Quilting for Pauline & Fiona & Hello 2025!

Hello Quilty Friends!

 2025, February is well under way & so am I with quilting for hire.

Sharing the first few quilts of the year. 

At the end of the post you can see some of my holidays

 & some personal finishes.

But first, two quilts from Pauline,

 both Sue Spargo designs & one from Fiona that wasn't made by Fiona?

WARNING - this post contains plenty of photos & quite a lot of words. 

(for me anyway! 😀)

 

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Chirp by Sue Spargo 

Measurements - 23"x 23"

Quilting - Custom Quilting 

Batting - Hobbs Heirloom Wool - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Pauline.

Threads - Glide - Willow & Cool Mint.

Binding - Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Services plus a hanging sleeve.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Fresh Cut (small version) by Sue Spargo

Measurements - 17" x 32"

Quilting - Custom Quilting 

Batting - Hobbs Heirloom Wool - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Pauline.

Threads - Glide - Med Grey

Binding - Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Services plus hanging sleeve.

If ever you fancy seeing other Sue Spargo designed quilts made by my customers but quilted by me you can always put Sue Spargo in the search bar at the top left of this blog. 

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Unknown to me.

Measurements - 90"x 95"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Blooming Feathers.

Batting - Supplied by Fiona

Backing - Supplied by Fiona

Threads - Glide - Cool Mint (T) Linen (B)

Binding - Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Services.

The Christmas holidays involved a biking break in Taupo riding the two Kinloch rides - The Otaketake K2K & Headland Loop W2K. Both are spectacular in views. We ended one of the rides with a VERY quick swim in the lake, it was cold!

We treated ourselves twice to coffee & lunch at LÁrte Cafe 

- if I once again lived in Taupo I would be broke from this fabulous cafe, 

it's my all time favourite! 

After looking through Luke Haynes Instagram profile then signing up for an online class I came home from our biking holiday & launched straight into making Taylor Swift Portrait! 

So much fun & totally engrossing!

I made a short video from start to finish, you can view it HERE

Before we headed away I made my friend & her husband a quilted Christmas stocking each. I used a piece a silk dupioni. Lucky for you if you are interested I made a video of the making of those too!

 See HERE.

Inside the stockings were some chocolates & a pair of socks I knitted them each:

 Another finish of mine & TOTALLY unplanned - but - so - happy - it - happened is

 "If the words you Spoke" Quilt:

And - last but not LEAST, my Moss Blossom Shawl! 

I started this in September 2024 & after a few false starts - aka 'unknitting' I finished.

 It was lovely to knit, so soft. Now for some winter weather & a posh place to wear it other than in front of my long arm machine in my slippers! 😄

One final thing if you have lasted this long, I purchased two kit set shelving units from Bunnings to better store my wide backing fabrics:

I hope 2025 is off to a fantastic start for you, may your creative juices flow & you have warmth in your heart & a spring in your step!

Thanks for sticking around, I hope something was colourful or inspirational.

Leeanne.

Quilting for Giles & Bye-Bye 2024!

Hello Quilty Friends!

This is my last blog post for 2024. 

What a funny old year it has been, a mixed bag of good stuff,

 boring stuff, annoying stuff & EXCITING STUFF!

But I shall end the year with not the last two quilts I completed for customers, but simply two that have been waiting in a file on my desktop for several weeks because Giles two VERY unique quilts are now hung in The Suter Art Gallery I've been working with Giles for several years now & whenever one of his quilt tops arrive in the post it's never boring. 

All his creations are his design, no patterns or BOM for him.

Lets take a look at WARHORSE - TERROR BIRD (diptych) 2024:

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Giles' own design - Warhorse - Terror Bird (more details below)

Measurements - 83"x 83" (two quilts each)

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Basket Weave.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Giles.

Threads - Glide - Garnet.

Below, two video's of me removing each quilt from the long arm machine:

Here is an excerpt of the gallery's overview of Giles' work:

Warhorse-Terror Bird, Panting says, is not an anti-war quilt, rather

the response of a father of two young men to the way countries

continue to behave when war is declared.

He reflects:

On 24th February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine.  

