Another quilt with squares to be used as a tablecloth, so no batting in this one, only flannel in the middle. This is my customer preferring large-scale meandering. After doing all the tedious straight lines in the previous quilt, I welcomed something light and loose.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Postage stamp quilt
Somewhere along the line, I forgot to keep my blog updated. This led me to decide not to share quilts on Facebook, but rather to have them written about on my blog.
This quilt
came to me via a local quilt teacher who presented a class in a town some 200
kilometres from us. The teacher would
return the next week, and I had to finish the quilt before then. The quilt maker only requested diagonal lines
over the centre of the quilt and left the choice of what to do on the border to
me.
The border
had massive waves, and the best I could do was quilt it to death so the sides would lie as flat as possible. The maker
seemed satisfied after seeing a photo I sent her.
Thursday, April 09, 2026
ABC quilt alphabet blocks
I haven’t seen one of these in ages, and the worst part is, I can not remember the name of a single block starting with that letter of the alphabet.
Old age is
not for sissies. I often use AI just to help refresh my memory. This one took forever to finish, or so it
felt. My feet, knees, hips and lower
back knew I was at the frame most of the day.
Thus, going to bed at 19:30 was nothing strange. Not because I was all that tired, but I just
needed to get my body in a different position.
Monday, April 06, 2026
Quilt for a soon to be born granddaughter
This quilter is expecting her first granddaughter soon, and they are leaving our city for the coast towards the end of the month. She, therefore, wanted this to be quilted ASAP, I guess, so they could get packing for this huge move.
Sunday, April 05, 2026
Squares as a gift
We are having the kids over for lunch today. I usually make pickled fish for either Easter Friday or Sunday, but this year I simply didn’t feel like it. They were informed to bring a loaf of bread (unsliced) per couple, and I will supply the curried beef to make our own bunny chows. Guess we will have to get some Easter eggs for the little ones as well.
This was
the quilt mentioned in my previous post to be finished within a week, as it was
meant as a gift for a friend who planned to go on a beach vacation during our
first school holidays.
The quilter
booked in advance, so I didn’t mind taking the sampler off the frame to finish
this quilt in time, and then later popped the sampler back to continue on it.





