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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Quilting for Jenny, Kim & Laura

Hello Quilty Friends!

Did you blink and miss February like me? It's the start of Autumn & this winter loving girl is super happy to have some cool air replacing the hot, sticky humidity. If you feel the same raise your hand or better yet join the Winter Lovers Club, we are taking new members :)

Enough of the weather & seasons let's look at quilts:

Jenny has made a sweet Christmas quilt, Kim made a pretty Trip Around the World quilt to give her Mum & Laura has yet again impressed me with two beautiful Tula Pink quilts.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Have a Merry Gingiber Christmas - kit from The Country Yard.

Measurements - 44"x 60"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Calistar.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Jenny.

Threads - Glide - Linen.

Binding - Made & attached to the front ready for Jenny to hand stitch.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Petite Trip - By French General.

Measurements - 57" x 57"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Blooming Feathers.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Coxcomb - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Mocha.

Binding - The Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Services.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Toes in the Sand - By Jaybird Designs.

Measurements - 67"x 84"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Modern Squares.

Batting - Supplied by Laura.

Backing - Supplied by Laura.

Threads - Glide - Cool Mint.

Laura will trim up the sides.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Star Cluster - By Tula Pink.

Measurements - 82"x 82"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Totally Mod Circles.

Batting - Supplied by Laura.

Backing - Strawberries HR - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Linen.

I recently finished knitting socks for one of my sons & his girlfriend. I hope they like them!

I used self striping yarn from Opal.

I hope my son still likes ORANGE!

New to me author, I enjoyed this book!

Recent Quilts Donated to Women's Refuge.

Until next time quilty friends, happy days creating!

Leeanne.

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Quilting for Laura!

Hello Quilty Friends!

It's June & wouldn't you know it June is my birthday month. Another year wiser??

Ok no comments about that thank you 😀

Over the last few years my long time friend & decided to stop giving each other birthday presents & spend a few days together enjoying each others company. We don't cook, we eat out or buy takeaways & knit, talk (oh do we DO LOTS OF that!) & we go go for a scenic bike ride somewhere. Last year I combined my birthday trip south with a quilt retreat. It's located at one of my most favourite places. It's fully catered, so once again a few more days of no cooking, that's always an added bonus. Last year another friend joined me at retreat, what a cool way to spend time with crafty friends.

This year my lovely friend Julie from My Threadbare Life joined me at retreat. We sewed, ate together, went for walks together & even "escaped" retreat to go out for a nice coffee & some opshopping. If you follow Julie you will know she is a pro at finding some amazing treasures at opshops, I may have pointed out a few goodies to add to her pile!

Julie & I swapped birthday presents too as our birthdays are both in June.

Before I headed away I worked hard to finish Laura's three quilts so I could deliver them personally & finally meet her. Let me show you Laura's beautiful quilts:

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Exploding Heart by Slice of Pi Any Heart Design.

Measurements - 72"x 72"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Heart Scallops.

Batting - Supplied by Laura.

Backing - Supplied by Laura.

Threads - Glide - Linen.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Moonbow by Tula Pink.

Measurements - 84"x 88"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Akash.

Batting - Supplied by Laura.

Backing - Tula Pink Pineapple - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Cleopatra (T) Lemon (B)

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Opening Night - by Tula Pink

Measurements - 82"x 82"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - First Starlight.

Batting - Supplied by Laura.

Backing - Bloom - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Sterling.

Thank you Laura for once again for making beautiful quilts & entrusting them to me.

Here are a couple of collages' of my birthday week:

Now that Julie has her birthday present from me I can show you! I found a gorgeous piece of vintage silk dupioni which a quilted into a table runner for her:

It's VERY difficult to capture the true colour.

From the same fabric I made a cushion.

As yet I haven't listed it in my shop - but it is for sale! 😉

Speaking of my shop, while I was away I was over the moon to be notified I sold the Satin Duffle Bag! Whoopwhoop....as a small business owner I am ALWAYS happy when this happens.

Have you visited my shop? Here's the link if you are interested, perhaps you know someone else that might like to go shopping with you??

Quiltmekiwi Quilt Shop

Thanks for stopping by.

Leeanne.

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Quilting for Beverley, Laura & Suzanne

Hello Quilty Friends!

If you love colour, Anzac & vintage, I have it all in this post.

There's lots of photos & minimal prattle, grab a comfy seat & your favourite beverage:

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Anzac Panel

Measurements - 36"x 43"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Van Gogh.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Plain White - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Mocha (T) Linen (B)

Quilt Information:

Pattern - High Voltage by Free Spirit.

Measurements - 89"x 101"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Doubles.

Batting - Supplied by Laura.

Backing - Tula Pink Lagoon - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Linen (T) Cloud (B)

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Square Eyes by Susan Claire (Gourmet Quilter)

Measurements - 59"x 59"

Quilting - Custom E2E Quilting ***

Batting - Supplied by Laura.

Backing - Free Spirit Onion Rings - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - White.

*** Custom E2E Quilting, in this case because of the folded 3D triangles. By the power of my computerised quilting system I 'masked' out these areas to avoid being quilted down.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Olympia Puzzle by Quilters Lane.

Measurements - 84"x 84"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Whitney's Pearls.

Batting - Supplied by Laura.

Backing - Supplied by Laura.

Threads - Glide - Mermaid (T) Robin Egg (B)

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Vintage Sheet Squares.

Measurements - 54"x 66"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Daisy Doodles.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Suzanne.

Threads - Glide - Linen.

Thank you Beverley, Laura & Suzanne for trusting me with your beautiful quilts.

Now having a hubby that is a school teacher has meant there are frequent holidays. Over the years I use to carry on working with maybe a week off here & there, but now days I find myself taking the same time off too. I must confess I have come to enjoy it!

Below is a montage of some recent holiday happenings:

I hope you all had a good Easter break, here in the north island of New Zealand there was a wild storm. Sadly we had a our beautiful red Rhododendron blown over & broken by high winds & no power for 24hrs. The Easter bunny was reported to still get through, although not to my house??