With Hugs and Kisses

 

Oops, I didn't record where I got the pattern from for this, sorry; if anyone recognises it, let me know! I think it might be from Make Modern (e-magazine) and I will jump onto their website index later and update this post if I find that to be the case.

This quilt measures 55" square and was a very belated wedding gift for my cousin's son and daughter in law, Reece and Charlotte McGowan, who married in April 2021.

This photo below shows the colours as more true (the photo above is a bit dark as was in the shadow); I have not had much luck this year with getting 'good' photo days.

I used a fat quarter pack that I'd had for quite a while, from Moda, but I also don't have the details of that (my record keeping for this quilt project was seriously lacking!)

I used leftovers to piece together the backing, and a polka dot print for the binding.

New Chapter

 

This lap quilt was made with some orphan blocks I had, along with other yardage fabrics from my stash for the sashing and borders.

It measures 46" square and I used some simple straight line echo quilting in the sashing and borders, with some loopy motifs in the corners of the blocks, using my domestic Elna 200.

The backing was also made using stash fabrics and leftover blocks.

I called it New Chapter as I created it while listening to an audio book where the reader would say 'new chapter' each time.

Lily's Irish Family Chain

I only finished this quilt a couple of days before taking it to Hawkes' Bay to gift it to our great-niece, Lily, (top picture), and the weather was also not very nice up there for photos, so did not get any decent photos of the quilt.

Lily had asked for blues and purples; I raided my stash for those.

For the white solid I used a vintage white Egyptian cotton sheet from a single bed set that had been in my mum's glory box when we cleaned out her house in 2021; the single sheets were called ' the Finlay sheet' and made in Scotland by James Finlay and Co - I will get a photo of the label and add it here later.

I used the Irish chain pattern (from the Jenny Doan MSQ tutorial) and for the quilting I used my domestic Elna 200 to free-motion a stipple and large double flowers randomly all over the quilt (you can see one of the flowers here below, as well as the blue multi-floral print that I used for the backing, and the navy print binding.)

This is how the quilt top looked on the design wall before I took it down for quilting.

Finished quilt measured 66" x 76"

While in Hawkes' Bay I also gifted a quilt to one of Lily's sisters, Laura Joy (bottom part of the picture at the top of this post) - 'Springtime Mosaic' - one of my Meadow Mist mystery quiltalong quilts from 2019-2020. 

In My Sweet Little Garden

 

Not great pictures, sorry, as I didn't get any time or nice weather between making it and gifting this!

This is actually an 'Abbie's Garden' quilt panel (measures 35" x 42") by Sue Daley Designs with Gabrielle Nfil for Riley Blake Design - I bought it online from the Sue Daley 'Busyfingers' website about 18 months ago as I absolutely loved it.

Such cute images! I stippled around the 'Abbies', and used straight lines elsewhere.

This was a baby shower gift for my cousin's son and daughter in law, who knew they were having a wee girl and asked for dusky pinks; their sweet baby, Addison Burgess, arrived safely in October.

The backing is a polka dot flannel, perfect for snuggling in Southland winters!

And who can resist a polka dot binding?!

I'm a Homebody

Another finish from earlier this year - using leftover blocks from this 2021 quilt.

It uses the lovely fabrics from Maureen Cracknell's 'Homebody' range; measures 45" x 47".

I did some simple orange peel motifs in the HST blocks, and loopy side to sides in the sashing, using my domestic Elna 200.

The backing is a lovely rabbit print that was in my stash.

At the moment the quilt is laid out flat in the pile on the spare bed while it waits for the right owner.

Fancy Flight

 

This is another catch-up from earlier in the year...it measures 48" x 49".

I used the leftovers from this 2021 quilt.

I love all the cute pictures and tried to fussy cut them so they could feature.

Some simple straight line quilting for the strips and squares (using my domestic Elna 200)...

...then some stippling in the print feature blocks...

...and some ribbons in the sashings...

More leftovers, and a stash gingham, for the backing...

No home for this one yet - the right recipient will turn up, I'm sure!

Elephant for Ada

Baby gift for Ada Norman, born in December 2021 to one of my lovely former workmates; she finally received her gift in April I think!

I had made the same toy for her big brother Eli when he was a baby.

The pattern is in my folder of magazine patterns and was from Patchwork and Stitching Vol 12 No 4 2011.

30+ lap quilt

 

This is a 40" x 42" lap quilt that I made at the start of 2022 with leftovers from this quilt (I am finally catching up on some blogging/scrapbooking!)

Called 30+ due to having 30 plus blocks that needed used.

Have straight line echoed inside the plus blocks, with a free-motioned orange peel motif in the white sections; done using my Elna 200 domestic machine.

The backing is a cool rabbit print that was in my stash and had just the right hint of orange.

Not sure who the eventual owner will be, but they will turn up at some stage!