One more finished, another ready

Here's Jan's quilt she made for her mum's birthday. Mum loves poppies and this one certainly pays homage to that pretty flower in all of it's redness....

The second photo is a HUGE charity quilt ready to be stippled. Nothing flash, just a smallish stipple in the background to highlight the lovely candlewick embroidery. 56 x 15" blocks in total so the finished quilt will measure 120" x 105"(305cm x 265cm).

Wayne's quilt is next, they arrive Saturday afternoon so I'll have it pinned and ready when they get here. He doesn't know it yet but he's going to do some of the quilting as well.....stay tuned for the photos!

cya next time

Cheryl xx

A productive day today

Two more quilts finished! I really want to get as many done as I can this week as we'll be taking a break next week. Here's #1 for the day, a pretty quilt made using a jelly roll and some sashing and borders.

I quilted it with Deb's swirls panto using a beige thread to blend. It really stands out against the red sashing and gives it a printed pattern look.

and #2 - this one is a metre square cloth with an embroidered centre and border by Viv Robinson. It's so cute and only needed minimal quilting to highlight the embroidery.

Off to bed now, tired eyes.

Two more finished

Bronwyn's quilts - 'his' and 'hers' versions - were completed today and dropped off this afternoon. They're both from the same pattern but using two different Debbie Mumm fabric ranges. Lovely to snuggle under on the lounge.... The blue one is quilted with 'fire flower' and the

red 'liana'.

Tomorrow's jobs - a client quilt and then sew the borders on Wayne's quilt ready for quilting on Wednesday. My sister and BIL are coming on the weekend for a visit and I want to have it finished for him. Here's a photo of the centre applique section, when it's finished it will be a twin size quilt. I'll add more photos at the end of the week.

thanks for visiting, happy quilting....

Cheryl xx

Storage #2

Another unique storage solution. This wooden sewing caddy was loved by the mum of a friend of mine for many years until she passed away two years ago. Not sure how old it actually is but my friend says she remembers her mum using it forty years ago when they were kids. It still has all of her little sewing bits and pieces, I can't bring myself to throw anything out. See Sweet Pea's site for the competition details....

Flutterbys

Made by J from one jelly roll - plus extra fabric for the sashing and borders - using 'Flutterby' by Moda. I quilted it with a variegated thread to blend with the colours in the fabrics using a fun swirly panto I call 'windy day'. Looks great.

I'll be away for three days from Friday so I'd like to try to get two client quilts done tomorrow - a bit ambitious? Probably! The housework will have to wait.....

I've been following Natalie's challenge, want to see my photos? Take a look here.

Storage - is there ever enough?

Sweet Pea has a competition running to celebrate her (soon to be) 300th post .....


She has challenged us to post a photo of our 'unique' storage items. I'm up for a challenge any time so here's my first photo. I don't know the actual age of this chocolate tin by MacRobertson's but I stole it from Mum a few months ago. Don't worry, she has another one just like it. It possibly belonged to dear old friend of hers who passed away a few years ago at 95 years of age. Do you know the history of these tins? It's one of my favourites for two reasons... 1. It used to hold chocolate and 2. It's old and dented and has been around a bit. I use it to store all my button cards. Check out Sweet P's blog to join the fun.
























happy quilting,
Cheryl xx

Another one finished

How striking is this one! - lots of stippling in the dark background, little medallions through the pieced feature sections, a formal leaf in the light border, some ditch quilting and finished with a swirling feather in the outer border. This one was a challenge but I'm pretty chuffed with the result! and I know Helen will be too. She's a very prolific quilt maker and has a cupboard full of quilt tops so we've planned on doing one a month. Thanks for sharing this one Helen.

Cottages

A feather border, ditch around the next two borders, medium stipple on the sashing and ditch around each of the stitched blocks. Beris made this one for her daughter, it's lovely.

A couple of new friends........

Just a quick note tonight - pop over and say hi to Lyn - a newie - and also have a look at this one. And tonight I found this - how delightful!
cya
cheryl xx

Two more finished

This lovely flannel quilt was made by Jendi. I quilted it with a pretty dusty pink thread using 'special rose' quilting panto. It's a fairly busy pattern but blended in beautifully with the prints.

What a productive day I've had......... here's the second one just finished, hot off the table! Another of Yvonne's perfectly pieced quilts, quilted with a variegated signature thread in the 'fire flower' panto. This is one of my favourite patterns, simple but with enough curves to soften a geometric top.

AND...I also pinned Helen's huge quilt ready to start the custom quilting first thing tomorrow morning. It's been raining all day and blowing an absolute gale. Perfect weather for indoors stuff. The rain is so beautiful, our tank is full and the plants are all holding their heads up high, despite the wind.

cya

cheryl