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.

Radiant in red

With this one, I broke my own rule of finishing quilts in order of the dates and time (if I got more than one quilt a day) I received it.

After the intense custom quilting on the Owl sampler, I just needed a quick finish, so I popped this all-red and white quilt on the frame.  It was also the first time I got to try out my newly fitted bobbin winder, and it worked like a charm.  As a rule, I use pre-wound bobbins, but these are only available in the most basic colours (in South Africa).  When receiving a somewhat different colour quilt, I must use my winder to match the thread to the fabric.

Owl sampler

What a week this has been.  After finishing the “all squares baby quilt”, I went to Bernina to fetch the bobbin winder they ordered, and with a handy hubby, it was fitted in a jiffy.  As I stopped at the shop, I had a call from a new quilter from Bothaville who saw my work at another quilter and asked if I’d quilt for her as well.  I said yes, and she then said they would be in Bloemfontein the next day, which they were, but I only expected one quilt; I was pleasantly surprised to see she brought 3!

It's not that three quilts are all that strange, but by then, I knew I was also expecting quilts from three other ladies from out of town, and when their quilts arrived, they had four in total.

A local quilter warned me she’d finish a quilt for a friend on Thursday, which she also did and just before she came, another local quilter brought another quilt.  To say it lightly, I was somewhat overwhelmed….. actually still am.  Most of these are custom quilting, and what makes it harder is that 3 of the quilts used the same pattern as one I did a while ago.  Guess I’ll have to come up with different ideas for every quilt.

Decided I can only do my best when I can, and tackled this, the first quilt.  Surely the name is not Owl sampler, but the owl caught my attention when I opened it up, so I simply named it.

All squares baby quilt

This quilt arrived via courier on Thursday, just before our long weekend in South Africa and my sister visited me.  It had to stay on the back burner until Sunday after my guests left. Initially, I had no idea what to quilt but as with most quilts, even if you have an idea, it might change relatively fast once you get going.

In the end, I think the motifs chosen worked well.