Ocean Squared

 This is a 60"sq lap quilt that I made in June for my cousin Helen Burgess on the occasion of her 60th birthday.  She and her hubby frequently stay at their crib (aka bach/holiday house) at Riverton on our southern coast so I thought the beach words print fabric that has been in my stash for a number of years was a good starting point for selecting the colours/fabrics.

The pattern was a Courthouse Steps block design in my to-do folder,
originally called 'Christmas Lights' by Linda Douglas
(ripped out of an Australian Patchwork & Quilting magazine,
so I am not sure of the year but it could be as long as ten years ago).

I used my Bernina Q20 longarm machine (on 10' studio frame)
 do some simple line quilting in the courthouse steps blocks,
and did a ribbon loop motif in the outside border.

The backing was made with the leftover solids and the beach words print.
We drove to Oreti Beach (about three minutes from home) for the photos.
If you walk around the entire bay you will eventually make it to Riverton!

It was a lovely Southland winter day, very mild, and Bess enjoyed a bit of a stroll too.

Lazy Sunday bassinet quilts

 

Some catch-ups from earlier in the year - these bassinet quilts were created in the April school holidays after I had a big tidy-up of my fabric stash, and decided to use up a heap of off-cuts/leftovers of flannel by making backings for neonatal unit bassinet quilts, then creating tops for them out of scraps or other leftovers or stash fabrics.

'Lazy Sunday' 20" x 24"

Simple straight line quilting on my Elna 720 domestic machine.

Cute whale flannel backing and a pinstripe binding!

'Another Lazy Sunday' - 20" x 24"

Changing directions with the straight line quilting.

Hopping bassinet quilts

Some catch-ups from earlier in the year - these bassinet quilts were created in the April school holidays after I had a big tidy-up of my fabric stash, and decided to use up a heap of off-cuts/leftovers of flannel by making backings for neonatal unit bassinet quilts, then creating tops for them out of scraps or other leftovers or stash fabrics.

'Hopping Around' - 19" x 23"

Free-motion quilting done using my trusty domestic Elna 720 sewing machine.

Cute bunny rabbit flannel backing and a polka dot binding.

'Hop To It' - 19" x 23"

'Jenny' doll

My sixth finish for this year is a rag doll for my wee cousin, Florence McGowan.

Her big sister, Lucia, received this version in 2020, so it was only fitting that I make one for Florence too.

I've insisted that this one is called Jenny, due to the first one being named Dana (my sister-in-law's name -see the post for the first version) - so I think it is only fair that we have one doll each!

I used a pattern called 'Pip', ripped out from Australian Patchwork and Stitching magazine, Vol 11 No 1 2010, and she is about 21" tall.

Sharing with my quilting and crafting friends via Kelly's Needle and Thread Thursday linky party!