I wanted to share with you a quilt that my aunt recently finished. She has been working on it for over a year now. Her local patchwork shop, Buttons and Bows at Beenleigh QLD, runs Janome classes to give you confidence and practice in using all those extra features on your machine; and you don't have to have a Janome to attend. 
Last year instead on working on one small project each month they decided to do a quilt, and Chris incorporated extra bits into the quilt so the ladies attending could use more of the extra features on their machines. One such thing is a cranberry fabric in this quilt, it has been stitched both vertical and horizontally with a twin needle (two different coloured threads) AND then stitched with a fancy stitch. The result is stunning and everyone is amazed when my aunt tells them it was a plain piece of cranberry coloured fabric. oh, and the borders; aren't they just what the quilt needed! She even made her own bias binding.... ALOT of work in this quilt. I have NEVER done ANYTHING like this, such patience. Well done A!
This quilt was in Nundle, my aunt got it out to show Kerry; then she took it to Honeysuckle to show Kim. What a fabulous response! She has made it for my Nan, her mum, who has been asking where is the bag A was going to make for her. Well A had to fudge a bit because she didn't want to say she had bee busy working on the quilt as it was a surprise.
8 comments:
Oh my goodness Bec, stunning, so much work.....
wow!!!so great, so lovely!!!!
was about to ask did you take pics of "the quilt"........well done Aunty A.......I am so pleased I got to see it for real.........so many hours.......well done........
What a great story. I love surprises like this.
And it is amazing what these machines can do. I don't have a Janome.. or any such modern machine. Just look at those lovely stitches.. completely changed the fabric. I love those little strings of stars in the first picture. Your Aunt did a wonderful job.. and I'll bet your Nana cherishes it!
Gorgeous! I have a janome and haven't taken a class yet to learn how to use the extra amazing features. Soon, I hope!
Just Gorgeous, Gorgeous!! the amount of work in it!! I bet your nan loved it
x Sarah
PS: Glad to hear you had a great time at Nundle, everything looked SO nice
How did I miss this? It's lovely and congratulations to A for finishing it. Nan will love it!
What a stunning quilt, I've never seen anything quite like it. Was it your Aunt's own design, or did she have a pattern? I love to use the embroidery features on my Janome in quilts, but that is way, way beyond anything I've ever managed.
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