Group mystery quilt

This is the second of one group’s mystery quilts for 2024. I finished quilting the first one on 2 March of this year.

How different these two look simply because of the fabrics used. The first one is all pastels, while this one is bright and bold.

I again used my own motif, the one I doodled for the quilt done on 16 April, but added another little plume and the odd loop to travel to the next area.

Another pillow sham

 Oops! I forgot to post about this one.

This is from the same quilt maker as the previous two shams, and on this one, a simple ribbon edge-to-edge motif was done.

Protea print quilt

I met this quilter the first time just after I hatched a premature chicken whose eggshell was trampled by the hen.  This was early December, and I didn’t know if it would survive the night.

Now she is all grown, very demanding and inquisitive and a very special part of our pet family.

I finished this protea print, a gift to a co-worker of the quilt maker.

Scatter cushion shams… I think

Two smaller tops, I believe the smallest I’ve ever quilted, came my way. I can only imagine these would be used to make shams for scatter cushions. I picked up a little difference in the piecing between the two, but it is not my job to judge, and I always believed a completed project is way better than a perfect project.

Interlocking runner

There, I thought the previous quilt would be my last for a while, and then I received a couple more. I am not complaining, though.

This quilt maker made several quilts throughout her quilting time, but never got them quilted, and she seems to have decided to have them finished now.

The colours and border on this runner would be suitable for a Christmas table.  I, unfortunately, did not ask her what she intended when she made this.

Stars in pink and purple

 This grandmother made a quilt for her teenage granddaughter, and I felt so ashamed, as the last quilts I made for any of my grandkids were when they were babies or toddlers. I’ve attempted to piece a quilt again, but the mundane straight-line quarter-inch stitching got to me, and I realised that the freedom to move the machine to create motifs was far more fun. I think I should simply stick to free-motion quilting.

Got up at an ungodly hour the morning I was due to start this, and with hubby still asleep, I watched an episode of a series I started watching the previous day, but had a pencil and scrap paper on hand and doodled quilting motifs while watching.  I got to create one that I knew would work as an edge-to-edge and decided to give it a try on this quilt.

The colour on this photo is not the best and a better picture can be seen on my Gallery page.

Teal hexagon wall hanging

This is the last of the five quilts in the same pattern I’ve done lately. As much as I ran out of ideas on motifs to quilt each one to make them look different, I also realised I love the process. I can never guess the outcome until the very last stitch and the quilt are taken off the frame.

The Bothaville quilt maker will come to the city today and fetch her 3 quilts. With this done, I can phone the quilter of this one and have her arrange for it to be fetched by courier. Then I only have one more quilt left to do.

Positive quilt

This quilter had strips left from a previous project. She decided, “Waste not, want not,” and used these in a brand-new quilt. She says the wastage from the previous quilt turned into a positive when making this one.

Hexagon wall-hanging in green

 This is number 4 of 5, and after watching videos, I hoped to do something different.  I trust the quilt-maker will be satisfied.

Hexagon wall-hanging in blue

This is number three of quilts received from the same pattern, and I still have two more left. I ran out of ideas to make them all look somewhat different, so I got up before 4 a.m. and used this time to watch some YouTube videos for inspiration, and I got just that. I am always amazed at how many tips one can find on the internet and how things you already knew can take on a whole new look in different quilts.

Here are close-ups of the border and centre of this quilt.

Chevron table runnier

I thought to myself that I should do this small(er) table runner next, thinking I needed something that would finish up fast, but alas, all that could go wrong in longarm quilting did go wrong on this little runner: thread shredding, breakage, thread nests on the back, tension problems, and horrible eyelashes, to name but a few.

I unpicked more than I quilted, and I am still not satisfied with the quilting.  After taking it off the frame, calling it a day, I had to do intense problem-solving.  Whatever I did of all the things done, one was right, as now the machine works like a charm again.

Medallion sampler

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.

Grandmother’s flower garden

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.

Squares on check

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.