A plaid quilt, a stitchery quilt and wool.

A warm welcome to my readers and followers who stop by to see the quilting I do, it's nice to have you here.
Facebook followers will have seen some sneak peeks of Gina's Country Quilt, called "House Sampler" .

Clearly the big old rosemary bush has to go! At this time of the year the sun is not rising high enough into the sky. Anyway this a quilting blog not a professional photography one.
Gina has been plodding away at this quilt for a few years, made mainly of plaid fabrics mixed with fabrics with a country feel. The quilt measures: 74" x 87".

The style of this quilt did lend it's self to simple quilting, straight lines and of course stipple. Gina had used black thread for the hand blanket stitch on the applique blocks so I went ahead and used a deep navy thread for the bulk of the quilting.

On the houses I quilted a variety of simple patterns to give some nice textures. There were window's that needed ditch stitching as well as the appliques.

Gina will need all the quilts she can get living in Canterbury, it's very cold down there at the moment, I'm pleased the postie could get through the snow covered roads to deliver this lovely quilt to Gina.

I have an exciting week coming up, my granddaughter is coming to stay for a week. For this week I won't be quilting as I want to spend some quality time with her. So with that in mind I have been working extra hours working at keeping my quilting pile moving. I don't like my lovely customers waiting too long to get their treasured quilts back.

Lois made this sweet little quilt, combining stitcheries, applique and piecing. Lois said to quilt as I wished.

Feathers and swirls are sure to please and simple diagonal lines across the stitchery blocks. Lois picked her quilt up today and I can report she was delighted!

It's winter here in New Zealand so I thought I would share these cute photo's of a tree I saw that is getting some 'winter woollies' made by the locals in Dargaville.

On the topic of wool, a few weekends ago I made friends with Youtube to learn how to crochet. It's wonderful that you can pause, rewind and play all over again.......and again and again!

I have a grand total of eleven granny squares! I am so happy. Crocheting granny squares is incredibly relaxing. My day feels complete when I can say I crocheted another granny square!

sewing time for me.....

For some time I have loved the header quilt over at Julie's, one day I will make one from my plaids, but for now I was using my strips from my scraps. This is what I have so far, I will add a plain border then a strippy scrappy border, then back to the plain...I think?

I am making this one for my niece who is turning 21 at the end of the year, I have made her twin brother a quilt too (photo's to come).

I have nearly finished this quilt (scroll down the page to see the strip on the apple tree) but I have been so busy making the above quilt that it has been put aside, I must finish it...one day.

I hope you all are enjoying the weekend and the Rugby world cup! I have watched a couple of games with my son, it will be interesting to see who takes the cup.