Thomas Kinkade Quilt

Lorna’s daughter made this idyllic quilt for a friend who likes Thomas Kinkade.  I think the colours and fabrics in the quilt compliment the panels so well.

Thomas Kinkade quilt

Thomas Kinkade panel

Lorna brought the quilt over for her daughter and selected the Rambler Rose pantograph by Meredith England and a grey thread, excellent choices.

Rambler Rose pantograph

The quilt is backed with minky, so snuggly, and it really shows the quilting.

Rambler Rose pantograph

What a charming gift for a friend. 

The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. ~ Dale Carnegie

Chocolate for the RSC

My Friday evening was spent making chocolate slabs, chocolate paintboxes and in between I made a few chocolate leaders and enders.

Chocolate for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge

And how about a few more delicious words for brown, like latte, mocha, coffee, java, can you think of some others?

This month we are working on brown, or black or even grey for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, click on over to Soscrappy to see what others are working on.  I think I’ve just about exhausted my brown scraps with last night’s projects, I’ll probably move on to black and grey for the upcoming Saturdays in October

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Anything is good if it's made of chocolate. ~ Jo Brand

Two I Spy quilts by Leanne

Leanne made these two I Spy quilts for a brother and sister. This first quilt with the green sashing was made for the little girl.

I Spy quilt

It was quilted with the Tumblin’ Teddy Bears pantograph by Patricia Ritter.

Tumblin' Teddy Bears pantograph

Tumblin' Teddy Bears pantograph

The second quilt with the red sashing was for the brother.

I Spy quilt

Leanne decided to have it quilted with the Animal Crackers pantograph also by Patricia Ritter.

Here is a close-up of the Elephant

Animal Crackers pantograph

The Lion

Animal Crackers pantograph

And you can see the giraffe better on the back

Animal Crackers pantograph

We used a Rainbow variegated thread on both quilts, I just love all the bright colours used in these vivid quilts.

 

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children. ~ Nelson Mandela