The Lions are out!

Whenever I get asked to quilt for Juliet of The Tartankiwi a little pulse of excitement runs through me as her designs ROCK in my humble opinion! You should have seen the smile on my face as I opened the post to this quilt.

What fun I was going to have! I set out (after the ditch stitching) to give each Lion slightly different facial expressions and each mane to have it's own personality.

For some reason I kept thinking of the Lion King movie when quilting these four magnificent creatures. I remember when that movie first came out on video and I bought it for my kids.........Oh the excitement! I still have the video, but no video player!

Juliet chose wool/polyester batting which has a bit more loft than cotton batting. Measuring 58" square. I love all the backing fabrics Juliet pieced together.

The computer motherboard pattern worked well on the funky border print and it quilts up pronto!

To read more about Juliet's journey on creating this quilt please hop / click / pop over to her blog post *here* to read all about  it AND.......and the chance to win a pattern to make your very own Lion quilt!

While we are on the topic of Cats you know I had a problem with our cat Simon's biscornu, it had a hole.........................which he loves as he can burrow his head in and knead and purr............

                        Time for a new one.............can you see it? It blends into our carpet!

Summer and Autumn........................

This was the feeling and look when I quilted Linda's 'Queen of the May' and Kerryn's 'Autumn Song' Quilts! Linda's quilt was fabulous to work on as there was rain, hail, wind and very dark sky's.............
Here's the 'before' quilting on Linda's quilt..............

photo from Linda

Now the 'after' quilting.........................

Linda asked for light custom quilting of this Kathy Doughty inspired quilt from Material Obsession.
Using Glide thread in the colours 'Military Gold' and 'Mocha' over wool/polyester batting I quilted what I am naming Vintage Feathers on the border and the background, then a series of curved lines, swirls, spirals and a bit of ruler work for some straight lines.

Isn't this a spot of sunshine on a cloudy day? Along with the quilt top Linda posted a sweet vintage sheet for the backing.

To see more of Linda's delightful quilt and her progress of making this quilt, please pop over to her blog for a look. If you type "Queen of the May" into her search bar (top left hand side) all the posts relating to this quilt will show up. Thank you Linda I look forward to collaborating with you again!

Next is Kerryn's 'Autumn Song' quilt made from a range of fabrics by One Sister Design's.

A panel bordered with pieced blocks made from the same fabric range. Look at that panel, looks just like crazy patch!

Again I was asked for light custom quilting, a simple meander over the panel, some loops or big e's and little e's and cross hatching on the pieced blocks.

This quilt was given the 'Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Service'. To find this scrumptious panel and coordinating fabrics please see Kerryn and the team at The Country Yard. 

Non quilty news........Simon fans know how much he loves his Biscornu.......................

A small hole developed a couple of weeks back, but I have been so busy procrastinating about fixing it that is has grown into the perfect place for Simon to kneed into - purring like crazy and stuffing his head into!

What to do???