Baby quilts 7/10 - 10/10

Yay! Finished my 2011 goal of creating ten cot quilts for gifts for babies in the neonatal unit of Dunedin Hospital - completed two a couple of weekends ago (while watching Rugby World Cup games on TV) and three more this weekend.

Have actually ended up making eleven quilts as gave one of the earlier quilts to the baby of a local couple from Edendale whose little boy was born at 28 weeks and was up in the unit, but wanted to turn up with a set of ten as it is ten years since Kieran was 'in residence' there.

a basic four-patch pattern

transport theme - own design

Panel quilts - I stitched in the ditch and around some features of the animals.

another panel quilt - quick and easy!

The complete set! Delivered Thursday 20th Oct 2011!

Mickey Mouse cross-stitch

I stitched this kit-set of the world's most famous mouse back in May as a 5th birthday gift for our wee friend Gabrielle Shepherd - her birthday is in June but I couldn't find the right frame so she didn't actually receive the picture until late August - Gabby is a fan of Mickey Mouse so I hope she enjoys it!

NZ wallhanging

I have put together this wallhanging as a thank you gift for a German exchange student, Laura Wolke, who has been studying at Menzies College and this term has been visiting my classroom once a week to teach the children some German language.

Laura is heading back to Germany soon so I wanted to give her something that would be easy to take.

Took approximately one day to make, is about 85cmx40cm.

Pattern was from a magazine.

Baby Quilts 5/10 and 6/10

The next two off the production line - very colourful and my favourites so far!!

I quilted the large squares in the ditch and on the diagonal, and the butterfly blocks have a butterfly or heart or flower for the quilting (done on my regular sewing machine).