Rainbow Hearts Baby Quilt

A little quilt I made for a friend's granddaughter...

Brrummm brummmm.... Tractor Baby Quilt

I had a lovely time delivering this quilt today 

to a friend for her new baby.

I had made her another quilt that was a bit more 'neutral', 

but when I heard she had had a little boy....

Well! It had to be a tractor quilt!!

I longarmquilted it freehand

on my Nolting pro-24 machine with stars and loops...

And then I took a few photos as he gave it a trial run...

He is the sweetest little thing,

and his mother is under strict instruction 

that she can use it however she pleases

as it is completely washable and squash-able 

and made for use.

Every Quilt Tells a Story

Some more Longarming.... 

This time a gorgeous quilt, that has a sad yet beautiful story behind it... 

This quilt will be raffled soon to raise money for a Hospice 

where the initial blockmaker was cared for in her final days. 

The unfinished blocks were put together to make this lovely quilt 

at a later date by a very kind and wonderful quiltmaker 

and she asked me to longarm quilt it.....

I borrowed the quilt back to photograph it

and I hope I have done it justice.

Sometimes I do Quilt...

I have been so busy of late...

I changed jobs to focus on my photography

and ended up doing more than I planned!

Hopefully that will all calm down soon

and I can just take photos and make quilts...

In the meantime...

here is a photo of a quilt 

that I longarm-quilted for a friend. 

I took the photo on the patio of another friend.

One has to love sunshine and good friends!! :)

Work in Progress - Rainbow Hearts

I love making these hearts...

Now to work on a layout

Wordless Wednesday - New Project - Heart Block

Wordless Wednesday - Baby on her gifted quilt

The Night Shift

Late night quilting! 

I am just back from a late night shift at my studio

trying to catch up with customer quilts. 

I drive to my studio after the kids are in bed, 

quilt until I can't anymore, come home and get ready for bed 

so that I can get up in the morning to get the kids to school and me to work. 

My days are too short!!!

This customer quilt has been made by a lady 

who trusted me to longarm quilt 4 other of her gorgeous quilts 

that were needed by Christmas and this last one was made up with blocks 

started by a fellow quilter who sadly passed away recently.

 I believe this quilt is to be raffled to fundraise for the hospice 

that cared for the fellow quilter in her last days. 

Every quilt does indeed tell a story. 

This one of loss, of friendship and of the threads that bind us together 

if we are prepared to find inspiration in each others creativity.

I am still grieving, perhaps I shall grieve forever, 

but I shall also always create!