Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Vintage Chic and a taste of New Zealand


First up is another quilt Cat made. Made from scraps and made when she desperately needed some 'me time'.


Cat asked for an all over design through the middle of the quilt, then something for the borders.................Through the middle I quilted an all over swirl, inspired by Judi Marsden, then a loose stipple on the spotty border.


                       This quilt measures 82" x 92", cotton batting and Madeira threads.




The back.......................................


Next is a quilt my accountant ask me to make from a kit she brought from Bernina, called 'Our Place'.
Diane's sister-in-law is a quilter living in Australia and has a special birthday coming up, so Diane thought it would be nice for her to receive a quilt all of her very own, as you know, we quilters love making quilts for others, but not so much for ourselves!


The quilt top came together quickly, then I got on with the quilting. I used cotton batting, Maderia threads to feather the black 'zigzags' and the feather border. For the feature fabric's I used Maderia's invisible thread for the winding loops.



For a bit of 'zing' I chose to use a contrasing thread in red for the swirl/feather on the black sashing, I think it brings out the reds in the feature fabrics. After I completed all the quilting I moved on to attaching the binding, then making the label, lastly hand stitching the binding in place.
The quilt measures 58" x 58".




Diane was delighted, lets hope her sister-in-law is too!

Back soon, more quilts to show you!

12 comments:

  1. Beautiful, you have been busy, love the red quilting. Won't see you again tomorrow, hopefully next week.

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  2. Two beautiful quilts and again the most amazing quilting!!! Love the NZ quilt!

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  3. Lovely quilts and stunning quilting

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  4. I very much like Cats quilt, spots and scraps, Mmmmmmmmm!!!

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  5. I am in awe of the red quilting on the black. So pretty! I would love to be confident enough to do something like that. It looks so striking!

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  6. So different and so awesome! love the patterns on Cat's one especially :)

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  7. Beautiful quilts - love the colours Cat has chosen - and that Tui fabric is amazing - love the blue:) Your quilting is amazing Leeanne :)

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  8. Beautiful quilts Leeanne, especially love Cats vintagey one but some of those kiwiana fabrics are really lovely too. Love the contrasting red swirl on the back too :-)

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  9. Both quilts are beautifully quilted, love the designs you chose.

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  10. Ahh you're back, I was starting to worry when I couldn't connect to your blog :) Gorgeous quilts and quilting, I love the soft colours in Cats one and I love the all-over swirls.

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  11. Yes, good to see you connected again :-) Two vry different quilts, bothvery cool. Where do you find the time to do it all?!!!!

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  12. I love my quilt so much - it was made with fat quarters sent to me for my birthday as well as some stash shopping from my precious Tilda collection. I'm sick with glandular fever at the moment hence no energy to do anything ;( frustrating - hand sewing on the binding is next on my to do list

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