Jan and Gena's quilts

Jan and Gena sure know how to make lovely quilts and it was my pleasure to quilt for  them both.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Homegrown by  Sue Spargo
Measurements - 46" x 46"
Batting - Wool - Purchased from me.
Backing - Supplied by customer.
Quilting - Custom Quilting.
Threads - Glide.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Unknown to me.
Measurements - 37" x 43"
Batting - Supplied by customer.
Backing - Supplied by customer.
Quilting - Custom Quilting.
Threads - Glide.

Quiltmekiwi Etsy Store quilt feature! I thought I might feature one of the cot quilts for sale on my Etsy store from time to time.
This is a sweet 1930's panel cot quilt with a 'bubbly' e2e Quilting design.

Nicki and Marcelle's Quilts...............

Welcome back, today I have three quilts to share today they share the common ground of E2E Quilting.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Brother Elephant kit by The Country Yard.
Measurements - 37" x 48"
Batting - Wool/Polyester - Purchased from me.
Backing - Cream Karen Lewis - Purchased from me.
Quilting - E2E Quilting -  Malacheti
Threads - Glide.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Air Traffic by Cherry Watson for The Apple Basket.
Measurements - 44" x 48"
Batting - Wool/Polyester - Purchased from me.
Backing - Cream Karen Lewis - Purchased from me.
Quilting - E2E Quilting - Malacheti. (Both these quilts were loaded together on the same backing and batting and quilted together.)
Threads - Glide.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Scrappy Trip Around the World - By Bonnie Hunter and pulled together as a SAL by Angie
Measurements - 60" x 71"
Batting - Polyester - Purchased from me.
Backing - Supplied by customer.
Quilting - E2E Quilting - Over & Back Calico.
Threads - Glide.

Vasanthia & Jane's lovely quilts.............

Jane's superb Down the Rabbit Hole quilt and Vasanthia's cot quilt for a new family member.

Quilt information:

Pattern - Down the Rabbit Hole - by Sarah Fielke
Measurements - 96" x 96"
Batting - Supplied by customer.
Backing - Supplied by customer.
Quilting - Custom.
Threads - Glide.

Quilt information:

Pattern - 5" charms.
Measurements - 36" x 45"
Batting - Supplied by customer.
Backing - Supplied by customer.
Quilting - E2E Quilting - Freehand hearts and loops.
Threads - Glide.
Binding - The Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Service.

Edge to Edge, All Over Quilting Design, Panto Quilting.............

They all mean the same: a quilting design that goes over the quilt taking no mind of any piecing, applique etc. I love to get this type of quilting as the quilting goes quite quickly and is of course a good choice for quilts that are going to be snuggled, dragged around, washed lots and also a good choice of quilting for the budget conscious quilt maker. There are many designs to choose from, I also do several freehand designs of my own.
Kerryn, owner of The Country Yard asked for a wood-grain E2E (edge to edge) design on this sweet 'pimped' up cot panel.

The panel is by Gingiber Zest your Nest for Moda called 'Merrily'. Kerryn and her team sliced and diced the panel, pieced some blocks and created this cute quilt! Kerryn also asked for the Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Service.

            For this E2E quilting I freehanded this design...............

Next is Ellaleen's Fairy Panel quilt, also sliced and diced! Ellaleen wanted E2E (also freehand quilting) on the panels but not over the peeper she had made.

                     Here is a photo showing the peeper........................

                    The binding (Ellaleen chose The Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Service too) and the backing................................

Last but not least is Roz's quilt. Although Roz lives in the South Island of New Zealand she was up Northland visiting family, so she stopped by to deliver her quilt to me. Roz chose the E2E pattern: "Modern Squares" and the thread: Glide's 'Military Gold' and the batting: wool/polyester and also her backing fabric! ( a mustard tone on tone.....no photo!)

I'm finding this E2E pattern a favourite with many people including myself, it works on many styles of quilts.

Thank you to all those who took the time to comment here and through to my email on how much you enjoy reading my blog and checking out so many styles and types of quilts and of course the quilting............much appreciated!

Quilts and family time..................

A couple of posts back I shared that my grandson was born: Marley Ray. I was super keen to get over to Australia to meet the wee man. After a bit of giggling in the schedule I managed to get there.

I had a magic time bathing him and thanks to my daughters expressed milk I fed him too. At 2 weeks old he is super alert and strong! Before I headed over to the very hot temperatures (ranging from 30 - 37 degrees!) I also met my great nephew who was born the same week: Kobe Ray, both cousins share my Dad's name Ray.

Although it was really lovely to see my daughters and one of my sons, granddaughter and of course my grandson I was happy to come home to cooler temperatures! I thought you might like to see the two quilts I made for my grandson and the quilt panel I quilted for my great nephew.
First Marley's two quilts - yes two quilts! My daughter was keen to have woodland critters. So after some searching I found a lovely applique pattern from Shiny Happy World.

I had a lot of fun making this quilt. Machine appliqued and custom quilted in a map contour design and a flange binding and flannel backing.

Look at the cute backing fabric, I thought it was perfect for the theme of the quilt.

Now for Marley's second quilt...........................................

I picked this panel up from The Country Yard and custom quilted it and used the same flannel backing then attached simple binding.....done!

Last but not least the quilt for my great nephew, this is also a panel quilt. My family are prolific at adding to family numbers (Dad now has 15 GREAT grandchildren!) so I like to keep both a boy and girl quilt all ready to go in my gift box!

And more flannel for the backing.....................................

                                         And the Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Service :-)

Now that my feet are back on the ground it's back to work! I shall be back soon with another blog post of some quilts I finished before I went away.