Quilting for Dorothy, Kerry & Marcelle

Hello Quilty Friends!

The month of May is ticking away & will be gone with a flash of King Charles crown!

Todays post consists of three very different quilts, Dorothy made a special family member living in Australia a unique sampler style quilt, while Kerry made a striking quilt using fabrics she printed herself!

Marcelle's quilt, or should I say Marcelle's twin 12 year old daughters made a super sweet quilt for their favourite aunty who is due to have a baby.

At the end of the post you will see a couple of recent finishes I have made for my shop, both are needing homes....wink, wink 😀

  

Applique Australia

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Dorothy's own design.

Measurements - 73"x 69"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Van Gogh.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Ombre Squares Cranberry - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Bark.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Kerry's own design.

Measurements - 82"x 82"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Blooming Feathers.

Batting - Supplied by Kerry.

Backing - Supplied by Kerry.

Threads - Glide - Bark.

 Quilt Information:

Pattern - Marcelle's daughters design from hand picked fabrics.

Measurements - 41"x 49"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Sweet Lil Butterflies.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Pink Squiggles - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Linen (T) Peacock (B)

Binding - Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Services.

A couple of months ago I went to a Hospice Bric-A-Brac sale. There were loads of people & fabric! All proceeds went to Hospice, what a great cause & because of that I did not feel guilty when I purchased  few pieces of silk & silk dupioni. Here is what I did with some of one piece:

On my computer the colour is not reading true, it really is a lovely colour.

I used a digital quilting block design, then added the vintage linen to the middle of the design & hand guided some freemotion quilting to add some more vintage interest. I even quilted a back, complete with covered buttons!

Covered buttons & quilted back.

The other creation I made sometime ago was this Birds of Aotearoa. Made from a gorgeous panel & fabrics from my stash.....I do have a good selection! I don't have a full frontal photo, but the following video seems to show it off nicely.

If you or someone you know might like a unique gift, the cushion is $70NZD plus postage. 

The Birds of Aotearoa quilt is $700NZD plus postage. 

Until next time............

Leeanne.

 

Quilting for Cherie, Janine & Judith

Hello Quilty Friends!

I have a wonderfully colourful & textured post for you today, if only it was a 'touch screen' then you would surely be rubbing her hands over the two Sue Spargo quilts!

Janine's Flora hand embroidered wool quilt was finished last year but due to Sue Spargo's rules I could not share photo's until the pattern was released to the masses!

You will also see Judith's Chirp quilt, another Sue Spargo design.

But first lets take a look at Cherie's two colourful rail fence quilts made to gift to a boy & one for a girl.

If you make it through all the photos you will be rewarded with a short video.

 

Pattern - Rail Fence

Measurements - 66"x 76"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Magic Melt Away.

Batting - Supplied by Cherie

Backing - Supplied by Cherie

Threads - Glide - Cloud

 

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Rail Fence

Measurements - 66"x 76"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Love Me.

Batting - Supplied by Cherie.

Backing - Supplied by Cherie.

Threads - Glide - Peacock.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Flora by Sue Spargo

Measurements - 36"x 46"

Quilting - Custom Quilting.

Batting - Wool - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Janine.

Threads - Glide - Mocha.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Chirp by Sue Spargo.

Measurements - 23"x 23"

Quilting - Custom Quilting.

Batting - Wool - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Judith.

Threads - Glide - Willow & Cool Mint

Binding - Make & attach binding & hanging sleeve ready for Judith to hand stitch to the back.

A recent finish of mine is BIRDS OF AOTEAROA. I purchased the gorgeous Ellen Giggenbach panel then got to rummaging through my stash for suitable coordinating fabrics. I got the quilt top together in fair time but then it hung around waiting for quilting. I sent a request to an American digital designer for a Kowhai border. I was delighted with their design, I think it makes the quilt.

True to form this is another quilt that IS FOR SALE!

 Leeanne.

A stitchers Garden and meet Dimples and Harry.

