Saturday, December 20, 2014

Gift giving



Christmas time seems as good a time as any to give a quilt as a gift, it seems many of my customers are doing this very deed this year.


Penny gave me two quilts she is intending to give to her grandchildren this Christmas, first is this fun and funky 'Monster/spaceship' quilt.


I love the vibrancy of this quilt, it has a sense of fun about, I see this quilt having two lives, one for hut making, the other for snuggling under and reading stories by torch light!
The back is fun and funky also.


Next is a sweet quilt, so perfect for a wee girl..................what girl doesn't like fairies?


Shirley Barber has the most delightful fairy folk, I still have my girls fairy books.



Penny requested all over quilting designs for both quilts as well as the full 'Quiltme' service - that is to quilt, make and attach the binding and hand stitch in place on both quilts.

Lastly for this post at least (still three more quilts to share with you) is the quilt Pam made for her son for Christmas.


This quilt is large: 98" square, it was raining cats n' dogs so the photo's were taken inside, so difficult to get a full photo of such a large quilt inside, usually I hang the quilts up outside.

Pam requested a large stipple through the middle of the quilt, then when looking for ideas for the border she saw the background filler I did on Juliet's quilt and loved that, see this post. (minus the bubbles/pebbles)



I will be back with the final quilts of the year later, for now I will leave you with my new snowman for my collection that my sweet friend Julie gave me and a photo of Whangarei's very own Christmas tree.




14 comments:

  1. All lovely quilts and of course superb quilting. There will be two excited children on Christmas morning when they unwrap their quilts

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  2. Great quilts Leeanne and I love your snowman. A very special treat from Julie you are very spoilt and so you should be

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  3. Great quilts Leeanne, you seem to be doing a few this year that are to be given as gifts ... how wonderful. I especially love the fairy fabrics, are they flower fairies?? Glad to see little tin snowman looks most at home at your place :-)

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  4. All looking great. Glad to see you are using your new friend to the max!

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  5. I especially love the Fairie quilt! My girls and I each have sets of the Flower Fairie books.
    Cute little snowman for your collection. Snowmen are so fun to collect. My Sis-in-law has so many and I love them all (but I don't collect them--just admire them). : )

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  6. HamilTron has a tree like that in Garden Place, with a pretend ice skating rink behind it. Come down and will shall go skating!!!! The quilts are lovely, such amazing fabrics.

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  7. a loveyl selection of quilts here the flower fairies one is beautiful all girls loer fairies ladies too A cute snowman to add to your collection!

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  8. A great job, as always! Merry Christmas :)

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  9. More beautiful quilts, beautifully quilted!! Very nice new snowman!

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  10. Love your new little snowman! And those quilts will all make gorgeous gifts -love the thought of them being used for snuggling in one minute and used as a hut the next!!

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  11. All quilts lovely in their own way and beautifully quilted!
    I LOVE your new snowman, mine finally came out of the cellar. They cheer up the dark days before Christmas!
    What a beautiful tree in Whangerei!
    Happy days, Cisca

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  12. Great quilting Leanne and I love the snowman. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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  13. You have been insanely busy! So many lucky people receiving quilts out there! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend.

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  14. Wow - these have certainly kept you out of trouble. Love that swirly border quilting. How many snowmen do you have?

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