This is the fourth quilt done as a group mystery in 2024 that I had the honour to quilt. It is amazing how the use of different colours in the same pattern can make every one of these look individual.
This quilt
maker has every intention to use this one on her bed and chose just an
edge-to-edge design.
This is the 60th quilt I’ve completed this year, and I am finally done with all the quilts that were piled up in one guest room. It very seldom happens that a quilt maker gives me the name of the quilt/technique or block, and I always forget to ask. When I write my blog, I only worry about the heading and then scramble to find a suitable title.
With this
one, though, I contacted the maker and asked her and guess what? Along with her friend, they decided to design their own block pattern and make the quilt using that. I am therefore none the wiser; this quilt
sadly has no name.
With the
high contrast between the border fabric and quilt body, the maker and I decided
on an edge-to-edge in the middle and then a different motif (and thread colour)
on the borders.
On this
border, I got to use one of my newly purchased Sway rulers by Natalia Bonner
after watching heaps of her videos.
I had absolutely no idea what to do, quilt-wise, with this runner when I got it. Then again, I seldom have a full and final idea of what to do on any custom quilt. I would have a rough idea for certain blocks or just the border, but the rest falls into place when I get to that area. Some work out wonderfully and some not so much.
With this
one and the pattern making such an impact, I didn’t want to distract from the
picture done by the runner itself. So,
no fancy curls, feathers or pebbles to move the attention away from the overall
look.
I decided
less is more and kept this all-straight-line quilting with the help of rulers.
This quilt maker went through a difficult period with her health and lost her quilting mojo. Now, somewhat better, she looked through her fabric stash when her daughter noticed these fabrics and said the granddaughter would love a picnic quilt from those.
I trust this marks the beginning of her improved health and many more
quilts to come.
This was made by a self-taught newbie quilter who used YouTube to learn. She was very apologetic about her first attempt and here I thought she did very well without formal classes.
Very
befitting, when I showed her a selection of edge-to-edge designs, she opted for
the meander. All of us used this
on our first quilts.
This one not only used the same pattern and fabric, but was also done by the same quilter. She was gifted fabric and decided to use it all.
The only
change here from the previous one was the quilting motif.
I never asked the quilter the name of this pattern, so it simply turned out to be a quilt with birds. It felt like I would never finish this small wall-hanging, not due to bad piecing or problems with the quilt, but rather due to personal circumstances. The people fitting the new windows and doors finally arrived, three weeks after we had paid the deposit. Our house was a freezer with all the old windows and doors removed. This took them 3 days to finish.
Then it is
school holidays for our little ones, and the youngest grandchild is with us full
days and finally my own addiction…. Wimbledon.
It feels like the quilting never happened, and if it happened, it was
in tiny increments before being interrupted.
I promised
myself that I would not be glued to the TV in the first week as I have way too
many quilts waiting, but I just “quickly” check on who is playing and then
time simply slips by me.
Then on
Wednesday, the little one went with granddad to run errands, and I finally had
time to finish this.
After completing the previous colourwash quilt, I realised I had enough time, before my husband returns from golf, to load another small edge-to-edge. I managed to finish this one on the same day, as well.
