Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Sue's Charming Sampler..................



Howdie friends! It's full steam ahead in my studio, some lovely quilts coming through the door, many come locally from here in Whangarei, some from the South island, Auckland and even Australia! Sue and I have been following each others blog for some time now, so when Sue emailed me all the way from Australia and asked if I would quilt her charm sampler I was ever so so happy to say yes!


Cheerful batiks set off by a solid black background. Sue gave me free range only to say she didn't want dense quilting. I was keen to use a contrast thread in the black areas. Plenty of ditch stitching to crisp up Sue's  near perfect piecing.


Because this was a sampler quilt I treated each block separately but quilted similar designs in each block to give a nice cohesion throughout the quilt. You will notice pebbling, sun-like designs and straight lines.



I found it very tricky to get good photo's, this is a common problem for me when photographing black quilts.


There was so much more quilting I was itching to do, a bit more here and some more there! I had to be well behaved and put the handbrake on from time to time!




Sue chose a wool/poly batting which helps show up the textures. I used a Gunold variegated thread.




Thanks so much Sue, here's hoping you love it! I invite you to pop over to Sue's blog *here* she has nearly daily postings that are always interesting and inspiring.

On a personal note my two youngest children have had birthdays this month, my youngest turning 17 & my eldest boy turning 19. This year has had me really pondering where the years go and why must they go by at high speed?


My Camo Boys!

15 comments:

  1. Love what you have done with Sues quilt and I am sure she is also pleased, Australia wow.......and yes why must the years go so fast...cute looking camo boys!!!! Hugs xxxxx

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  2. I love, love, love it Leeanne......can't wait to see it in the flesh so to speak, want to come over to NZ NOW!!!! Thank you so much for your beautiul quilting! I too have two camo boys, but now they are in their twenties....camo was the go until their late teens!!

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  3. Oh my! Beautiful!!!! No wonder Sue loves your quilting on her lovely quilt. Yes kids seem to speed grow lol!

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  4. Just caught up on your blog from the last few weeks! As always... stunning work! I think you are awesome and it's always lovely to see how many other people think so too!

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  5. What colour!! Love it, and of course she is named Sue, we tend to go for colour us Sues! Look at your lads, you should get them to reinact that photo for you.

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  6. Thats just gorgeous Leeanne - I sometimes visit Sues blog & have seen posts of the quilt in the making. It has come up beautifully - some of your pics the background looks navy :-) I adore that pic of your boys - they sure do grow up into young men fast. I have a similar photo of my two. Laughed at the helmet on the older one - was he pretending to be a spaceman perhaps ??

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  7. That is just amazing Leanne. You have done a fantastic job of the quilting. I love black and bright coloured quilts and this one is great. Love the variegated thread on the black-don't know if I be game enough to do it especially the pebbling but you have done a great job.

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  8. As always you have completed an amazing amount of quilts and your quilting is just beautiful! I loved the quilt with the birds flying in the grey sky but it is impossible to choose favourites as they are all so lovely! I love the projects you have created too! Wendy xx

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  9. Quilting with such a high contrast thread is difficult to get looking neat, but of course, you manage it with style!

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  10. what a great joint quilt that has been done here, our kids grow up so quickly, I now have a granddaughter who will be 18 in april how time has flown

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  11. Awesome, both your quilt and your boys!

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  12. No wonder Sue is delighted - beautiful quilt!! Cool photo of your 'wee chaps'!

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  13. Ah yes ~ the occasion of ones children's birthdays always make one think of how quickly time passes...

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  14. Beautiful quilting - really sets off each block.

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