Quilting for Jan, Lois & Thelma

Hello Quilty Friends!

It's finally starting to cool off here, how's the weather in your neck of the woods? It's been a wet humid summer here so I'm not sad to say goodbye to it.

Today's line up of customer quilts are super beautiful, they signal all the seasons colours.

 Grab a coffee, tea or wine & take a look:

Loaded sideways.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Chandelier by Donna Jordan.

Measurements - 59"x 70"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Blooming Feathers.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Jan.

Threads - Glide Cool Mint.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Flower Pots & Forget-me-nots by Pansy Patch Design.

Measurements - 45" x 45"

Quilting - Custom Quilting.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Lois.

Threads - Glide - Mocha.

Binding - The Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Service.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - William Morris Charm Quilt. ***

Measurements - 44"x 55"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Blooming Feathers.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Lois.

Threads - Glide - Mocha.

Binding - The Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Services.

*** Sometimes I give my customers a small "Thank you for your custom" gift, Lois received a William Morris mini charm pack from me several quilts & years ago. I think it's sweet she has made a quilt from that gift!

 

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Postage Stamp Quilt.***

Measurements - 60"x 71"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Simple Pleasures.

Batting - Supplied by Thelma.

Backing - Supplied by Thelma.

Threads - Glide - Linen.

*** This quilt really spoke to me, so I'm currently piecing lots of 2.5" pink & white squares together.

Thank you Jan, Lois & Thelma for entrusting your beautiful creations to me.

A few weeks ago a young family that we had grown fond of in our street moved to another area of New Zealand. I decided it would be nice to gift the two young girls (4yrs & 2yrs) a small quilt each. ( I don't need much of an excuse to make a quilt!) I'm happy to say they love their Fairy quilts. I found a cute soft flannel in my stash that was big enough for both quilt backs, that's always a bonus!

After a couple of years of procrastination I made myself some new oven mitts. I used two layers of that special heat resist batting (the proper name eludes me!) I threw my old gross ones out, goodbye!

One day a couple of weeks ago when 'dooms-day' scrolling social media I saw Telly Bean Knits cute "Showered in Rainbows" cardigan. I purchased the pattern & got knitting! An unusual construction ( for me anyway) Do I have a newborn to give this cardi too? No I don't, I figured it was a minimal commitment size, I'm sure I will hear of someone who might like it. ( I have a growing collection 😁)

On the book reading front I have read Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone for the second time.

 Have you read any of her books?

Thanks for stopping by,

Leeanne.

Quilting for Jenny, Kim & Laura

Hello Quilty Friends!

Did you blink and miss February like me? It's the start of Autumn & this winter loving girl is super happy to have some cool air replacing the hot, sticky humidity. If you feel the same raise your hand or better yet join the Winter Lovers Club, we are taking new members :)

Enough of the weather & seasons let's look at quilts:

Jenny has made a sweet Christmas quilt, Kim made a pretty Trip Around the World quilt to give her Mum & Laura has yet again impressed me with two beautiful Tula Pink quilts.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Have a Merry Gingiber Christmas - kit from The Country Yard.

Measurements - 44"x 60"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Calistar.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Jenny.

Threads - Glide - Linen.

Binding - Made & attached to the front ready for Jenny to hand stitch.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Petite Trip - By French General.

Measurements - 57" x 57"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Blooming Feathers.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Coxcomb - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Mocha.

Binding - The Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Services.

 

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Toes in the Sand - By Jaybird Designs.

Measurements - 67"x 84"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Modern Squares.

Batting - Supplied by Laura.

Backing - Supplied by Laura.

Threads - Glide - Cool Mint.

Laura will trim up the sides.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Star Cluster - By Tula Pink.

Measurements - 82"x 82"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Totally Mod Circles.

Batting - Supplied by Laura.

Backing - Strawberries HR - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Linen.

            I recently finished knitting socks for one of my sons & his girlfriend. I hope they like them!

I used self striping yarn from Opal.

I hope my son still likes ORANGE!

New to me author, I enjoyed this book!

Recent Quilts Donated to Women's Refuge.

Until next time quilty friends, happy days creating!

Leeanne.

Quilting for Beverley, Laura & Suzanne

Hello Quilty Friends!

If you love colour, Anzac & vintage, I have it all in this post. 

