Stitching Project for a friend

Last year, a dear friend of mine, started a massive project. She wanted to recreate a table curtain for medieval dining. This is done with the creation of a dozen panels, each with 20 rondels and a grapevine design between each one.

I contributed a few of the rondels, 2 of each, but the bulk of the project was done by the ladies in Adelaide SA. 

 

 

The (almost) finished project was used at a feast last Saturday night.

Helping Mum Bind another quilt

Love the colours in this quilt that my mum has done. It is Australian flower fabric. I put the binding on it for her.

  

Mum also made us matching coasters in a lovely patchwork design.

Project B's Gram Quilt

This project was started last November (2015) while on holiday with my youngest daughter to visit my mum (Grams). As we where sitting and chatting and looking at all the quilts my mum had in her shop, B mentioned she had never had a 'Grams's Quilt". My mum took her straight into the fabric room and demanded she pick out fabric, then into the work room to pick out a pattern. We then spent the next few days learning how to cut out and piece a quilt,

On my recent trip to help mum after her illness, we set to finishing it.

 

With lots of help from Ginger Snap, we managed to finish it up, and ship it to Australia to be quilted and given to Miss B, who loves it.

Lap Quilt for CJ

Lap Quilt for CJ

After many months of working on this one, it is finished. All hand sewn and quilted. I am very proud of this one.

  

  

Veteran Quilt for Jeff

Veteran Quilt for Jeff

My Nephew-in Law, Jeff Faucher, was deployed to Afghanistan for a tour and was due to come home a couple of days after I left the states. While my mother was extremely ill, she decided that he needed to have a Veteran Quilt on his return. So the day before she was admitted for the second time in a week, she was down at a fabric store, picking out a pattern and the fabric for it. She was so ill, my sister Mindy and the lovely lady at 5 Hearts Quilts, in Tehachapi, actually picked out the fabric. 


When I arrived later in the week, and Muu was very week, her first thoughts to me where along the lines of, where is the pattern, we need to get it so we can start cutting it out as soon as we get home, etc. I knew she would be ok at that  point.,
She had only been out for a day and we had to go to my sister's so the three of us could get it cut out. My sister had a surprise for us. As it was Memorial Day Weekend, both her daughter and grandson and our niece, Jeff's wife, and three kids also came up to help. We had a so much fun and everyone helped out. 

  

   

After the weekend, Mum and I went back to her place and started sewing. Her friend Carolee came by with her sewing machine and helped us out for the day and then left her machine, so we could could both sew. Even Ginger Snap 'helped'.

  

Here are each of the units as we finished them.

     

We got the quilt top done in a week and sent it off with Barbara for quilting. We where a machine and it was a wonderful feeling getting it done. Looking forward to the photos of the finished quilt.

Splendid Sampler Challenge - Block 33 - Selvage Saver

Selvage Saver

Interesting Idea for a Square. The centre salvage is not one from my stash but one from the fabric we used on the Veteran's Quilt made for my Nephew-in-law, Jeff. The rest are from my stash, and as I didn't know to save it, it is very scrappy.

With this one done, I am only six behind, but I have been working on other stuff, so I don't feel too bad. 

Splendid Sampler Challenge - Block 34 - Lemonade

Lemonade

The was no yellow in my stash, so I tried it this way. I think my seams are not exact but I like the idea.

Splendid Sampler Challenge - Block 32 - Constant Needle

Constant Needle

Fun to do, hard to balance the colours. I look at it and I really want to add a yo-yo for the centre.

Splendid Sampler Challenge - Block 31 - Blossoming

Blossoming

This was a beautiful pattern, and I wanted to take my time doing it justice. 

I used the Cottage Garden Threads, using the colour guide and picking one that was a close match. Green (Ash 201), Blue (Bonnie Brook 415), Turquoise (Murray Pine 1204), Gold (Butter Bean 312), Brown (Clay 1096) and Red (Hugs n' Kisses 1007). I love the way the add depth to the images.