Zentangle Inspired Quilting

 What about some of this ....  Zentangle inspired quilting ....  I was playing with this a few weeks ago.

Have to finish it off sometime soon.

Hope you enjoy!

Jane

Hello Again

 Hi ... did you think I had dropped off the face of the earth?   I have had to have a little break but here I am again.

I have a few pictures of some quilts I have just finished.  I have a customer who hand pieces her blocks, then she gets me to put the blocks together with sashings and borders and quilt them ... this is her house blocks ... so cute.

And this same customer gave me two  Maisy panels and asked me to make a quilt for her grandson ... this is the completed quilt.   She had a strip of Maisy fabric which I used at the top of the quilt to make it a bit longer.

I was also recently in Adelaide for a workshop with Internationally acclaimed Long Arm Quilting teacher, Sharon Schamber.   Her work is truely stunning and if you have a spare $20 or $40 Thousand she may quilt for you!

While I was in class, I did what I usually do  - draw -  it helps me to retain what is being said and I find I can usually recall the class better at a later date.
Anyway ... I thought I would share it with you because it is so much like my super custom quilting (that no-one else can afford either as it take so much longer and would cost at least three times the usual for a custom quilt).  But ... if you did want this type of quilting ... intensive and beautiful ... I would certainly give you a price!

Hope everyone has a great weekend ...  cheers Jane x

June Already - what about some quilting workshops

My oh my, the year is powering on ... June already, well almost half way through June.

I have been a little busy creating and quilting.

See this little beauty here ... you can learn how to do this in my Zentangle for Quilters class.  I currently have one booked in Melbourne at Michelle's Sewing Basket in September - I don't often get over to Melbourne, so book in soon if you want to do this class as there are limited places.

Michelle's Sewing Basket
2/54 Wantirna Road, Ringwood Vic - contact 03 9870 0011 for bookings.  http://www.michellessewingbasket.com.au/webcontent1.htm

And then there is quilting on the longarm ... this quilt is so cute .. I loved the colours.

The back ... I love this pattern too!

I hope to put some more quilting up here soon ...  in the meantime you can check out my other blog http://janemonkstudio.blogspot.com/ - lots going on over there too!

Happy Quilting for now ... Jane x

Wanna see some close ups - lol!

 I thought you all might like to see a few close ups ...

I love the vibrancy in this quilt - fabulous colours... and the pattern is "Sassy"

 Another customer quilt ... beautiful butterflies with the quilting pattern "Wandering Daisies"

 The back ..

 Lyn's beautiful quilt ... the photo doesn't do it any justice.  I have used a modified quilting pattern on this one ... I have added my own style of Dragonflys.

 The back

 This is a custom quilt .... a heavily embroidered centrepiece that I have quilted with a small stipple to hold it down and capture some fullness.

Lots of borders too!  What a fun quilt.

 Close up of a few borders

 The outside border ... swags with a stylised feather

 More of the borders.   I like the leafy style of feathers here ... they really suit the quilt I think .

 

And finally ... did you know that you can make Zentangles into quilts ... these are some of my little baby Zentangle drawings ... some will become little quilty things ... soon.  You can see more Zentangle goodness over on my other blog Jane Monk Studio.

Happy Quilting for now ... Jane x

Zentangle & Fabric

 A week or so ago I quilted this .... a long table runner (or piece of wall art) ... Fabric is beautiful white Cotton Sateen and I have used Superior Gold Metallic Thread ... it has a little bit of stretch and I had absolutely no breakage.  Always use this thread as it is a great metallic.

So here are a few close ups...

 And this is the whole piece ... I can't get it all in the lense of the camera without being too far away.

 Closer

 The other end ... do you like the border?

 More

 And some plain white thread on Cotton Sateen ...  these are the pieces that I use to teach my Zentangle for Quilters Class ... see more information on my classes here ... janemonkstudio.com

If you would like to book a workshop for a group or just a few...give me a call.  My contact details are on my web site www.janemonkstudio.com 

And these little darlings are why it is a good thing not to cut your lawn ... they eat the seeds from the tall grasses, amongst other things.   I took this photo from my quilting room through the glass ... so I didn't disturb them.  I have never seen so many in my yard at the same time ... there were about 12.

Okay ... have fun quilting up a storm.   Jane x

Zentangle for Quilters

 Last Saturday I taught a Zentangle for Quilters workshop at Esmes in Kings Meadows - Launceston.  You can see more at Esmes link above ...Lillian has done a nice write up with photos of the class.    It was a great day with 8 ladies ready to learn how to do the Zentangle!

This pic is their first Zentangle attempt ... I was so proud of them all ... I love how each and every one has their own style to bring to Zentangle ... lovely.

Then it was onto the quilting part ... now this lady (Hi Sara) hadn't done much free motion quilting before ... took to it like a duck to water.
Don't those Zentangle patterns look great stitched out.

 Here is a close up .... I am impressed ... for a first attempt it is very nice.  Well done.

This is a little quilt I did for a customer (this is going all the way to Switzerland) ... Satin fabric with a polar fleece backing ... it was very cute.

Happy quilting for now ... Jane x