Carpenter in the family? Apologies too.....

First of all can I apologize to any of you who have received spam emails from my account, don't click on any links in those emails they are not from me....my email account was hacked....what do these people get out of doing such things....darned annoying!

Any of you interested in 'wholecloth quilts' take a look at this link to Adam Cheneverts Etsy site where Adam sells his DVD ....great videos with lots of information.... 'Wholecloth Design and Execution'

It's been a busy couple of weeks...family visits, lots of chatting and quilting still to be done too. I did manage to fit in a few quilts but have still more to blog about.

This is Doreen's Carpenters Star, lovingly made as a wall hanging for her DS, we decided on a simple custom design rather than a panto, it turned out well, so here's hoping when it's bound it will be hung in a special place.

The Carpenter is in my family......I received these as a late birthday present......can you guess what they are, answers on a postcard please.....lol.....or leave a comment....

Jeans Bend......

I was recently privileged to be asked to quilt some special quilts, Memorial quilts for my Customer and her four children. The quilts are made from Granny's jeans. Granny was an artist and the jeans have splodges of paint, so each Grandchild had to have a bit of paint on there special quilt.

Their Mother made a wonderful job of piecing the tops utilising all of the pieces and pockets, I love them, what a great imagination.

Each quilt measures approximately 45 inches square, has cotton batting and we used Metro thread for durability.

This quilt is made to look like books......





This Grandchild was born in the United States of America, and simulates the stars and stripes,(guess you can tell that). I hid 50 stars in the quilt....





This quilt simulates the coin stones around windows...on the day I quilted this one it was a blizzard outside so I was inspired by snowflakes.





Pockets made into a special wallhanging....love it!

My Millie quilted through these quilts like a hot knife through butter, I had such a lot of fun quilting them and my customer Jakki was thrilled with the results....

and Oxnam Quilters raffle quilt 2013

I had a busy time last week delivering quilts...here are two returned to Borderland Fabrics...the first is a commission quilt that Annette and Kathy made up and asked me to quilt for them.....it was a big one...



It is always a relief to get to this poing on a large quilt....this one measured 102"x102"...Happy times panto with Glide cream thread....

I like a quilt that reaches to the floor.




I will be certain to buy tickets for this guild quilt for the Oxnam Quilters...Kathy and the ladies made up the top and sent it to me to quilt....again Happy times, a very popular panto with a Metro silver/grey thread....

Tickets for this raffle quilt are available at Borderland Fabrics Jedburgh....

Notes of Love....

This quilt top was a beauty before it came to me. My customer Anne produces lovely work, the embroidered hearts with french knots are fabulous. Anne's only request was for a feathered heart in the empty centre block

Beadboard in the borders, CC in the flying geese, feathers and then more feathers...all freemotion handguided with some ruler work.

Measures 50" x 50" Glide cream thread, simply cotton batting, calico backing...
Anne blogged about her quilt here

I don't know why I have to give so many beautiful quilts back to their owners, life is so hard????

Meandering Feathers.....

Wow, what a fabulous quilt, longarmers are lucky to get to see many and varied quilts. It's a difficult job to give some quilts back to their rightful owners. Charlie's quilt was no exception, it was super even before quilting. This was a block of the month quilt using Thimbleberries fabrics from our Local Quilt Shop (LQS).Charlie had intended to quilt this one herself by hand or quilt as you go, but it's a big one. In the end after toying with the idea of full custom we decided on an allover feather meander. All 'freemotion handguided' by me..... at the last minute I decided to add a feather border too to give a more finished look to the back of the quilt. I think Charlie was delighted, she says this one is 'a keeper' to live on her bed....

Hobbs 80/20 batting, Glide thread in Khaki Sand which is a fabulous thread for blending on these autumnal coloured fabrics....100 x 80 inches

It was a pleasure Charlie....