Baltimore Bunnies

This is a quilt I made using a pattern called Baltimore Bunnies. The pattern for this quilt was designed by Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs. I love all of Anne's patterns and have 2 more quilts waiting for me to start. Thanks Anne for making such beautiful patterns.

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This quilt is hand appliqued, machine pieced and quilted by me. There are lots of hours in this quilt and worth every minute. I absolutely love how this quilt looks. This is going to be my special Easter quilt. Don't all the bunnies look like those chocolate bunnies that we all love to eat?

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This quilt won 'Viewers Choice Large Wall Hanging- Traditional' at our guilds quilt show this past June.

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I was so excited to finally get this quilt finished and actually finished it the day before the show (along with my other 4 quilts I put in the show). I will post each quilt I put in the show because they are also all my 'June finishes'. I hope you enjoy this little quilt show :0)

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As usual, you can click on the photo for a close-up look at all the details and quilting.

Winter Wonderland

This is one of my favourite quilts (but then every quilt I do is a favourite or I wouldn't put the time into making it!). It was so fun embroidering all the snowmen and I just love the little expressions on all their faces as well as all the small details in each of the blocks. I think the "scrappy" reds set this quilt off just right. I purchased the pattern and fabric as a kit on-line from Shabby Fabrics.
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This quilt is called Winter Wonderland and it is a pattern designed by Crabapple Hill. All the embroidery is done by hand and the piecing is done by machine. This quilt is machine quilted by me.
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This quilt won 'Viewers Choice Best Christmas Decor' at our quilt show in June. You can click on the photo to see a close-up image of the details and quilting.

Coffee Time- Mystery Quilt

This is a quilt I made in Kingston at the Perfect Stitch. I took the class as a 'mystery class' and am very happy with how it turned out. This quilt was shown at the Thousand Islands Quilters' Guild quilt show in June. This is also one of my 'June finishes'.
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This class was taught by Elizabeth Lake and it's an original design by her. I took this class 3 years ago and finally got it finished! What's nice about a mystery is the fact that you don't actually know what you are making until the class is almost finished and the end quilt is revealed! I have taken the (mystery) class for the past 3 years and love each of the quilts.
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This is a close up of my favourite mug of course because it has my name on it!
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The outer border is my own design because I could not find the instructions (or even a picture) for Elizabeth's quilt. This quilt is large measuring 82 1/2" x 103". This quilt is completely done by machine with machine piecing and quilting by me.
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I loved some of the coffee fabrics and continued the "coffee" theme throughout this quilt with the quilting. I did a different coffee mug in each of the large blocks and a different word representing a type or flavour of coffee in each of the setting triangles on the outside. I think the quilting sets this quilt off and makes me really want to cuddle up in front of the TV (on a cold day) and have a hot coffee!
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This is a close-up of some of the quilting.

Crazy Cats

This quilt was started by me a few years ago and was a class I took at Wilton Creek Fabrics in Harrowsmith, ON.
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The patten for this quilt came from Buggy Barn and was so much fun to do with the "crazy" piecing involved. There were no precise points to match and it didn't matter if you had a perfect 1/4"! This is probably the most "out of the box" I ever get since I tend to do things in a traditional manner. This piece was liberating to work on to say the least. I find this quilt whimsical and it makes me smile.

Summer Day Sampler

This is the last of the quilts that I entered into our guilds quilt show in June.
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This quilt is called "Summer Day Sampler" and is designed by Lydia Quigley of The Rabbit Factory. Lydia has a great new blog you can check out here.
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I absolutely loved making this quilt. This quilt pattern was being sold as a BOM with all the fabric at a store in the states called Calico Alley but I picked it up from them on sale at the quilt show in Pennsylvania last year as an entire kit. I think the store may now be closed because their web address is no longer.
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Once I started making the quilt, it was impossible to do it as BOM and completed the top in only 10 days. I really loved making each and every block and LOVE the finished quilt. I have many other patterns of this style and would love to get going on another one.
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What a great quilt to use as a throw during the summer (or winter when you are feeling those winter blues and need a picker-up).

