Custom Quilting for Jan

Hello Quilty Friends!

After loads of hours of work Jan now has her quilt back I thought I'd share photos.

Do you want to see???

There was quite a bit of interest from the photos & videos I shared on my social media pages. 

I had planning thoughts & ideas, in the end I just had to get cracking on this pretty quilt!

Jan gave me creative license, which is super helpful I find the ideas can flow freely,

 especially after coffee!

Before quilting

After quilting

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Amish Medallion by Mary Thayer.

Measurements - 71"x 86"

Quilting - Custom Quilting - all digital designs with the exception of the stitch in the ditch

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Jan.

Threads - Glide - Linen, Herb, Hunter.

Once Jan received her quilt, she emailed me to say this:

Hi Leeanne, I am absolutely thrilled with it, it is just beautiful, and so beautifully quilted.  

Thank you so very much for making such a lovely job of it, much appreciated.

I send you a top and you send me back a beautiful quilt.

Thank you Leeanne,  Regards Jan

💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Leeanne

quilts, quilts & more quilts

Fancy more sneak peeks? 
Oh I couldn't do that to you all again......so soon! You have had enough sneak peeks to last you until Santa comes calling!
First up...................................................

This Amish Barn quilt was made by Kerryn as fabric inspiration for some fabric new to the shop. Take the feature fabric, cut a large square of it. Take some of the co- co-ordinating fabric & make stars. Sew them all together & you have a dashing quilt!
 Using poly 'soft & bright' batting I quilted the 'organic' cross-hatching through the middle piece of feature fabric, followed by some straight lines & curling ribbon. This quilt measures 60" x 60".

Secondly.....................................

A Muted Nine patch table runner. Measuring 19" x 64" this is a lovely runner. Quilted over cotton batting with an all over design & cross-hatching on the nine patches, using Gunold & Madeira poly threads. This is a available as a kit or pattern.
A photo of the front & back, just for you! Note all these quilts at the time of photographing needed the binding stitched down, lucky some special fairies came to help out! Thank you fairies, you know who you are.

Last, but not least.......................................................

 Antique Lace! A whack & stack method of piecing this pretty quilt, add some old Doilies & lace. Cotton batting was used as well at Madeira poly threads with an all over pattern except on the doilies, they got some special treatment. Of course where would we be with out a feather on the border? 64" x 64".

See some of those pretty lacey goodies.......very pretty....it can be hard to cut them up, but this way they are being used. If you have ones that are stained & you have given them a good soak, but still the mark is there, just cut it off, or plan to sew a button on!

This will be available as a class at the shop if you are interested.
back soon with part two......................................................

customers quilts and a novel finally finished

Lois' kiwiana jelly roll quilt

Lois made this jelly roll quilt as a gift for a family member ,she just wanted a loose stipple all over.I used Signatures variegated thread in greens.

 Ngaire made this quilt for one of her granddaughters, once again I was asked to do simple quilting.So using Signature Variegated thread in pink I X-hatched the nine patches and echoed the hearts and did a 'loopy' stipple on the border.  

Just a side ways photo to make your night interesting!.......why does this happen????

Finally finished this book!!I only started it in June, but I just read a bit at night when I hopped into bed at night.It is a trilogy, so not too bad.I enjoyed this book.It doesn't have much in the way of quilting like the Elm Creek novels,but a nice story and an interesting look into the Amish lifestyle.It is a story about Hannah and how she over comes some big set backs and finds peace and love.

Books........

Hi all!
I hope life is interesting for you all, no doubt some of you are having a few challenges as life seems to throw us all from time to time.
No quilt photo's today but thought I'd share a couple of new books I have.................

Primitive Quilts

I got this wee beauty from my favourite quilt shop this is a new magazine from America.If you love country quilts, this is for you....there are one or two (or three!) things I would like to make.

A novel I bought off Fishpond (like Amazon for those of you outside New Zealand) So far I am really enjoying this book.It is about the Amish community and hopefully about quilting ...just a guess from the title.
It would be great if it was a talking book, then I could 'read' a book AND quilt!

Speaking of talking books, the last two I got from the library were terrible!Boring, boring, and BORING!!!