New Patterns!!!

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I have splashed out and bought quite a few new pantograph patterns from Lorien Quilting. I am so excited, they are all fabulous!

 

The patterns are for All Over Quilting. Don’t forget to check out the Pinetree Cottage Quilting Reward Programme. Click here for details.

 

Below is an example of All Over Quilting. It is a cost-effective beautiful way to have your tops quilted. Call Michele today on 47292676 to make a time to bring your quilt over. General turn around time for All Over Quilting is 2 weeks.

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Off to stalk the postman now, the pantograph patterns will arrive mid-week. Yay!

Shabby Chic

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This is Maureen’s Quilt. It is quilted with an All Over called Nouveau Scallops by Lorien Quilting. It reminds me of clamshells but with an interesting feathery interior in the clamshell.

 

It looks lovely on Maureen’s quilt, don’t you think?

 

 

 

Newsletter Day

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After about 2 weeks of preparation, printing, stapling and folding, the PCQ newsletter is ready to mail.

It has 4 pages of news and quilting info. There is a new Reward Programme on offer for All Over Quilting. The Reward Programme is available for all clients whether existing or new. It began January 2012 and for every 5 quilts that are quilted with an All Over design, the 6th quilt is quilted for free to the average value. Full Terms & Conditions are at www.pinetreecottagequilting.com.au.

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If you would like a copy of the newsletter, please email me via the web link above and I will put one in the post for you pronto!

Finished For Fursday

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Well, it had to alliterate, ok?

I have finished and bound my Gira Rosa quilt. It was designed by Michelle Marvig and published in Australian Patchwork and Quilting. I was lucky to grab a kit from Michelle so a)I didn’t have to think too hard to match my fabrics and b) mine looked like hers  - which I loved.

Anyhow, here are the pictures.

On the grass – this shows the whole quilt – it is 60×60 inches.

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Gratuitous shot over the chook pen. Please understand this is MY quilt and I would NEVER do this with a client quilt.

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Ditto.

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Flung over the clothesline for a better detail shot.

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More detail. My quilting is indeed freehanded. Those feathers come out of my head, through my hands guiding the quilting machine and on to the quilt.

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And showing the border. Look – the binding is on too. I machine bound this one – it is mine, mine, mine and to be used for snuggling under in winter.

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I love my new quilt and as quick as the quilting seems to be, I started making this in, I think, 2009. Maybe even 2008.

A Quick Look

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At my latest quilt that I just finished. It’s for me!!! I bought the aqua fabric in June 2010 and finally cut and pieced it in March 2011 to demo some quilting techniques for the DVD I made for Quilters Companion Magazine. I have had it basted and attached to the zippers and shoved on the bookshelf since then.

I pulled it out the other day and started to quilt it. The feathers took me ages. I had to work out how to make them look like they were crossing over each other. I like the effect, but I won’t tell you where I kinda botched it!!!

I have overlocked the edges and I am now debating whether I should wash it before or after I bind it. I want it to shrink up a little….so maybe wash and block first.

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First Quilt of 2012

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And it’s all mine!!!

I finally put the borders on my quilt and quilted it today. I made the top in class in November. It just needed the borders popped on (easier said than done).

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For the backing, I decided to piece in a strip of the fabrics that were used in the top. I like the effect that it has. I quilted with red thread in the bobbin and a taupe colour on top. Above, you can see the backing with the quilt folded on top of it along with the charcoal coloured batting.

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The backing is loaded onto my A1 Quilting Machine.

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Quilting in progress. I used Swirl and Twirl for the all over quilting. It is one of my favourite designs for this style quilt.

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The finished quilt laid out on the floor. It isn’t my favourite quilt of all time (I am still deciding whether I even like it), but it will have a home on one of the boys’ beds, I suppose.

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And the backing with the pieced strip in. Is it wrong of me to say that I like the backing better?