There's lots of photos & minimal prattle, grab a comfy seat & your favourite beverage:

  

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Anzac Panel

Measurements - 36"x 43"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Van Gogh.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Plain White - Purchased from me.

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

Quilt Information:

Pattern - High Voltage by Free Spirit.

Measurements - 89"x 101"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Doubles.

Batting - Supplied by Laura.

Backing - Tula Pink Lagoon - Purchased from me.

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

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Square Eyes by Susan Claire (Gourmet Quilter)

Measurements - 59"x 59"

Quilting - Custom E2E Quilting ***

Batting - Supplied by Laura.

Backing - Free Spirit Onion Rings - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - White.

*** Custom E2E Quilting, in this case because of the folded 3D triangles. By the power of my computerised quilting system I 'masked' out these areas to avoid being quilted down.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Olympia Puzzle by Quilters Lane.

Measurements - 84"x 84"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Whitney's Pearls.

Batting - Supplied by Laura.

Backing - Supplied by Laura.

Threads - Glide - Mermaid (T) Robin Egg (B)

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Vintage Sheet Squares.

Measurements - 54"x 66"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Daisy Doodles.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Suzanne.

Threads - Glide - Linen.

Thank you Beverley, Laura & Suzanne for trusting me with your beautiful quilts.

Now having a hubby that is a school teacher has meant there are frequent holidays. Over the years I use to carry on working with maybe a week off here & there, but now days I find myself taking the same time off too. I must confess I have come to enjoy it! 

Below is a montage of some recent holiday happenings:

 I hope you all had a good Easter break, here in the north island of New Zealand there was a wild storm. Sadly we had a our beautiful red Rhododendron blown over & broken by high winds & no power for 24hrs. The Easter bunny was reported to still get through, although not to my house??

I've managed a few knitting projects too & reading!

Until next time, take care & happy creating.

Leeanne.

Quilting for Marilyn, Rosemary & Tina

Hello Quilty Friends!

The following quilts have nothing in common (unless you can spot something?)

But they were all made by some of my crafty & clever customers, & made with love.

Lets dive in for a Looksie.

Marilyn used HIGH visibility tape, such a fun addition! 

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Roadworks (Marilyn's adapted version) by The Apple Basket.

Measurements - 56"x 77"

Quilting - Custom E2E - Baptist Fan e2e through the middle & free motion quilting on border.

Batting - Supplied by Marilyn.

Backing - Grey Squiggles - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Light Grey & Autumn.

Binding - The Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Service.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - New Zealand Bird Panel ( Rosemary added borders) Panel by Fiona Clark.

Measurements - 55"x 62"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Bean Sprout.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Rosemary - But I do sell this! 😉

Threads - Glide - Sterling.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Storm at Sea.

Measurements - 102"x 103"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Bubbles.

Batting - Supplied by Tina.

Backing - Supplied by Tina.

Threads - Glide - Basil.

The need to share exciting news this week is strong: I sold TWO quilts from my shop!!

Whenever a sale occurs I'm soooo darn happy I could dance!

I love to think a baby, newly weds or someone's friend is wrapped in one of the quilts I made.

They are all made with love, because I LOVE making quilts - have I mentioned that before? 

What an incredible long lasting gift a quilt makes.

These are the two I sold this week:

I have many more quilts available in my shop if you are looking for a special gift. 

It could well become a family heirloom.

Last weekend I loaded up some backing fabric to accommodate some beautiful olive green

 satin I purchased from an OpShop.

 I wanted to quilt table runners & Christmas stockings. Once I'd quilted up all the satin I still had backing fabric space, so the 'waste-not-want-not' me HAD to keep adding more bits of fabric & keep quilting until it was all used up.

 Three days of quilting & all the backing fabric was used up with all sorts of quilted pieces! Here is a short video of me unloading the l-o-n-g quilted piece!

 Below is a photo of the finished stockings I made. They are for sale (not listed in my shop yet).

When I finish making up the other quilted pieces I will share photos with you all. 😁

I did put some fun videos on my Instagram page.

I recently finished reading this book, such a wonderful read.

 Kristin Hannah is fast becoming my favourite author.

The latest pair of knitted socks gifted to a sweet friend x

Here's hoping you enjoyed this post, as always its lovely to read your comments.

Leeanne.