Zig zag solid fabric

This is the second fabric sent to me by the same quilter as mentioned in my previous post.  Hopefully, she feels better about her need for quilts and can further concentrate on the quilt she is currently working on, using a pattern.

Sleep print solid fabric

 This quilt maker, currently busy with a pattern that is time-consuming as she wants it as neat as possible, realised she needed two quilts for everyday and everywhere use and decided to simply purchase fabric with an appealing print and have me stitch through these.

This was the first fabric.

Table centrepiece

This is from the same quilter who made the previous quilt for the beach house.  She found pre-cut charm squares and decided to join them to make a little table centre piece.

Beach house coach quilt

This quilt maker was invited to visit a friend in a coastal city and decided to make her a quilt for her couch in their beach house.  We opted for a water free-motion pattern seeing that we don’t have waves in our province.

Denim combined squares

The maker of this walks by a satellite house on her daily route.  In South Africa, this is an orphanage in a more family-oriented set-up.  Each home has house parents with a couple of kids living under their care.

The maker saw the kids outside on the lawn and, with the help of another quilter in her quilting group, the two decided to make them a picnic blanket to sit on, outside.

A rather heart-warming gesture.

(Bad) memory squares

These pieced blocks have a long history dating back to 1998. For a while, I thought of digging up old memories, but then it turned out way too much to type. Bottom line is, this friend (not a quilter) went to the USA as an exchange student and saw quilts for the first time there.  These were made by her host family.

After returning, getting married and with two children, she went through a bad spell and made these blocks, sewn by hand, over telephone message paper squares and finally finished them this year.  All but perfect, but she is very proud of her quilt.

This was also my first introduction to what I knew then, as patchwork. I only about two years later, heard the term “quilting” and with this, pieced squares, my hobby started.

Royal squares

One of my favourite patterns, and I already made two of these, but this one was not done by me.  It was, however, nice to see a familiar and, in this case, beautifully pieced quilt.

Heaps of squares in this quilt. The maker even added more squares in the border.

Then she went ahead and made 2 pillow cases to match.

Painted blocks

A new mom asked family members to each paint her a block for the baby.  Mother-in-law then took these and turned them into a cute quilt.

 

Photo birthday quilt

This quilter and her family are celebrating a 70th birthday and have decided to make a quilt for the recipient, featuring photos of all the family members printed as blocks. 

On-point blocks

I finally took time to spend at my computer, the first time in a couple of weeks.  Our little frizzle laid an egg, and this time decided to stay on it.  Of all the spaces and places in this house, she decided to do it behind one of my computer screens.  Now, whenever I try to work at the computer, she makes the most horrible screeching sounds, which really make me feel unwanted.  I’ve tried to avoid the computer, but one can only wait this long before some things need to be attended to.  Today, I decided to just ignore her noises and get up to date at the PC.

I have a hair appointment this morning and am really looking forward to it.  I do cut my hair regularly, but it is simply cut and not at all in any style. I’ve worn it long, medium, short and even shaved.  I searched for short haircuts for older women, and I think I might be satisfied with the latest one I found.  Hoping for the best.

This quilter made two similar quilts previously and had enough fabric and/or blocks left to make this for her domestic helper.  Wonder if I offer to clean her house, I too, would be rewarded so generously?

Printed circle fabric

Although not pieced, I loved this fabric and its colours, and decided to stick to the circular patterns printed when I did the free-motion quilting.

To refer back to my previous post, the payment was made, for which I was extremely grateful.