Butterflies & Metalic thread

I have had a steady stream of new customers the past few months, Catherine is one. When Catherine saw Lois' quilt she gave up the idea of doing the quilting herself & asked if I could please quilt hers just like Lois'.

Catherine's quilt is larger than Lois'.
 Using Mettler's gold Metalic thread, Madeira poly neons, I did loopy stipple, Celtic Bubbles, straight lines & echo feathers over cotton batting.

if you click on the photo you will the gold!

This quilt is actually bright, but it was the end of the day, the sun was disappearing when I took the photo's. I hope Catherine's granddaughter is happy with her quilt.

A sharing & swaping quilt......& 1 xmas item

Cat said I could go ahead & blog about her quilt that she just received back from me. I did the quilting for her, plus some of the centre block, which was part of Helen Stubbings 'Stitchin' Round the Block'. There were four of us in the group, Cat, myself, Kerry & Kerryn . Cat is the only one to make a quilt, the rest of us made cushions, to see mine click here.  So fun to see this 'round robin' finished. Cat was also involved in a block swap, these have been stitched around the centre block, to create a fun quilt.

 

 

Knowing Cat loves the modern/ Tilda- ish look I did a few smooth fancy moves!

Celtic Bubbles, inspiration from Diane Guadyski

 

iconic New Zealand bird, the Kiwi ( they aren't usually pink )

 

do the clicky thing for a better look!

 

gotta pop a few feathers in!

 

 

aren't some of these blocks fun?

 

inspiration from Angela Walters book

 

Can you see the backing fabric? Cat gave me a vintage flannel sheet for the backing & I used cotton batting, Madeira, Gunold & Mettler threads. I'm sure I had a sheet just like that when I was a kid?

 

the backing.....roll on the 70's!!

 

 

My 1 xmas item finished......well two of them, but I won't win any " wow Leeanne you have done so much for your 1 xmas item " will I ? These are pretty quick & easy to do!!

I'm sure the other SAL girls are putting way more effort in then me!

Pop over to Narelle's for a peek at what everyone else's efforts are like.

 

I have another quilt finished ( you might have seen it in my Puddling post ) but I will have to wait a couple of weeks as the owner is away.

 

It is a bleak, wet, wintery day here in Whangarei, I have put a big bacon hock in the crockpot for the day, then I will make a big pot of warming winter vegetable soup.

 

Thanks for taking the time to stop by, enjoy your weekend, I will leave you with the following sentence I found.....................

 

"Happiness is a thing you have to find for yourself, but dog hair ( in my case cat hair!) is something that finds you." 

Mettler Metallic threads............... :-)

Difficult to show the quilting with these darker quilts, but I did use Mettlers Metallic gold thread as well as an aqua poly neon & black threads. The first gold I tried was an old one I had, that in the past I had always had problems with, but I thought I would try it again.......but I had problems again (AKA.....get grumpy & throw the thread in the bin!), so I went to my local & bought Mettler Metallic, popped in a metallic needle, & off I went, no problems!!!
 I quilted Feathers, curling ribbon, straight lines & Celtic bubbles.
Lois has made this quilt for her daughter.........lets hope she likes it!

A view of the back...................................

I have finished another book, the first in the series called "A Someday Quilts Mystery" The Lovers Knot, by Clare O'Donohue

Nell Fitzgerald is looking forward to her wedding, and her grandmother’s gift of a wedding quilt, but things don’t go as planned, especially when Nell’s fiance calls off the wedding and Nell finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation – with her former fiance the chief suspect

I borrowed from my local Library, but unfortunately the second book is missing from the Library, they have book 3 & 4. So I have ordered it from the Book Depository, when I have read it I will donate it to the Library.......nothing worse in a series that needs to be read in order, one missing.

Enjoy the funny video!

time for some bright & cheery!

Wendy made this quilt for her daughter Charlie, I think this will be fun in a teenage girls room, don't you think?
Wendy trusted me to go ahead & do what I thought best for the quilt.

Using a mix of Gunold & Madeira polyneon threads I hope I have created a funky, whimsical design.

Next Jill made a table runner for me to quilt, this one is pretty but bright & cheery too. Jill is new to quilting & is doing really well learning & picking up all the 'lingo'. As we know there is much to learn & there is always more to learn! Do we ever stop learning?

Hopefully if you click on the photo's you will see the lovely Mettler variegated poly thread used top & bottom. I quilted a looping feather vine ( inspired from a Carla Barrett online class ) & curling ribbon.
I hope everyone's week is going great!

Blogger's Quilt Festival 2012

Blogger's Quilt Festival 2012 !

               Amy's Creative Side  is hosting an online quilters festival

 
                                                          
 Here is my entry. I did not make this quilt, it was made by Jill at a class at The Country Yard our local patchwork shop, learning several patchwork techniques.  This quilt recently won viewers choice at the shops annual exhibition.
Measuring approximately 68" x 68", Warm & Natural cotton batting . I used a variety of threads, Madeira Polyneons, Sew-Art, Mettler etc.

   Best categories:

   Favourite Professionally Quilted quilt.
  Favourite Bed Quilt.
   Favourite Appliqué Quilt. 
  

Please click on photo's to enlarge

 Because the deep purple paisley border was difficult to photograph, here is a photo of the back.

If you haven't already been to see some other wonderful quilts please do so over here

An Heirloom to share............

An Heirloom quilt needs special treatment...don't distract from the beauty of what the quiltmaker has made.
Feather wreath......

Susan did a fabulous job of this quilt.With her mother's 80th birthday looming, she wanted to make something special, I think she succeeded!
Using a 'Turning Twenty' pattern she made this quilt using the prettiest fabrics.

With my trusty feather wreath stencil on hand we went to work.

I love this soft green.....

I hope your Mum has many happy years enjoying this quilt.


No poly-neon Maderia, Mettler or Wonderfil threads were harmed in the making of this quilt :-)