Kiwiana and a birthday present

Manaia Bird

Ileen is a new customer and has made this quilt (96" square) for one of her Granddaughters 21st present. The only request was she wanted a "Manaia Bird" --Maori carving . So I made friends with Google and got to making a stencil.

There is over 30 hours of quilting.

Please click on the photo's for more detail.

Using Madeira's Poly Neon, Sulky threads.

I used a Poly Neon variegated thread to create the  paua eyes .

Back of quilt

My Great niece is having her birthday next month so I thought it would be nice to give her a quilt.

have a fabulous weekend!

Mid winter Christmas

Well I thought this would be a good quilt to post about today as here in some parts of New Zealand it is snowing, so here are the snow men.
This quilt is made with a jelly roll.

A close up of what I did on the stars, I used a new thread that you will see me using more of as it is very nice to use, it has a nice pearl effect and is a nice thickness, 30 weight it is called Sulky this thread has been around for a while but now new and improved .For the background filler of stars and loops I used a signature variegated thread.