Phew! This is the last of the 3 quilts from Bothaville, and a combination of edge-to-edge and custom work was done. The reason for this was that no matter what colour thread I chose for the centre, it would look horrible on the border and the medallion sashing or even the other way around.
This is the second of the 3 quilts from Bothaville I received last Tuesday. The piecer intends to use this as a couch blanket and only needs edge-to-edge quilting.
Another quilt I cheated on regarding the date and time received, but I knew I would be able to finish this one fast. The maker knew exactly what she wanted, and I had nothing to plan or think about.
The other
reason for popping this one in early was that it made the pile in my guest
bedroom look less, as I get nervous just opening the door to the room.
Now off to
start the others, still waiting.
With this one, I broke my own rule of finishing quilts in order of the dates and time (if I got more than one quilt a day) I received it.
After the
intense custom quilting on the Owl sampler, I just needed a quick finish, so I
popped this all-red and white quilt on the frame. It was also the first time I got to try out
my newly fitted bobbin winder, and it worked like a charm. As a rule, I use pre-wound bobbins, but these are only available in the most basic colours (in South Africa). When receiving a somewhat different colour quilt, I must use my winder to match the thread to the fabric.
What a week this has been. After finishing the “all squares baby quilt”, I went to Bernina to fetch the bobbin winder they ordered, and with a handy hubby, it was fitted in a jiffy. As I stopped at the shop, I had a call from a new quilter from Bothaville who saw my work at another quilter and asked if I’d quilt for her as well. I said yes, and she then said they would be in Bloemfontein the next day, which they were, but I only expected one quilt; I was pleasantly surprised to see she brought 3!
It's not that three quilts are all that strange, but by then, I knew I was also expecting quilts from three other ladies from out of town, and when their quilts arrived, they had four in
total.
A local
quilter warned me she’d finish a quilt for a friend on Thursday, which she also
did and just before she came, another local quilter brought another quilt. To say it lightly, I was somewhat
overwhelmed….. actually still am. Most
of these are custom quilting, and what makes it harder is that 3 of the quilts
used the same pattern as one I did a while ago.
Guess I’ll have to come up with different ideas for every quilt.
Decided I
can only do my best when I can, and tackled this, the first quilt. Surely the name is not Owl sampler, but the
owl caught my attention when I opened it up, so I simply named it.