On 25th February 2022, Ukraine closed its borders to men

aged 18 - 60. Warhorse-Terror Bird draws on a tradition of

quilts that are made entirely from red and cream fabric and

that include abstract, geometric quilt blocks to convey

meaning. Here, I’ve included 'drone' corner blocks and the

'kissing missile' blocks for the borders, along with a traditional

mariner's compass design as the comet/projectile image.

Scandinavian tapestry weaving is referenced in the design of

the horses and bird.

Giles Panting, October 2024

To see find out more & see these & other works from Giles visit 

The Suter Art Gallery between now 2nd March 2025.

Two in gallery photo's from Giles:

With just a few more sleeps until Mr-Man-in-the-RED-suit arrives

 I hope you plan some serious relaxing like I do!

See ya next year!! 

Leeanne.

Quilting for Janette, Katrina, Kerry, Pam & Patricia

Hello Quilty Friends!

I have a BIG line up of fabulous quilts in this post, these are nearly the last of 2024 quilts. 

Warning -Photo heavy!

Hanging around until the end for a short video.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Unknown to me.

Measurements - 55"x 77"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Baptist Fan.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Janette.

Threads - Glide - Mocha (T) Sterling (B)

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Dwell 2 Kit from The Country Yard.

Measurements - 57"x 71"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - New Growth A.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Ivy - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Linen.

Binding - The Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Service.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Kerry's own design (I've quilted many of these for her)

Measurements - 60"x 80"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Blooming Feathers.

Batting - Supplied by Kerry.

Backing - Supplied by Kerry.

Threads - Glide - Pink.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Pam's own design.

Measurements - 61"x 87"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Rhapsody Rugby.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Pam.

Threads - Glide - Willow.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Charm Stars Kit from The Country Yard.

Measurements - 70"x 70"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Baptist Fan.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Cream Check Flannel - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Linen.

Binding - Attach pre made binding to the front only, ready for Patricia to hand stitch to the back.

After some heavy rain & winds yesterday I was delighted to see a bit of magic in my garden:

I will be back before Christmas with two more quilts, the last for the year.

 Until then, thanks for stopping by!

Leeanne.

Quilting for Kim, Linda & Melanie

Hello Quilty Friends!

Todays post reminds me of the contents in my kids Christmas stockings, a bit of nearly everything!

Custom quilting, E2E quilting, baby quilt, wool quilt & scrap quilts.

Grab a comfy seat & lets take a look:

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Unknown to me.

Measurements - 42"x 59"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Lite Hearted.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Kim.

Threads - Glide - Linen.

Binding - Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Services.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Positives by Rachel @Stitched in Color.

Measurements - 63"x 76"

Quilting - Straight Lines.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Linda.( https://kokaquilts.blogspot.com/)

Threads - Glide - Cool Mint.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Checkered Garden.

Measurements - 56"x 56"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Coneflower.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Linda.

Threads - Glide - Cool Mint.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Leymones Star.

Measurements - 47" x 60"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Coneflower.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Linda.

Threads - Glide - Peacock.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Dutchmans Puzzle.

Measurements - 50"x 50"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Peeling Good.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Linda.

Threads - Glide - Peacock.

Next is Melanie's Truffle Duffel quilt. Melanie is the owner of Bowerbird quilt shop in rural Hamilton New Zealand.

 

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Truffle Duffel by Sue Spargo.

Measurements - 36" x 42"

Quilting - Custom Quilting.

Batting - Hobbs Heirloom Wool - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Melanie.

Threads - Glide - Sterling.

With the arrival of The Man in the Big Red suit shortly, I plan to stop quilting for this year & will have a nice break. I want to sew, bike ride, drink coffee (oh wait I do that special thing every day!) possibly potter around doing some neglected jobs around the house & garden.

I have put the Christmas tree up ready for the festive season,

 another year of going all out with lots of effort:

 For my readers w-a-y on the other side of the world, 

here in New Zealand Christmas time is summer time! 

Which must seem very unreal to you all, just as a wintery Christmas is to us Kiwi's. 

But don't worry Santa knows & comes prepared:

 Until next time, be safe out there while jostling your way the through malls & the supermarkets!

Leeanne.