Backyard Flower Patch

The pictures aren't fantastic due to the lighting but you can see the lovely colours of this large lap quilt that I made in 2025 for my workmate, Laura McVicar, on her 30th birthday.

The pattern is 'Morning Flower Patch' by Cheryl Brickey, from here book 'Just Two Charm Packs Quilts', and I used charm packs from my stash of 'Backyard' by Sarah Watts for Ruby Star Society.

I quilted it on my Bernina Q20 longarm with a free motion design based on a panto I had seen online (I don't have a panto device so had to free-hand it).

The quilt measures 54.5" x 67.5".

And Laura adores rabbits, so that was my cue to use this cute teal bunny rabbit print that I've had in my stash too.

Honky Tonk Flow

 

This was the large lap quilt I made for auction at our Edendale Bowling Club 'Clash For Cancer' charity tournament, this year in aid of prostate cancer support in Southland.

I used the 'Process Flow' pattern by Cheryl Brickey in her book 'Just Two Charm Pack Quilts' (and the link between 'flow' and prostates was coincidental, but very apt!)

The charm packs had been in my stash for maybe ten years, having been purchased from the Fat Quarter Shop (online) in the USA.  They are 'Honky Tonk' by Eric and Julie Comstock for Moda.

It measures 56" square and was quilted with straight lines (using channel locks) on my Bernina Q20 longarm.

There is quite a cowboy/wild west theme happening in the motifs of the fabrics.

The backing used up some leftover blocks.

You Crazy Cat quilt and tote bag

 

Another finish from 2024 - this time a lap quilt for my cousin, Julie Blackler, on the occasion of her 60th birthday.  Julie is a big fan of cats, so I thought this was a good chance to use up some cat fabrics from my stash.

I used some pinks from  a fat quarter pack of 'Darling Heart Garden' by Robin Zingone for Robert Kaufman Fabrics.

The pattern was 'Garden Bloom' from the book 'Quilts From Sweet Jane' by Sue Pfau - I added some extra side borders to make the quilt bigger.

The quilt measures 43" x 45" and I used some leftover fabrics for the backing.

For quilting, I used my Bernina Q20 longarm and did some large free-motion stipple.

I then used the leftovers to also make a matching tote bag to carry the quilt:

The Way That She Dances

 Catching up on some makes from last year and 2024!

This large lap quilt was made in mid-late 2024 as a wedding gift for my teaching colleague, Caci Mineur and her new husband Josh Young (who is actually an ex-pupil of mine!) who were married in October of that year.

I named it after a lyric from the 'Beautiful Crazy' song by Luke Combs (which was their wedding dance song, I think from memory) and the pattern was 'This Way and That Way' from the book '12-Pack Quilts' by Groves and Jacobsen. The fabric was a Dear Stella fat quarter pack 'Fresh Dew' by Paula and Waffle.

The free-motion quilting was done on my Bernina Q20 longarm and the quilt measures 64" x 66".

As with all my quilts, my 'secret signature' of a small snippet of pink gingham (cut from a pair of nappy overpants that I wore as a baby) was sewn under the label.