain
15″ square green mandala by day . . . and by night
10″ square Mardi Gras hanging
14″ square blue-purple mandala by day . . . and night
13″ square blue mandala
12.5″ Rainbow square
11 x 10.5″ template for the 28 x 35″ multi-coloured curtain below
26 x 33.5″ Rainbow curtain day & night
13.5 x 18″ Rainbow rectangle
14″ Red mandala square
11″ Green – yellow batik square