Quilting for Angela, Anne, Dorothy & Pam

Hello Quilty Friends!

Is spring in full force or what? Every year at this time I forget how changeable the weather can be. 

Cold, hot (or is that just my hot flushes?), rainy, windy, you name it seems to happen & I forget that this is perfectly normal spring weather.

 If you know me even a tiny wee bit, I'm sure you know winter is my favourite season - BUT spring is  special to me too because everything in the garden & nature comes alive! There are some beautiful flowers blooming in my garden. Speaking of beautiful, grab a comfy seat & checkout my clever, creative customers BEAUTIFUL quilts:

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Sampler.

Measurements - 43"x 56"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Love Me.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Angela.

Threads - Glide - Wisteria.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Where the Cows Come Home - By The Cottage at Cardiff Farms.

Measurements - 54"x 54"

Quilting - Custom Quilting.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Coxcomb - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Olive Drab, Mocha, Brownie, Stone.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Little Baskets By Wendy Williams.

Measurements - 55"x 66"

Quilting - Custom Quilting.

Batting - Supplied by Dorothy.

Backing - Supplied by Dorothy.

Threads - Glide - Thirteen different colours!

Some of the special animals at Pam's place. A gift for her grandson.
I think the budding wee farmer will be delighted!

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Cows by Cotton & Joy. Dogs by Sew Fresh Quilts.

Measurements - 58"x 77"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Doubles.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Pam.

Threads - Glide - Medium Grey.

Thank you Angela, Anne, Dorothy & Pam for letting me loose on your gorgeous creations!

Flowers from me from Pam!

Sweet poppies from another local friend.

Another pair of socks for my sister, she's a fan!

 Thanks so much for stopping!

Leeanne.

Quilting for Pam

Hello Quilty Friends!

And HELLO October, how did this month come around soooo quickly?

Today's post is all about my creative & generous customer Pam. 

You may recall an earlier post about the task Pam has set for herself making quilts for each resident in her mothers rest home? *Here is the post I am referring to*

 A couple of weeks ago Pam sent me seven more quilts for this project. I'm not sure if these seven quilts complete the project or not? I believe the residents are going to be so delighted, wouldn't you?

( Linda & Julie you might be interested to see a five new E2E Quilting designs)

Let's take a look:

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Unknown to me.

Measurements - 48"x 52"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Paisley Daisy.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Pam.

Threads - Glide - Lilac (T) Sterling (B)

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Wonky Stars

Measurements - 50"x 54"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Maggie's Secret Garden.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Pam.

Threads - Glide - Mauve (T) Pink (B)

 

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Unknown to me.

Measurements - 47" x 52"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Semaphore.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Pam.

Threads - Glide - Admiral.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Plus

Measurements - 56"x 56"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Fairy Trails.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Pam.

Threads - Glide - Peacock.

Two birds with one stone?? ** That's the computer screen swivelled hard against the wall.

Two birds with one stone?**

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Plus

Measurements - 49"x 49" (beige quilt) 49" x 57" (black quilt)

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Kiwi & Koru. 

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.**

Backing - Supplied by Pam.**

Threads - Glide - Herb. 

** Pam supplied enough backing fabric for both these kiwiana quilts, so I loaded them side by side on the long arm machine (they only just fitted!) & I quilted the same E2E quilting design across them both.

This is a good time saver & therefore a saving for Pam.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Wonky Stars.

Measurements - 50"x 54"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Wish.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Supplied by Pam.

Threads - Glide - Med Grey (T) Cleopatra (B)

Thank you SO MUCH Pam for your continued loyal support & repeat offending! 😁

Long may our working relationship bloom. 

I recently finished the Bears & Dears quilt I started at retreat in June.

I'd really love to sell this quilt, but Elizabeth Hartman ( Pattern designer) has a copyright on all of her patterns, even though I purchased the pattern new & purchased all the fabrics. So I'm not sure what to do with it? I absolutely love making quilts & don't want to stop,

but I have SO MANY QUILTS!!

Another pair of socks completed, this time for one of my sisters:

Scrappy Socks in Autumn Tones.

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

Leeanne.

Quilting for Jayne, Marilyn, Monica & Sue

Hello Quilty Friends!

How is your month of August going? Is it spring or autumn for you? It is spring in New Zealand, the temperatures are warming up, the flowers are blooming and the birds are flitting about getting ready for their busy season. I've been busy too, not making nests, my baby making days are over! Although I have spent some time in the garden,  pruning the apple tree & I found a good way to use the cuttings, see the end of my post for that. And of course I have been quilting some more lovely quilts for my customers. 

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Unknown to me.

Measurements - 50"x 74"

Quilting - Custom Quilting.

Batting - Hobbs Heirloom Wool - Purchased from me.

Backing - Gardenia - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide Linen.

Binding - The Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Services.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Unknown to me.

Measurements - 57"x 74"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Camo.

Batting - Supplied by Marilyn.

Backing - Supplied by Marilyn.

Threads - Glide - Mocha.

Binding - The Full Quiltmekiwi Binding Services.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Unknown to me.**

Measurements - 51"x 75"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - Blooming Feathers.

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Green Grunge - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Herb.

 

** Monica's daughter started this quilt 30 years ago, then leaving it to Monica, who was not previously a quilt maker to finish it. Monica did so well! 

I think Monica may have the quilt making bug, so we might see her work here again.

Quilt Information:

Pattern - Unknown to me **

Measurements - 49"x 52"

Quilting - E2E Quilting - NZ Fern. 

Batting - Wool/polyester - Purchased from me.

Backing - Green Grunge - Purchased from me.

Threads - Glide - Sterling.

** Sue made this quilt for her brother, lots of fabulous kiwiana fabrics on show!

Thank you Jayne, Marilyn, Monica & Sue for letting me loose on your quilts!

If you've lasted this long do you still remember I mentioned about pruning my apple tree? Yes? 

Ok well instead of pushing them through our mulcher I decided to weave them into a wall. 

Now I have a fun rustic looking place to make compost.

Another fun garden related thing I did after purchasing a mystery bag of bulbs from

  Pompallier Mission & Printery shop in Russell. I planted one of the bulbs in a small vase of water.

I wish I had 'planted' the other bulbs like this, it was fun watching it bloom. 

Every now & then I want to bake something. I had a big tub of passionfruit yoghurt so after a short Google search I found the following recipe:Yoghurt Cake I replaced the greek yoghurt with the passionfruit, I used raw sugar instead of white & I also sprinkled some frozen blueberries & the zest of one lemon...this was so yummy! I made it again yesterday only I put the batter into muffin cases. 

A word of warning you will want to keep eating - don't say I didn't warn you!  

Two recent arrivals to my wide backing shop are these two beauties:

Well I hope you enjoyed this rather long blog post.

 Wishing you happy days sewing, 

let me know what's blooming for you!

Leeanne.