Strips in red

This was sent to me by a quilter from the countryside.  She was unable to bring her quilts to the city herself and asked a friend to drop them off.  With the friend still here, I quickly checked the quilts and noticed that two of the four were already stitched in the ditch.  On the frame, I load the 3 layers separately and have had two other quilts partially quilted in the past, which I attempted to quilt.  These resulted in ugly puckers in the back.  I’ve decided not to try finishing a partially quilted project again.

I explained to the friend my situation, but she asked me to phone and discuss it with the quilter herself.  The problem with these, apart from me not being able to roll the layers separately, was that she hardly had any extra fabric as backing, and the one quilt actually had the top larger than the backing.  I contacted her, and she did not seem very happy with me for not wanting to quilt these, but I’d rather have fewer quilts completed than to send something to a client when I know I could have done a better job.

This quilt, however, had enough backing and backing, and I was able to finish it.  Her daughter was supposed to fetch these from me yesterday, but maybe she had a hectic day as no one came for them.

Dressing table topper

 This little topper must have been one of the smallest projects I worked on.  The whole quilt fitted inside my throat space, and I had no need to advance even once.

I did, however, enjoy working on it as the quilter gave me free rein to do my own thing.

Beginner sampler

This was from a brand-new quilter who finished her very first class sampler.  She constantly apologised for mistakes, which I honestly overlooked.  I regret not having kept my beginner quilt so I could show them what mistakes really looked like.  Especially my free-motion quilting.  My first feathers looked like tree stumps.

Baby quilt

 This grandmother is rather excited about her youngest son’s firstborn arriving in early 2026.  She made this and used the most beautiful, floral embroidered blocks to place between the pieced blocks.  The embroidery was done by another local quilter and embroiderer, Wilna Geel.

This combination works perfectly for a little girl, and as can be seen on the quilt, will be named Sofia.

Memory quilts from shirts

The quilter made these for a friend who lost her husband.  She started out with only a large quilt for the friend.  The friend then requested two more smaller quilts. These would be for grandchildren.

The same shirts were cut for all of these, and I then tried to make each one unique by selecting a different motif for each.