ELEANOR'S QUILT

Back in May last year, my son and daughter-in-law presented to the world, a beautiful little girl whom they named Eleanor Celeste.  Although she is in London, I flew over to help out in the first few weeks and of course took with me, a quilt especially for her.

The request was for no  'girl' colours but very basic neutral colour and design.  We both agreed on this pattern KrisKross by Suzy Quilts which I purchased online in a peach, black & white palette.  A simply heart panto design was done by my regular quilter Mandy.

Reverse side 

I think we both love the reverse side best.    Thought I sneek a picture of Eleanor in,with her wool embroidery  blanket that I had previously made and took over with me .

HANDIQUILTER SIMPLY SIXTEEN

As I sit here isolated in my home, thanks to the spread of the Corona Virus-19, I have found time to again continue with my blog so I have a record of all the beautiful things that one can make given time and patience.

I retired from full-time work last July and haven't looked back.  With all the material I have been stashing for years, I find plenty to keep me busy (as well as my beautiful grandchildren).

A retirement gift to myself (which we all should do) was a Handiquilter Simply Sixteen longarm machine with the Little Buddy system.  I have had such fun learning free motion quilting on this machine and have even taken an online course by Natalia Bonner Lets Stitch Scalloped Borders.  Highly recommend this course via YouTube - I learnt so much which I am putting into practice.

Facebook is another resource for learning tips and tricks from the various groups that you can join.

So here is my latest Sewing Room with the Longarm machine all set up and ready to go.

Here is my practice quilt showing the beautiful Borders that Natalia's course taught me how to do. Of course they are not perfect, but at least I have the knowledge on how to do them now.

One of my girlfriends, put my in contact with the  Eastern Pallative Care organisation,  and along with my sewing buddies, we have been making quilt tops to donate to their clients.  More on my next post where I will show some of the donations so far...…..stay tuned and stay safe xxx