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.

Quilting for Dorothy, Kerry & Marcelle

Hello Quilty Friends!

The month of May is ticking away & will be gone with a flash of King Charles crown!

Todays post consists of three very different quilts, Dorothy made a special family member living in Australia a unique sampler style quilt, while Kerry made a striking quilt using fabrics she printed herself!

Marcelle's quilt, or should I say Marcelle's twin 12 year old daughters made a super sweet quilt for their favourite aunty who is due to have a baby.

At the end of the post you will see a couple of recent finishes I have made for my shop, both are needing homes....wink, wink 😀

  

Applique Australia

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Dorothy's own design.

Measurements - 73"x 69"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Van Gogh.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Ombre Squares Cranberry - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Bark.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Kerry's own design.

Measurements - 82"x 82"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Blooming Feathers.

Batting - Supplied by Kerry.

Backing - Supplied by Kerry.

Threads - Glide - Bark.

 Quilt Information:

Pattern - Marcelle's daughters design from hand picked fabrics.

Measurements - 41"x 49"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Sweet Lil Butterflies.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Pink Squiggles - Purchased from me.

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

Binding - Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Services.

A couple of months ago I went to a Hospice Bric-A-Brac sale. There were loads of people & fabric! All proceeds went to Hospice, what a great cause & because of that I did not feel guilty when I purchased  few pieces of silk & silk dupioni. Here is what I did with some of one piece:

On my computer the colour is not reading true, it really is a lovely colour.

I used a digital quilting block design, then added the vintage linen to the middle of the design & hand guided some freemotion quilting to add some more vintage interest. I even quilted a back, complete with covered buttons!

Covered buttons & quilted back.

The other creation I made sometime ago was this Birds of Aotearoa. Made from a gorgeous panel & fabrics from my stash.....I do have a good selection! I don't have a full frontal photo, but the following video seems to show it off nicely.

If you or someone you know might like a unique gift, the cushion is $70NZD plus postage. 

The Birds of Aotearoa quilt is $700NZD plus postage. 

Until next time............

Leeanne.

 

Quilting for Christine & Cynthia

Hello Quilty Friends!

I have a couple of very spectacular quilts to share with you today.

The only thing they have in common is they were both custom quilted by me and their makers names start with "C"............😊

Buckle up because there are lots of drool worthy photos!

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Vintage Teddies - by Libby Richardson

Measurements - 57"x 57"

Quilting - Custom Quilting - a mix of freemotion, ruler work and some digital designs.

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by customer.

Threads - Glide - Linen & Mocha.

You may remember I quilted another one of these quilts, nearly three years ago to the day!

Here's the blog post all about it:Jo-Anne's Vintage Teddy Quilt 

Plexiglass - which is NOT glass it's plastic! Lol

Sometimes when I'm freemotion quilting I use my plexiglass to lay over the quilt to try out quilting designs. Have you seen this method before?

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Makers own design - English Paper Piecing Hexagons

Measurements - 68"x 68"

Quilting - Custom Quilting

Batting - Supplied by customer.

Backing - Supplied by customer.

Threads - Glide - Cleopatra.

I will be back another day soon to share more quilts and quilting with you.

Until then I welcome you to browse my little Quiltmekiwi Quilts For Sale Shop.

I have several one of a kind quilts for sale, even some beautiful zipper pouches like these:

Link to Quiltmekiwi Quilts For Sale

 

Leeanne

Quilting for Juliet and Pam

Ready for some more quilty eye candy?

 I have two VERY different quilts to share today, plus a new wide backing fabric and a new Kiwiana themed quilt listed for sale.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Flash Cat Medallion - by Juliet of Tartan Kiwi.

Measurements - 90"x 80"

Batting - Cotton - Purchased from me.

Backing - Bubble Up Rainbow - Purchased from me.

Quilting - Custom Quilting.

Threads - Glide.

You are not foolish for feeling a touch of  'De ja vu' from seeing this quilt because I quilted another 'Flash Cat Medallion'' quilt for Juliet about this time last year, here is the post if you fancy a looksie!

If you follow me on Instagram and Facebook you would have seen some video's of me quilting this, I post daily titbits, funny and inspiration stuff in my stories.

Pam pieced the backing incorporating some vintage linens. 

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Pieced Stars with Vintage linen centre's. Pam enjoyed collecting for this project!

Measurements - 75"x 75"

Batting - Wool/Polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by customer.

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Precious.

Threads - Glide.

Fossil Fern Pastel Almond.

The page for my wide backing fabrics is at the top of the page, check in from time to time as these are always changing. Did you know the wide backing fabrics I stock are very good quality, so good in fact they are the same thread count as good quality patchwork fabric so the off cuts can be used in the front of quilts as well.

Snippets of Aotearoa

A recent addition to my quilts for sale!

 Perfect for the homesick relatives stuck over seas or for the bach or caravan even a fresh modern baby shower gift.

You can find more details on my Felt Shop - or message me directly.