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Seasonal Quilts & Tales From My Boring Life (boring is good) from caledonia quilter

I quilted these two back in July. One for Christmas.

One for fall.

This belongs to a friend of mine, for winter.

This is one of mine that is planned as a Christmas gift.

My life is generally pretty boring and I'm ok with that. Boring is good! Boring means you don't have to call your friend and repeat yourself because she can't understand what you're saying while you're crying and hiccupping and blowing your nose. I actually had a not boring, really FUN week in October, though.

In my last post I mentioned that ...

added by helen-mary 1 year, 5 months ago. under beach girls , cooking , longarm quilting , quilt , quilting , recipe , retreat , social , tobermory

Jungle Walk, Recipes from caledonia quilter

This is definitely the CUTEST quilt I've worked on in quite a while.

Jungle Walk by Harebrained Happenings

Here are a few of the blocks...

Today we are celebrating VALENTINES DAY. Still locked in with the stay-at-home orders, until Tuesday. Supper tonight will be leftover roast beef, but I'm making a Chocolate Olive Oil Cake for dessert. This is a new recipe for me. The Savour Ontario site (apparently I follow them on Instagram?) has never led me astray, so it will probably be very good. Assuming I don't forget any ingredients which I know happens to ...

added by helen-mary 3 years, 2 months ago. under applique , beach girls , commentary , cooking , covid-19 , custom quilting , friends , longarm quilting , politics , quilt , quilting , recipe , social , winterruption

2 Quilts (one complex & one simple), What's Cookin'?, and Covid numbers from caledonia quilter

PLEASE NOTE THAT I ONLY HAVE A FEW OPEN SPOTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS - GET IN TOUCH SOON IF YOU WILL NEED QUILTING DONE.

Here's the complex quilt, with a medallion setting and a bunch of paper pieced sharks teeth.

And curved piecing. Don't forget the curved piecing.

This quilt took me back in time. When I was a kid, Mom had made me a skirt that I loved - dark grey with box pleats. The inset in the box pleats was pink with a tiny black print. I felt so sassy when I wore that...every step showed off the ...

added by helen-mary 3 years, 7 months ago. under canning , cooking , covid-19 , curved piecing , custom quilting , friends , guild , longarm quilting , prepping , quilt , quilting , red hats , scheduling , social , travel , vacation

Let's wrap up June (since it's already August!) Log Cabin & A Unicorn from caledonia quilter

Log Cabin - I love the colours in this. The quiltmaker wanted it quilted "like in the magazine".

That involved feathered swirls in the blocks, from the center out to the corners, and then a simple meander in the rest of it.

No s.i.d. kept the cost down a bit.

Unicorn - this is all paper pieced. Whoo baby!

Thankfully the quiltmaker sent me a pic of how she wanted it quilted. Otherwise I'd probably still be staring at it wondering what the heck to do.

I had to get a little bit of technical help from a longarm ...

added by helen-mary 3 years, 8 months ago. under business , commentary , cooking , covid-19 , custom quilting , garden , longarm quilting , modern quilt , politics , quilt , quilting , social , zucchini

Jason Yenter Quilt and the Caledonia Pandemic Update from caledonia quilter

This is one of those quilts that scares me a little bit... I used lots of the "stand-and-stare" technique.

I will probably NEVER tackle a quilt like this - so much applique and paper piecing, with an on-point medallion setting.

I think at one point I had seven longarm rulers out - straight rulers, curvy rulers, circles, ...

I also needed chalk, a blue wash-out marker, and the IQ. Along with some collaboration from the Beach Girls.

Beautiful back.

In my last post I mentioned that some things had been cancelled with the Coronavirus epidemic, and that the grocery store was out of ...

added by helen-mary 4 years ago. under applique , beach girls , business , commentary , covid-19 , custom quilting , family , friends , guild , longarm quilting , longarm tools , quilt , quilting , social , solo

What happened to February???? Lovely Embroidery from caledonia quilter

I have obviously been M.I.A. ...almost a month since I last posted? Well, let me catch you up.

Oh, such a beautiful embroidered topper... tablecloth?

The maker is such a wonderful woman, she embroidered my name on there too.

added by helen-mary 4 years, 1 month ago. under custom quilting , embroidery , guild , guild program , longarm quilting , quilt , quilting , retreat , sewing , social , ufo , volunteer , wip

February 17, 2020

Winterruption Recap from caledonia quilter

This year Winterruption took place from Feb. 13th to Feb. 18th. Since Feb. 13th is GALENTINES Day, I made us all tiaras. These girls are such a fun bunch, we wore them every night.

added by helen-mary 4 years, 2 months ago. under beach girls , charm pak , friends , longarm quilting , quilt , quilting , retreat , sewing , social , winterruption

December 8, 2019

First Ladies Quilt from caledonia quilter

Lordy, I'm behind with my pretty-quilts-pictures. I finished this at the end of October. In general, I don't post pics until after the customer has picked up the quilt, just in case, and this gal was unable to get here for a while because her own life was pretty hectic at the time.

First Ladies Quilt

This is a very large quilt, and it was beautifully pieced.

There was lots of negative space for some pretty quilting.

The blocks were all quilted individually.

In order to keep some continuity between the blocks, I restricted the quilting to straight ...

added by helen-mary 4 years, 4 months ago. under custom quilting , friends , longarm quilting , quilt , quilt show , quilting , scheduling , social

November 17, 2019

Tobermory Retreat Recap & Technology Mixed With Idiots & Scammers from caledonia quilter

I abandoned hubby for six days - he and the dog were feeding each other kibbles and bits for a week. Although, a friend took pity on him and had him over for a roast beef dinner mid-week so he didn't starve.

I played THREAD CHICKEN and won.

The railing with completed projects. This is always such a satisfying pic! Debbie definitely took the prize this year - completing all those wee monthly quilts. So cute.

Of course, cocktails.

I work on my Double Wedding Ring for one day every year. The Tobermory cottage is a great space for it. This ...

added by helen-mary 4 years, 5 months ago. under accuquilt , beach girls , commentary , curved piecing , double wedding ring , fabric , friends , guild , longarm quilting , modern quilt , quilt , quilting , retreat , scrappy , sewing , social , technology , tobermory , ufo

November 3, 2019

Two Cute Kid's Quilts & Leisure Activities from caledonia quilter

Cute little cars, quilted with a panto. This will make a great baby quilt for some little person.

Embroidered bears in an assortment of activities.

Given all the work that went into this beautiful embroidery, custom quilting was certainly warranted.

Leisure this month was an evening with my Red Hat girls. After dinner out, we went to the museum for a MUMMY UNWRAPPING. Honest to goodness.

Eeeuwww...

If you're like me, living in blissful ignorance, you may be surprised to learn that you can BUY mummies. Yep. Because, I mean, who wouldn't want one in their living room ...

added by helen-mary 4 years, 5 months ago. under beach girls , custom quilting , family , friends , longarm quilting , marriage , quilt , quilting , retreat , social , tobermory , travel , vacation

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