Thousand Islands Quilters' Guild Quilt Show 2009 Continued

This is the 2nd quilt I'd like to share with you from our quilt guilds' show this past June. This quilt was also made by Jeannette Catchpaugh.

This quilt was taken as a class at the Perfect Stitch in Kingston last year. The quilt was designed and taught by Elizabeth Lake. Jeannette hand appliqued and machine pieced the quilt and I machine quilted it for her.

Jeannette won Viewers Choice Best Bed Quilt Pieced at our quilt show . Jeannette also had the honour of receiving the Ontario Connections Rosette for this quilt. All in all Jeannette came home with 4 Rosettes--WAY TO GO JEANNETTE! You are one talented lady with a great eye for colour.

You can't see Jeannette very good so I included another photo with her a little larger.


I included this next photo with a bit of a close up on the quilting. (If you click on the picture you will see the quilting better).

Quilt done by Dianne Fyn

This is the 3rd quilt I would like to share with you and it's a prize winner as well. My frined Dianne Fyn made this quilt using the 'Rabbits Prefer Chocolate' pattern by Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs. This is one of my favourites and I can't wait to make my own. I have all the patterns and fabric ready to go (now to find the time!).

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This quilt was hand appliqued and machine pieced by Dianne and machine quilted by me. Dianne even made the little wheels on the cart- aren't they adorable? I am going to have to get Dianne to show me how to do that when I get to that stage.

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Dianne was unable to be there during the presentation of the Rosettes so Darlene Nelson accepted the ribbon on her behalf. Dianne received her rosette in the 'Viewers Choice Best Small Wall Hanging- Traditional' category. Way to go Dianne!

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I have included a smaller picture of the quilt as well to show the quilting a bit better. As usual, you can click on the photo to make it larger. ( PS. This photo was taken before the binding was put on )

Quilt done by Rita Borger

This quilt was done by my friend Rita Borger. Rita designed, hand appliqued, hand embroidered and machine pieced this quilt. The machine quilting was done by me. Rita won her rosette for this quilt in the 'Viewers Choice Large Wall Hanging- Innovative' category.

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This quilt was done beautifully and I can't even imagine how long it took to do all that embroidery. Rita is a painter and it truly shows in this original quilt by her. I wish I had half the talent she does in her design! Way to go Rita!

I'm hoping that with the top picture you will be able to see all the work Rita did with her embroidery and hand applique.

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The picture directly above is Rita with her rosette and the photo on the right is a candid shot I got of Rita in Pennsylvania last year on a quilting trip. (I didn't think you could see her very good in the other photo so I included this one).

Thousand Islands Quilters' Guild Quilt Show June 2009

As mentioned in an earlier post back in July our quilt guild had our quilt show at the end of June. Our guild had a lot of positive comments about the display of quilts, quality of work and presentation of the show. We had lots of vendors on had to supply all our "needs" and everyone was very happy with the show in general.

I will include over the next while some photos from the show.

The first picture I wanted to share with you (above) is a picture of my friend Jeannette Catchpaugh with her prize winning quilt. This quilt was made by her and it is a pattern from Country Heirlooms out of Louisa, VA. The quilt is hand appliqued and machine pieced by Jeannette and then machine quilted by me.

Jeannette won Viewers Choice Best Bed Quilt Appliqued at our quilt show in June (2009). Jeannette also had the honour of receiving the Canadian Quilters Association Rosette for this quilt in the Viewers Choice Best Quilt Overall category. Congratulations Jeannette!

The second photo is a close-up of the applique work and some of the quilting. I had done some hearts on a quilt for Jeannette previously and she asked if I could include something similar on this quilt. We were both very happy with how it turned out. If you click on the photo you can see a better close-up image of the applique work and quilting design.