Quilt for a long-awaited baby

The maker of this does not regard quilting as her craft, but as a mother of 3 boys, with the 2 younger ones getting married early, both with 2 kids, she had her oldest, who got married late and was unable to have a little one of their own.

Many treatments and heaps of money, and MUCH later, they found out they were pregnant.  The scary/funny part is that he is now 47 and his wife is 42.  Never too old to try something new.

Grandma decided to make this quilt for this rather special little one. We chose a denser meander to hide all the puckering.  Grandma did her best, and the result is still pleasing.

Newbie, or so she claims, quilter

 I received this beginner sampler, and the maker, as well as the local teacher, claims she did not do any sewing before doing this quilt.  I looked closely at her seams and points and found it really hard to believe, but I don’t think they’d lie to me.  We might just have a master quilter in the making.

Kaffet Fasset quilt

I have a confession to make…. I dislike Kaffe Fassett fabric. While working on this quilt, I had a list of reasons, but once it was done, I realised this is just my opinion, so I won't share the details.

I have, however, decided to try to convince any future Kaffet Fasset fans, handing me quilts to finish, to settle for an all-over meander instead of any detailed motif or even custom quilting.  With this feather filler, I simply couldn’t see where I’ve been, where I am supposed to be going or looking back on what I did, see any motif at all. It was just a crazy bunch of overprinted colours.  To me, too much.

I struggled to finish and ended up just quilting in half-hour increments, as that is how long I could pretend to enjoy it.  When I finally advanced to where I could see the backing, I knew at least the motif on the back was visible.

Twisted rope runner

I searched the internet for the name of this technique and saw that it goes by different names.  For the previous one, I used “twisted pole” and opted to give this one a different name.

The previous one was also done in an edge-to-edge pattern, while this one is custom-quilted and, as small as it is, kept me busy a couple of days.

Two whole cloths

The user of these, as far as I know, is not a quilter.  She sent these two solid pieces of fabric to be quilted in an all-over pattern.  This will go up against a wall, and her products/patterns will be pinned to these.  I am not sure how the quilted fabrics will be attached to the walls, but she may have a stand of sorts.

I asked if both should have the same motifs, but she preferred a difference.  The motifs won’t be visible once she attaches her samples/examples, but they will still serve the purpose.