Lois' Kiwiana Stack n' Whack quilt

Welcome back to my little quilting corner. If you follow me on Facebook and now Instagram you will have seen the sneak peeks of Lois' quilt, finally I have got through some other quilts to show you Lois' New Zealand (Kiwiana) flavoured quilt!

Made for her great nephew in Canada from a fabulous selection of New Zealand, or what is commonly known as "Kiwiana" fabrics.

Lois wanted edge to edge quilting and let me choose something suitable, I went with 'Allure' which looks just like a Maori fish hook when I Googled 'Maori bone fish hook' the meaning was perfect for the person receiving this quilt : "when made from bone or greenstone they represent strength, good luck and safe travel across water".

Lois also pieced the backing from Kiwiana fabrics..................look at it, isn't it amazing! This lovely quilt is off to make a new home in Canada with a young man that will surely love it!
I have a couple more quilts to share with you but I will save those for another post, I will sign off with a few photo's of my last tramping trip.

Opua/ Russell loop was a real mix of everything really. We had a two ferry rides, some bush walking, some board walks, beach walking, coffees and icecreams! A lovely walk more than tramping/hiking.

My Tribe...................................

When Marcelle gave me her "My Tribe" quilt several weeks back we discussed several ideas for quilting but none of them really 'gelwith' the quilt, that is until I saw an idea on a fellow long- arm- quilters blog! Then the stars aligned and it was all go!

Marcelle got the pattern from Amy Friend's book "Intentional Piecing" after she had 'borrowed' a fabric bundle from her friend! This friend was recently married and Marcelle wanted to make her friend a special wedding quilt to mark the occassion. This 'borrowed' fabric was coveted by her friend so Marcelle knew she wouldn't mind if it secretly disappeared! Crikey we quilters can be a sneaky bunch!

When I spotted Tia's quilting on one of her customers quilts I knew it was the design this quilt needed. I quickly emailed Tia asking if she would mind me using her fabulous idea......."yes go for it!" she said! Whoopwhoop. Looking like map contour lines I believe this design works so well with these Teepee's, it makes me think of the scene in the movie Dances with Wolves where there is a network of Teepees by the riverside on the prairie.

Measuring 40" x 42" makes for an awesome lap quilt or even better a wall hanging. This really was a pleasure and so much fun to quilt! Marcelle made a fabulously interesting backing.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoying Marcelle's quilt...............I hope you will visit again soon.

simple 2" cross hatching

Look at the awesome pieced back Megan has made!

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