Isn't it cute!

  

I received this quilt recently from a customer who has been waiting years for a grand daughter.

She purchased the centre 3 fabrics over 10 years ago when grandchild number one was on its way.

Three grandsons later, along came the girl.

 

She decided to add something special to it and made these cute little hexagon.

Now that's fussy cutting...petite style!

 

 I was amazed at how she joined her fabrics.... I only have seen joins on an angle like this for the binding.

 

 Even the backing came up pretty.

The customer is collecting her quilt tomorrow morning.  Hope she likes it as much as I do!

Until next post...

Jewells

ALL Australia Day gifts received

 

It gives me great pleasure to announce that ALL Australia Day gifts have been sent & received.

THANK YOU! to everyone who participated. 

 Hope you all had fun thinking up gifts for each letter.

  I did!

Until next post...

Jewells

2 Quilts made by Mum & me

Mum has been busy at the machine, while I have been quilting commissioned quilts.

As usual, I cut the fabric.... Mum sews...

I then iron, quilt & bind.

 

This quilt has the hearts, then has a beach scene border print on the bottom, so I quilted it with the stitch "Sea Shells".

 

 Mum also sewed this Christmas quilt from a kit I bought.  I quilted it with hearts & stars.

There is so much fabric left over from the kit, I have decided to make 2 table runners with it...

...must cut it out first!

Until next post...

Jewells

From Lyn to me Oi! Oi! Oi!

 

Look what I got from Lyn (no blog) for my Australia Day swap.

Lyn certainly went to a lot of trouble (and expense) and bought something with the Australian Flag or animals on it (except for the letter "I") along with buying the item that starts with each letter.

A= Apron (with kangaroos)

U= Umbrella hat, Umbrella cocktail sticks (both with Aussie flags on them) and a Utensil

S= Strawberry Shopping Bag, Smelly Satchels, Stubbie Holder, Smilee Stickers

T= Tea Towel, Thread Box, Tape Measure

R= Ruler, Ribbon

A= Aussie Make-up Case

L= Licorice (Darrell Lea!), Lanyard

I= Ink Pen

A= Apple fabric, Australian Fabric

Aren't I a lucky duckie!

Until next post...

Jewells

To Gina from Fiona..Oi! Oi! Oi!

 

 As my daughter, Gina, does not have a blog, she asked me to show you what she received from her swap partner in my Australia Day Swap.

 

Fiona sent all of the above... and I think my two grand kids snaffled a lot of it!

I received my gifts today...from Lyn (no Blog).. will photograph it tomorrow to show.

Until next post...

Jewells

 

One HUGE Quilt

 

This is the largest quilt I have had to quilt...and it was a commission quilt.

The customer came to me with a nearly finished quilt top...she started it about 20 years ago.

The fabric was bought in Japan by her mother ...all silk, but a very heavy, coarsely woven silk.  The blue was bland, so she used gold fabric paint and highlighted the fish, then painted her children's & grand children's names in Japanese Italics.

So, this quilt has 4 generations tied up in it..mother buying fabric, lady sewing quilt, her children's names, then her grand children's names... she wants it to be a heirloom quilt.

She became overwhelmed by the size & weight of the quilt (pictured here on my queen sized bed),
                                           ... she didn't know how to finish it...

...until her friend told her that I had finished a UFO of hers and she was over the moon with it.

 

I had to square up the quilt, provide the wadding & backing, make the binding (from the excess of fabric from the top), quilt it and bind it.

 

The quilt goes from floor to floor on 3 sides and tucks behind the pillows on top.

It is HUGE!

Now onto another commissioned quilt.... not as big as this one!

Until next post...

Jewells

 

Peg's quilt finished

 

The above photo is the back of Peg's quilt..it shows the stitch I used "Retro Flowers"

 
and here is the centre front of Peg's quilt.

I have used a new wadding (some customers asked me to carry it), which I only received last week (50 metres of it!)... it is loftier than the previous one I had.


As Peg has had quilts done by me in the past, I wonder which wadding she likes best...flat or lofty...
she will have to tell me when she receives this quilt, which will be in the post to her tomorrow (Monday).

I will still carry the other "flat" wadding... so people can have a choice.

Until next post...
Jewells