Quilting for Lorna, Sue & Suzanne

Hello Quilty Friends!

Welcome back to the land of eye candy goodness 😍

My lovely customers have been busy creating some absolutely gorgeous quilts, Suzanne with her pretty vintage sheet quilt, Lorna with her striking log cabin quilt & Sue with her detailed wool quilt. Have you got your favourite drink on hand? I have, COFFEE!

 Let's take a look at these quilts:

 

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Log Cabin.

Measurements - 77"x 102"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Blooming Feathers. 

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Butterfly Whisper Yellow - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Cleopatra.

 

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Tradewinds by Sue Spargo.

Measurements - 34"x 40"

Quilting - Custom Quilting.

Batting - Supplied by Sue.

Backing - Supplied by Sue.

Threads - Glide Tar Heel.

Binding - Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Service.

Extras - Hanging Sleeve & Pre Printed Label.

To see some other Tradewinds quilts I have custom quilted, please see this blog post.

 Suzanne made a blue version of the same quilt, to that quilt, here is the blog post.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Vintage Sheet Squares.

Measurements - 54"x 66"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Funky Daisy.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Suzanne.

Threads - Glide - Peacock.

Thank you Lorna, Sue & Suzanne for letting me loose on your quilts!

I've just come back from five nights away in Taupo for some bike riding & spending time with friends,   my daughter & granddaughter.

It was SO good to be back on 'home' ground, to see the mountains, lake, river & winter air!

Thanks for stopping by!

Leeanne.

Quilting for Deb, Margaret & Willie

Hello Quilty Friends!

Three amazing quilts to share in this post. My customers are so clever, such beautiful sewing & stitching. Shall we dive in?

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Rooted by Sue Spargo.

Measurements - 22"x 24"

Quilting - Custom Quilting.

Batting - Supplied by Deb.

Backing - Supplied by Deb.

Threads - Glide - Mocha.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Simply Serene by Pleasant Valley Creations.

Measurements - 59"x 72"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Kiwiana Christmas.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Margaret.

Threads - Glide - Sterling.

Added extra a personal label for the back.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Unknown to me.

Measurements - 68"x 68"

Quilting - Custom E2E Quilting** - First Starlight.

Batting - Supplied by Willie.

Backing - Supplied by Willie.

Threads - Glide - Linen.

** Custom E2E - Added name top left corner.

Thank you Deb, Margaret & Willie for entrusting your amazing quilts to me!

Just over a week ago I managed in between down pours to prune my beautiful rose which I think is called Compassion, although I'm not 100% sure as I received it as a cutting. I have given many cuttings away over the past ten years. It's a rose with an incredible scent & three good flushes of flowering from October through to May. I am told it is meant to be a climber, so I am trying with a cutting I took a couple of years ago, I will keep you posted.

The pruning stages

When it's flowering! Can you smell it??

Thanks for stopping by,

Leeanne.

Quilting for Brenda & Julie

Hello Quilty Friends!

Here we both are looking down the barrel of another month nearly over.

I came home from my annual birthday week away to quilt tops coming in thick & fast!

Of course if you read Julie's latest blog post you would have seen her quilt top came home with me too.

Brenda contacted me a while back about custom quilting her first Sue Spargo quilt:

 Fresh Cut & Truffle Duffel ( also a Sue Spargo design) she made. You are about to see why I was super impressed with Brenda's two quilts, they are Sue Spargo designs BUT Brenda has added her style & personality to them both, creating unique quilts!

 Let's take a look at Brenda & Julie's quilts:

  

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Fresh Cut by Sue Spargo.

Measurements - 51"x 51"

Quilting - Custom Quilting.

Batting - Wool/polyester (charcoal) - Purchased from me.

Backing - Bloom - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Black.

If you are interested in seeing other Fresh Cut quilts I have quilted over the years,

 see HERE , HERE , HERE  & HERE .

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Truffle Duffel by Sue Spargo.

Measurements - 38"x 43"

Quilting - Custom Quilting.

Batting - Wool/polyester (charcoal) - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Brenda.

Threads - Glide - Olive Drab, Warm Grey, Med Grey, Light Grey, Navy, Black.

To see other Truffle Duffel Quilts I have quilted, see HERE , HERE & HERE

This is Julie's first quilt, didn't she do so well!

 

I love the way Julie has used her late Mum's embroidered linens. 

 Quilt Information:

Pattern - Ruth's Quilt - By Leanne Beasley.

Measurements - 70"x 67"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Wildwood.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Gardenia - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Linen.

Binding - Make & attach to the front (Julie hand stitched to the back).

Thank you so much to Brenda & Julie for trusting me with their beautiful quilts.

 I appreciate you so much.

See you next month!

 

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.