A Cover, A Show & lots of quilting....

The last month has been rather busy.

 

As always there are lots of customer quilts to get done. There are too many to post here but you can see them on my facebook page.

 

 My quilt Dorothy is on the cover of Issue 157 Down Under Quilts...Woohoo !!!

 

 

 

The weekend just gone I attended the Central Coast Charity Quilt Show where I had a stand selling my quilt patterns and promoting my machine quilting business.

What a fantastic time !! I got to spend two whole days with the beautiful ladies I work with at

 All About Sewing. Jody, Robyn, Ally & Susan always make it fun whenever we are together. Lots of fun and laughs and a croaky voice the next day from too much talking...

 

My Stand with Dorothy and Supernova in the background...

 

Myself and Jody.

 

 Jody has just celebrated 7 years since her shop, All About Sewing, first opened its doors. I started teaching at the shop about a month after it opened. Time sure does fly by when your having fun. Congratulations Jody and I look forward to the next 7 or 10 or 20...hehe 

 

 

Back to quilting

Leanne xo

 

Hi there my quilting friends...

This week has been a huge catch up week. After being a slacker in the school holidays, I am behind on my customer quilts. So I got my butt into gear and I have quilted all week, even this weekend.

The first quilt I finished this week was a custom for Jody at All About Sewing (the shop I love teaching at). The design is "Midnight Roses". It is a machine embroidery Block of the Month that Jody and Gail have been running this year at the shop. I can't wait to see them all finished.

Beautiful winter sunshine streaming into my studio....

I stippled the background of the embroideries, put a swirl in the sashings and did a feather and stipple border. (It's not quite finished here)...

 The embroideries are so vibrant...

Jody was really happy with it and that's one crossed off the ever growing list.

I have finished another two and half finished another this week. I'll have more about them later.

Thanks for looking and thanks to those patiently waiting for their quilts to be done...

Happy Quilting

Leanne xo



Yes, I've been terrible at updating my blog recently. I have been so busy quilting and I have 2 magazine deadlines that I have been pushing to get finished that I have only been on my computer to write patterns...yay... and pay bills...yuck...

Back a couple of weeks myself and my "sewing sisters" attended the Central Coast Charity Quilt Show.

All the girls from All About Sewing  BackL-R Jan, Jody, Ally,Robyn.

Front L-R Ange & Myself (Gail is missing)

We had a fabulous time. We met some lovely new people and the whole weekend was really relaxing and fun. I did a demo on improvised block construction. I was really nervous and did the whole thing way to fast.

Me doing my demo...

My friend Jan from Red Shed Quilting did and awesome demo and talk on domestic machine quilting. Jan really is a quilting guru and she has been a fantastic mentor to me and is more than willing to share her expertise. Thanks Jan...

Jan has them enthrauled...

The Quilts...
There is Sabrina on the right...

Beth is Jan's daughter. She won the Junior section...

Charlotte is another one of our Juniors. She got second for her 1st quilt...

The whole thing was to raise money for the local hospital oncology unit. The Show raised just shy of $10 000. WOW!! That's amazing!!! Yay for the quilting community...

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Next up was Mothers Day...

Look what my Hubby pick for me...from the garden at his work...

It was a relaxing day. First up was breaky at Maccas, next flowers at the cemetary (on my mother-in-laws grave), then to the hardware. All I wanted for Mothers Day was to get a bunch of stuff hung on my studio walls. That's why we went to the hardware to get hanging stuff. All done and now I'm happy...

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On to quilting... This week I have done custom quilting for Gail. Two customs in a row, I really am ready for that massage now...oooo my aching back...

Phew, that was exhausting but fun...

Happy Quilting
Leanne xo

Full Steam Ahead...

Well, the holidays have finally come to an end. Two boys back to school today and the big one is back tomorrow. Yay!!! Back to a routine...I love routine....

I am back teaching at All About Sewing on Thursday. I'm really looking forward to seeing all the ladies after my long summer break.

I have been steadily getting samples done for my classes and for the Block of the Month programmes that I am doing this year.

Sabrina is finished and hanging in Southern Cross Needlework at East Maitland. It will be a BOM this year and into the next year

On my bed... look at that stack of quilts over in the corner.... 

She is quite heavily quilted.... this is the most custom quilting I have done on a quilt. It was back breaking...but the finished quilt was totally worth it. 

Every little bit is quilted..... 

I love the circles around the stars.....

Happy Quilting...

Leanne xo

Back On Track....

After my wierd week things changed for me. As well as my beautiful Tuesday patchwork class I have picked up two days work at the shop sewing up dance costumes. I would like to thank Ange and Jody for that opportunity. It has been great. Although, the full work days took a bit of getting used to. But now I'm back on track.
I doesn't rain, it pours!! I also had a bunch of quilts come to me for quilting . I love quilting. Seeing the flat quilt come to life with the beautiful texture of the quilting. It always feels so nice when it's finished.
I have also been designing some quilts with the hope that they will be published. Even if they aren't the patterns will be available for purchase.
I have been so busy that I haven't even had time to take any photos, so here's one of some of my stash.

Happy Quilting

Leanne xo

Wyong Quilt Show - Day 1

Today was the first day of our local quilt show.It is a charity event for the cancer care services of Central Coast Hospitals. It is a lot of work but alwasys ends up being fun.
I was promoting the Central Coast Modern Quilt Guild. I met heaps of people who are interested and we had a few sign- ups right on the spot. So the word is spreading. All the usual suspects were there.All About Sewing, Blueberries, Cherry Pie Designs, Floriani, Red Shed Quilting, Down Under Quilts Magazine and a bunch of other talented people. I met Kate Conklin, a local quilt designer, whose blog I have been following for a while. She is just as passionate about fabric as I am and she is very excited about the Quilt Guild. 
My Aunty Judith came all the way from Parramatta on the train to check things out. She was happy that I showed her how to use the stitch regulator on the Bernina 440. She owns one and hasn't yet used this feature. There will be no stopping her now. Happy Quilting Aunty Jude.
Tomorrow is Mothers Day so we are not sure how the day will go. We have heaps of machines on the All About Sewing stand and we all bought something to sew if it gets too quiet. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

More to follow tomorrow

Happy Quilting

Leanne