Edge to edge quilting x 3

Welcome back friends and quilt fans. Today I have three quilts to share with you, they have all had edge to edge quilting -aka "E2E or all over quilting design.
First is Kim's fairy panel quilt made for another grandchild.

Kim chose Wool/poly batting and "feather me" E2E pattern using Glide 'warm grey' thread worked super well.



The next two quilts are both from Norma who loves her Kaffe Fassett fabrics! Norma was super excited to be getting her quilts back. Norma supplied the batting which was quite a lofty polyester.




          Isn't the touch of green so perfect! It just frames the whole quilt up beautifully.
                  I used "camellia's" E2E pattern and Fantastico "stained glass' thread.




     The last one is made using two jelly rolls. Norma's husband loved this once especially.



Measuring 82" x 90" this one didn't fit in the photo, too wet to go outside where I normally hang my customers quilts when the quilting is complete for photographs.



          Using Glide thread in the colour 'Royal' I free hand quilted the paisley shapes.

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Hello friend and quilt fans, I was all set to share three lovely quilts with you but I cannot upload the photo's? Does anyone out know how to fix this problem?

****seems a temporary fix to to drag ones photo's over!

My Tribe...................................

When Marcelle gave me her "My Tribe" quilt several weeks back we discussed several ideas for quilting but none of them really 'gelwith' the quilt, that is until I saw an idea on a fellow long- arm- quilters blog! Then the stars aligned and it was all go!

Marcelle got the pattern from Amy Friend's book "Intentional Piecing" after she had 'borrowed' a fabric bundle from her friend! This friend was recently married and Marcelle wanted to make her friend a special wedding quilt to mark the occassion. This 'borrowed' fabric was coveted by her friend so Marcelle knew she wouldn't mind if it secretly disappeared! Crikey we quilters can be a sneaky bunch!

When I spotted Tia's quilting on one of her customers quilts I knew it was the design this quilt needed. I quickly emailed Tia asking if she would mind me using her fabulous idea......."yes go for it!" she said! Whoopwhoop. Looking like map contour lines I believe this design works so well with these Teepee's, it makes me think of the scene in the movie Dances with Wolves where there is a network of Teepees by the riverside on the prairie.

Measuring 40" x 42" makes for an awesome lap quilt or even better a wall hanging. This really was a pleasure and so much fun to quilt! Marcelle made a fabulously interesting backing.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoying Marcelle's quilt...............I hope you will visit again soon.

Michelle's Gingerbread Village

Hello again for the second time this week! I am back to share Michelle's second quilt that I custom quilted for her.

Once again Michelle gave me free range on this quilt. What fun I had, have I said I love my job?

Measuring 62" x 72" purchased as a BOM through Shabby Fabric's Michelle asked for cotton batting.

All the seams were pressed open so unfortunately I was unable to stitch in the ditch, something I always feels needs to be done for custom quilting, it sharpens the whole look of the quilt, from applique to the piecing.

Even though this is a Gingerbread Village it has a wintery look to it so I figured falling snow would look good.

                      A holly leaf border worked so well.............the backing is holly fabric too!

Seen enough? It's a beauty of a quilt, has me hankering for winter! It's coming right? Meanwhile with all the quilting going on there has been an on looker from the stairs..........what IS he thinking?

And...............

Michelle's Snuggle Bugs quilt.....................

A thoroughly enjoyable quilting experience hanging out with these cute bugs for a few days!

Made by Michelle through the 'block-of-the-month system through her local quiltshop in the south island.

How adorable are these little faces? Michelle gave me free range to quilt how I thought would best suit the design which is both exhilarating and a nervous time with the constant words chattering in my head "I hope she likes it".....................

Anyhow, no need for me to worry Michelle was delighted..........whew! The quilt measures 60" x 84" and Michelle asked for cotton batting. I used a mix of threads mainly Glide in three different colours. After some time pondering the design for the large four- patches I was happy with the design, clean and uncluttered.

A swagged border and leafy vine for the inner and outer borders. I wonder what Michelle's choice for binding will be?

I hope you enjoyed seeing Michelle's beautiful quilt. My next blog post will be another of Michelle's creations too..............until then here are a couple of photo's of my failed attempt at climbing to the summit of Mt Taranaki...............The weather had other plans, but we did get one full days walk in doing the Kokowai Round trip, staying at the historical Camphouse.

One day of full tramping bush and experiencing the alpine then the next day off into the Len Lye gallery in New Plymouth, a cafe lunch then to the movies - 'Hidden Figures'......that was a fabulous movie! Even an evening of fancy dress..........I dressed as a carrot!

me outside the Len Lye gallery

Rosemary and Loch's quilts.........................

Rosemary made this quilt 10 years ago, it has been having a gentle rest in the cupboard all this time, that is until Rosemary asked me to do some edge to edge quilting for her.

Rosemary's Round the World quilt measures 80" x 85" I quilted 'Feather Me' edge to edge pattern using Glides 'Maroon' thread.

The next photo is a good one for sharing the quilting pattern, it is a lovely flowing feathery pattern.

Last but not least, Loch's deer stalking quilt. Loch is a keen hunter and when he goes to his grandparents farm to spend time hunting and doing boys stuff his Mum Marcelle decided Loch needed a suitable quilt.

Measuring 67" x 78" Fantastico 'Walnut' thread, Loch chose cross hatching and his name quilted on the stag.

                           Thank you Rosemary, Marcelle and Loch.............enjoy your quilts!

On Sunday I headed out for a tramp exploring the Tangihua ranges. It's fairly rugged up there, lots of under and over fallen trees, walking along what's known as the 'razorback' - think very high, narrow and a sheer drop both sides! But the views are fabulous. Seven hours hard slog and all was enjoyable except for the wasp sting right at the end!

Faith Hope Love.................................

A McKenna Ryan design made by Elaine and given to me to custom quilt, this one was a hard one to give back as it looked so good on my guest bed.

Elaine did a fine zigzag stitch for the edges of the applique, I then ditch stitched around all the applique and in the blocks, sashing and border ditches then went on to enjoy some free hand feathers, tendrils and leaves to fill in some of the more open areas of the blocks.

    I then went on using Glide thread in the colour 'Mocha' for a free flowing feathered border.

It was a real pleasure to quilt this lovely quilt for Elaine and even more of a pleasure to see how delighted she was to see it nearly finished!