Quilting Update

Mum's portrait is finished - very happy with my first attempt at realistic portraiture - hope Mum will like it too.

Three little quilts finished - machine pieced, machine quilted - these will go to a couple of babies and one little girl.  The top one was a number of orphan blocks that ended up looking great with the lime green.  It's funny that as you work, you make choices & are usually quite happy with those choices, then once the quilt is finished (just labels to go), you think of a better way of doing something or a better design - hindsight - such a wonderful thing!

The middle one was started by my niece (now 16) about 6/7 years ago - I decided to finish it off - used charm squares for most of it.  The bottom one was also made from charm squares - all fabric used in the three was from my stash. No, can't see any difference in the amount of fabric I have.

Cheeky Monkeys - all finished!

A friend became a first time Grandmother last year & is absolutely besotted with her grandson. This is the quilt I made for her to give to him - used the pattern "Going Bananas" by Natalie Ross of In Stitches. Used a layer cake for the background fabrics and fabric from my stash for the monkeys.  Blanket stitch appliqued and machine quilted in big stippling.

The back - I like to use up fabric from the front & again from the stash - still a long way to go with using up fabric - HofM maintains I won't live long enough to go through it all.  I'll give it a good go or maybe I just won't leave this mortal coil UNTIL it's all gone!  If I figure out how to do that I'll let you all know & Quilt Shops will prosper!!!

Close up of the monkeys - they are so cute.