Past Perfect: Margaret Mew

Sarah Jane's Scrapbag by Margaret Mew.

October's Past Perfect nominee is Margaret Mew from Elphinston, Victoria, Australia.

Margaret Mew's home is an 1860s railroad station, the

reason for her business name Quilt Station.

Some quotes from her webpage: 

"Designing and making new quilts inspired by antique quilts, that’s what I love to do. Some are fast and some are slow. . . very, very slow. I don’t mind how long they take me to make. The quiet time spent planning, drawing and then stitching is my reason for starting. The journey is just as rewarding as the destination."

Banyan Tree by Margaret Mews

Her reproduction quilts began with inspiration from quilts from the British Isles.

Banyan Tree was inspired by a quilt from about 1815.

But in recent years has turned her attention to Quilts from the Colonies,

those in North America.

Featured in her 2016 book Quilts from the Colonies available from

Quilt Mania.

Henrietta & Friends

She sells templates for some of these designs.

Here's a recent project from her Instagram page

Inspired by a quilt from her collection dated 1849 with initials 

J.O. from Canonsburg. Pennsylvania.

She does her own machine quilting on a long arm machine

named Violet.

Helen Hays quilted this one.

Her sense of composition and craftsmanship are admirable but

my favorite Mew talent is her use of fabrics.

What a stash.

And she knows how to use it.

Providence

She does daring things and she teaches others how

to capture that antique feel with an update.

See more at her webpage:

http://www.quiltstation.com.au/

Her Instagram page:

https://www.instagram.com/margaretmew/

And order her book here:

http://www.quiltmania-inc.us/books/205-quilts-from-the-colonies.html