not so traditional sampler

This stunning quilt was made by Jill, who was a student in a traditional sampler class held at The Country Yard. Some months back I quilted the shop sample, seen here  ( Please click to enlarge photo's.)

This is a good example of a traditional quilt using not so traditional fabrics. The border fabric can be seen for something non quilty too, as seen here
If you are not sick of photo's there are a few close ups.

Because the border fabric is a dark purple paisley it was difficult to show the quilting I did, so here is a photo of the back.

 It is sad the photo's never really do the quilt justice.

For a quilter who claims to have 'A Quilters Garden' I have done all right today, as I actually did some gardening! It is a lovely sunny day here in Northland New Zealand.
I hope what ever you are doing sun or not, that it makes you smile.

tea for two??

Very simple quilting for these table runners for The Country Yard

Girly quilt

I was battling the wind the day I took this photo, hence it not being square!
This quilt is made for a sample for The Country Yard , purely as inspiration for a lovely fabric range by Nancy Halvorsen called : " Curiosities" .

Using Madeira polyneon threads with a few simple quilting designs, has created a lovely row quilt perfect for a girl.

Some Kind of Wonderful!

Annie Downs  design's the most yummiest quilts and here is one I recently quilted......."Some Kind of Wonderful".........with a slightly different look to Annie's original.
For the best viewing, click on the photo's.

 A group effort for Aurely's 50th birthday. Aurely loves pink, & pastel's. Six friends each made a block they fancied. For a nice uniformed looked & using fabric we knew Aurely would like, we used Bunny Hill's range ~ "Puttin on the Ritz", with a touch of a green fabric. Most blocks were chosen from Annie's book, some were from other sources of inspiration. As one of Aurely's friends, rather than make a block I offered to do the quilting.

Kerryn's block

Janet's block

Barbara's block

Jacki's block ( one of Aurely's cat's)

Jan's block ( Aurely's other cat)

Inthea's block

Megan's block

Jenny G's block

Jenny W's block

Rachel's block

Kerry's block

Di's block

Raewyn's block

Janis' block

Mary's block

Ans' block

I will leave you with a few close ups of the blocks & quilting.

count how many French knots!

                                                                Happy Birthday Aurely!!