Camouflage fabric quilt

The last of the quilts sent to me from Nelspruit, some 800 kilometres from where I stay, was returned to the quilter on Monday.  The next quilt was only booked for Wednesday, giving me a day off on Tuesday.  Cleaned the house and then decided I could treat myself to some sushi for supper.  One day less to cook and I’ve been craving this for days now.

I also had time to binge-watch From Scratch on Netflix but even though it had raving reviews from other watchers, it was not my cup of tea. I am not into sad love stories.

I have this morning off again and will enjoy breakfast with a friend.

This quilt was made from old garments as a memory quilt for the parents of a young man who lost his life in a car accident.  There are apparently two more to come for the same family.

Applique sampler

I do not get sampler quilts very often but they do remain my absolute favourite to quilt for the simple reason that I don’t have to repeat one quilting motif in several blocks to give the quilt a uniform feeling.  With a sampler, such as this applique quilt, I can go bonkers and do something different in every block.  I just loved working on this one.

I only took photos of some of the blocks to try and show the fun I had.

It’s all about the rose

This quilter not only used rose-printed fabric as the main attraction, but even some of the matching fabric had roses or other flowers.  Then she placed 4 rose applique blocks in the corners to get this amazing look.

This quilt will be sent to Australia as a gift for her daughter. I chose a flower for the edge-to-edge design in most of the quilt and then just ruler work around the appliqued roses.

Abundant hearts

The second quilt where Waffle Weave was used as backing, this one too worked equally well.  Here, however, I did custom quilting with plenty of detail.

Tester

A shop owner from a nearby town wants to have soft cuddle throws made and sent fabric to test.

I am not sure what the name of the fabric is but it was a nightmare to work with, way too much stretch and movement in both ways and I had to admit I don’t see my way open to quilt with it.