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.

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.

Sampler quilt

It has been more than a month since I last did a customer quilt, but I do believe everything happens at the right time.  Firstly, a PC board had to be replaced on my frame, which left me more than 5,000 South African rand poorer.  This was not available in our city, and I had to order it. Secondly, the heaps of cricket on TV kept me so busy, I was kind of grateful for the break. When a quilter from out of town came to the city earlier last week, she dropped off 3 quilts; by then I already had a booking for Friday, and the latter had to be finished within a week as it is meant as a gift.  With the PC board replaced and the cricket not on every day, I welcomed the change.

This sampler was the first of the three “out of town” quilts I took from the parcel, and I started with it and tried to get as far as I could before the Friday quilt arrived. I did a couple of variations of old favourites by simply using them in a different setting.  This is what makes a sampler such a fun quilt to work on. 

A quilt for a stork party

This ever-so-organised quilter made this for a stork party somewhere in March.  This one must definitely be for a soon-to-be newborn baby girl.

A quilt for Ava Rose

I think I spoke too soon when I initially thought 2026 would be the year of newborn boys, as just after posting about it, I got this girly quilt.  I do believe this is not for a newborn, as it is a single-bed quilt.

I have another girly quilt on the frame intended for a newborn.