Cindy's Lambton Quilt

        Imagine my delight when this gorgeous quilt arrived in the mail for me to quilt......................

Before quilting

Measuring 85" square. A mix of exquisite needle turn applique and English paper piecing. Cindy attended Katrina Hadjimicheal's retreat last year when Katrina was over teaching.

Cindy requested light-ish custom quilting and wool/polyester batting. As you can see from the next photo I wanted to quilt the four corner blocks (which are the same ) a little different from the other remaining blocks.

Cindy was keen for some stipple between the echo lines that I had created around the block and applique. I did small amounts of quilting on the applique just to anchor and give texture.

                          Pat me on the back I remembered to take photo's of the back!

Cindy's labour of love is a piece of true beauty, impeccable work -womenship and I believe an heirloom. Thank you Cindy.

Here's a peek at the quilt I have also just finished (can't share more at this point)

And the quilt currently on my machine......................

Oodles of variety wouldn't you say? Happy week to you all..............................................

"Happy Birthday Barbara".............................

When a notable birthday rocks around and you are asked to contribute to the making of a quilt for a friend it's nice to say 'yes I can help'. Several of Barbara's friends stitched and pieced blocks, my part was the quilting part. Here it is as it arrived in my studio pre quilting....................

Pretty darn amazing don't you think! Now for the quilting part, there are some close ups so you can see some of the blocks, rather than just a birds eye view.

Sometimes when I quilt these types of quilts I like to let a bit of my cheeky personality spring forth!

I wonder what 'notable' year it was for Barbara?

                                       The following block came all the way from England!

                       

So there you have it, each year another birthday comes around and you just never know what the 'fairies' might bring you! The finished quilt.

I just remembered I took a photo of Barbara receiving her beautiful quilt! Here she peeping out with several tears in her eyes.

To finish this post off here is the latest quilt on my machine, it's a big job, lots of quilting! Back to it. Thanks for stopping by.

team playing......................

When a few friends come together to make a quilt for a special friend that is having what some call a milestone birthday, it is all about team work. The featured quilt was all about teamwork, a few secret meetings, some sneaky swaps of fabrics & conversations.........but all for a good cause. My part in this birthday quilt was the quilting, six other friends made the blocks, or 'rounds'.

The centre block was inspired by Leanne Beasley's block she designed for Breast of Friends for the Australian Homespun magazine then in a traditional manner the next 'rounds' were added by each friend. As you can see I 'doodled' to my hearts content!

A few feathers here & there, some micro-scribbling, some echoing. I used bobbin fill, Madeira poly neon's , Gunold & Glide threads.

 

 

More feathers for the border........then off for the binding to be attached.

So what do you do when you are left with scraps??????????
.........................Make a scrappy backing of course!

Now I'm off for a very special weekend..................I hope you all a great weekend too!

"The Charm of Yesteryear.................

Another quilt sample finished for The Country Yard . Made with one charm pack - 1862 Battle Hymn by Moda, a Primitive Muslin for the background, sashing & border fabric. I made the pinwheels using the Missouri Star Quilt Company tutorial .......super fast......super fun!!
This was a quick one to quilt, I especially like the ribbon quilting on the cream sashing. This design would work well on many quilt styles. I thought of tank tracks when I was quilting it......great for a boys quilt. Of course, so right for a pretty quilt too!

 I made a pieced backing, you can see the quilting quite well here & the blue sky!

Ok don't you just love these sideways photo's!!!! LOL! This quilt was made by Barbara, it is Barbara's first big quilt, and it is big! Pattern by Buggy Barn called : "Quilters Village". Aren't Barbara's choice of fabrics great! I used a Gunold vareigated thread for the meander, Maderia Poly Neon for the hook feather on the border, cotton/bamboo batting.
My quilting instructions were to please quilt as I did on my own one.......see here .

Thank you Barbara!

Just finished reading!

Now I am up to date with my customers quilts on my blog, but I will have another finished tomorrow.

Hello, goodbye!

It has been two weeks since my last post, it is not that I have had nothing to post about, I have just been rather busy &  just this week our computer was in getting an over haul....very under whelming I might add!
So here is some of what I have been doing..................

sorry about the garden in the background, when the computer went for it's 'over haul 'our photo editing programme was  misplaced! ( if you want a close up, please click on photo's) 

 

 

 

sunbonnet Sue

School House

Drunkards Path - you got a sneaky peaky of that last post.

Bow Tie

Jacob's Ladder

Carpenter's Wheel

'T' is for Temperance

Birds in the Air

Honey Bee

Grandmother Garden

Counter Change Cross

Union Star

Confetti

Flying Geese

 

And finally  the last two blocks, my favourtites!...........................

Log Cabin

Dresden Plate.

So there you have it! You, see I haven't been mucking around :-)

This quilt was made by Kerryn as a sample for a upcoming class at my favourite wee shop

 A wool/poly batting was used and a couple of  reproduction ranges. I used mainly Madeira Poly neon threads.
I have loaded these plus more photo's om my Flickr page, the direct link can be found top left hand corner of my blog.

I made this Brownie the other day, I got the recipe from Leanne over at Cottage Tails . This is how she decorated the top, so did I !!!!
Well that's all for now now folks as I'm off to retreat today! Yippie, I can sew up a storm......catch you when I get back!