Quilting butterflies & the HEAT

We are sitting here in the stinking hot today. It is a cool (haha) 45 deg Celsius or 113 deg Fahrenheit.
Of all days as I am cleaning my sewing room and reevaluating my projects for the year and don't want to venture outside.
The air con keeps tripping the fuse so outside we go and keep flicking it back on.
Hubby is outside checking it out. Cleaning everything we can. Fingers crossed it stays on this time.
If we have to call a technician he won't be able to get here until next week.

So off to put on a movie and sit in front of a fan. Then try to do a little sewing.

BUT FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.
You probably have had enough of seeing these quilts but they are together. Finished and ready to be delivered for my friend to sew the binding then gift away.

I think my photos are out of order but here I am working on the quilting. 

They both took a few days to do but I enjoyed stitching them.

And here they are done.

I am very happy with them.

I have passed them on to their maker and she loves them.

More Butterflies

I am happy with how the quilting has worked out.

And here is the purple one.
They are so pretty


The bindings are sewn on ready for hand stitching.

Here I have done the 2nd quilt to match..
Cross hatched, little flowerettes, stippling and continuous butterfly borders.

Pink butterflies

I'm helping out a friend who can't do her own machine quilting.
A while ago she passed two quilts on to me to finish off.
Mmmmmm. Not just stippling. It needed a bit more.
These cute butterflies needed something a little bit more.

So I added little rosettes in the centres of all the intersections.
These were done with the Westalee quilting rulers.

I drew lines from one side to the other and cross hatched the centre.

I stippled all over the butterfly printed fabric..

I have made a continuous butterfly quilting pattern for the border.

Stitched it with the machine without cotton to make holes in the paper. 

Pounced chalk through the holes. (Which didn't work too well)

Then I had to draw over with FRIXION pens. I love these pens.

More basting

My Monday group are a great bunch of ladies. We all help each other and we are a great support group in many ways. This week we basted a beautiful quilt made by Rhonda.

She has done an amazing job making this lovely 3D Bow Tie quilt for a male.,it is made with gorgeous Japanese prints. So manly.

Rhondas 3D Bow Tie quilt.

It is a large quilt. Now for it to be quilted. It's stunning....

Helping a friend in need.

One of the ladies in our group was making a lovely quilt (large quilt) for a relative for Xmas. To post to Perth in the new year.. Well it just so happens another relative is coming over from Perth for Xmas. Take advantage of that, get the quilt finished, hand delivered and no postage.... Good plan... UNTIL.
My friend was put into hospital for a knee replacement at 3 weeks notice... The quilt was only just started. She managed to get the top and back pieced just in time. I took it over for her and have quilted it and attached the binding. Now she is home she can get started on hand stitching the binding down and still feel like it was her work.. Well,it is her work and she has done a lovely job.

WELL DONE RHONDA

This is just stunning. The blues are beautiful.

Large splash stars free motioned in all the squares

Free motion stars and loops in the border, straight lines in the sashing.

The back with pieced spiderweb stars and hand embroidered label.

More for the AUSSIE HEROES

My friends and I have been making quilts for the great AUSSIE HEROES...
http://aussieheroquilts.blogspot.com.au

Here are the next ones that have been sent off.

From Barb

For the cricketer

 And the back

 From Rhonda

And the one Jo made......

All have been posted. These will be the last ones for the year.

FNSI & free motion quilting

I have spent all day & evening trying some FREE MOTION QUILTING on a friends quilt.

In the green leaf borders I went around all the leaves. I think this makes them really stand out.

In the black sashings and centre blocks I stippled so that they fall into the background.

My friend didn't want too much quilting on it so hope she will be happy.

Close up of quilting

And on the bed.

The camera is showing up the colour different to what it actually is.

It is lovely. Now all she has to do is the binding.

I have linked up with a heap of others over at   Sugarlane Quilts with Wendy  for FNSI.