As a professional quilter I can never complain about enduring a boring job, every quilt is different, from size to design, texture to what quilting my customer would like.

At the end of last year Chris gave me her 'Stitchers Garden' quilt, designed by Lynda Howell. Chris made this quilt through a class at The Apple Basket to learn the different features of her Phaff machine. As classes go this was a long ongoing 18 months long!

One of the challenges I faced with this beautiful quilt was the applique blocks have already been quilted, the backgrounds have a semi lofty stabilizer on the back side and each background has it's own 'quilting'. You will notice the above block shows wavy pin tucking, so this was my challenge, I was reluctant to do any quilting in the background. Chris agreed and we decided to just quilt around the applique's, some of these had to been quilted 1/4" away as the decorative stitching protruded past the applique shapes.

The applique background fabrics were a lovely linen, many of the other fabrics had a silver overlay.

I enjoyed 'dividing and conquering' one of the pieced borders, just to simply add another level of interest.

There is just something so pleasing about feathers on a quilt.

Straight lines never go a miss either.

Thank you so much Chris for trusting me to custom quilt  your beautiful quilt. This will not be the last you see of this design because I got given another quilt from the same class!

Last blog post I put a sneaky peek photo of a present I made for a very special who celebrated her birthday yesterday, as yesterday is over I can now share......................................Meet Dimples and Harry.

Dimples (the doll) and Harry (the rabbit) were designed by Kerry Gillespie, over at My Favourite Things. Dimples sports and linen shift and dress along with some antique buttons, Harry.............the poor fella is wearing only a name tag hanging around his neck! Notice the name tag is discreetly giving him some privacy.

I miss my special friend, I miss popping into her home for a cuppa and a natter, someone who cares for me and I for her. So when her birthday was looming and I remembered I had this pattern I knew she would love it.

There is a personal joke between her and me, you see the very first time I went to visit her at her home I was so shocked to see her hanging out her kitchen window with a rifle shooting rabbits! I saw another side to my friend one that made me laugh and feel sorry for the bunnies eating the fresh veges in her garden. Anyway when I returned home and told my husband about my visit to my new friends home he started calling her 'Gunslinger'!! So the theme of bunnies remains even though our friendship is a long distance one. Happy birthday Megan!

Here in New Zealand is a long weekend as Friday was Waitangi day. So I decided to continue with the Block of the Month I am making as a sample for The Country Yard. Still only sneak peeks until AFTER  the shops New Years Launch on 7th March.

I hope your weekend is going well, with lots of creativity and joy, thanks so much for taking the time to stop by.

Welcome Home!

Dave Dobbyn is so iconic to all that is Kiwi-ness here in New Zealand. I love the following song.

I think of this song as I welcome home my quilt, 'Folk Art Blooms'.

Designed by Buggy Barn. I made this quilt ready for The Country Yards New Years Launch in March 2013. We sold this quilt as a Block of the Month. The quilt was successful with many falling in love with it as I did. Now we have sold all we had to offer so I got to bring this quilt home.

I used a black batting and batting. Several different black fabrics were used for the backgrounds which help make the applique (raw edge) say: 'hello world, look at me!'

I had fun with the quilting, echoing the applique and flowing feathers on the borders.

Funny how in different lights the black is bluey/grey.............................

By now I am sure you would have noticed my 'helper'..........................................

"This old quilt? Really! She needs a thing of REAL beauty like me!"

Back when I made the quilt I commissioned my dear friend Julie ( see her amazing blog and you too can easily open your wallet to her beautiful handmade goodies!)   to make me a doll from some of the left over fabrics. I also made a cushion, using needle turn for the applique so shoppers could see the applique could be completed either way.

When I took my Christmas decorations down I had a we potter and changed a few things around in my home.

Another Block of the Month 'Home Coming Lane' and the Raggy Ann Prim doll I made on an old painters ladder.

My holidays have been filled with working on a new Block of the Month, which of course I can not show you just yet!
Leaving you with a final photo of 'The Helper'.......................can you spot him??