Two More for Beth

Beth’s colorful Purple Rain quilt used the digital E2E called rain drops. Purple Omni thread.

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Beth’s lovely star quilt was custom quilted using freehand feathers and a digital feather square block design.  Omni thread. 20180810_16112020180810_161143

Julie’s Finished Memory Quilt

Here’s a quilt that Julie had started for her daughter. All the women in her daughter’s life contributed fabric which Julie then made into two blocks and embroidered their name on one of the blocks.  The blocks waited and waited, I think Julie said 10 years to become a quilt.  I met Julie when she sold us our house and we stayed in touch.  A few years later, Julie contacted me and asked if I would finish the quilt for her.  It was an awesome project! We talked over each step, picked out the border and backing, decided on the width of the sashing, the quilting pattern and thread color.  The quilt went home to Julie to gift to her daughter last summer!   African Samba digital design, Omni thread in Ocean Blue.

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Ann’s Beautiful Tulip Quilt

Ann’s beautiful Tulip quilt which I quilted last June was a joy to work on. I love how it turned out and especially the textures! Freehand feathers,  automated design between the blocks with freehand crosshatching in the centers, automated crosshatching in the border and an automated scallop design in the outside border.  Cream thread.  I sure hope she entered this in the Tulip Time Quilt show this year! AnnTulip1AnnTulip2AnnTulip3

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

Wishing you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday!

I hope you enjoy my quilty story.

Before we moved 3.5 years ago, I cut up all my scraps. Some pieces were as small as 1.5 inch squares. I have been working on sewing all those scraps up. This is not my first scrappy quilt from those, but it’s the most recent. I’ll try to show the others in future posts.  Anyway, I thought I had used up all the 1.5 inch squares in other quilts.  Searching for something else, I open a drawer and find this pile.  Using them up must have been a dream!

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I decided to combine them with any 1.5 X 2.5 pieces I had.  My first thought was a postage stamp quilt.  I tried several arrangements, some making color paths and some just all mixed up.  It just wasn’t doing it for me, plus it wasn’t very big.20171026_111948

What happens if I add gray on point??  Okay, loving that.  However, that’s all my gray (who knows where I bought it!) and I can’t find a match in local stores… Back to the fabric stash.20180821_075325

Consulted some folks online and found some darker gray. I  didn’t have enough to go around again so, I used a tonal print for the corners.  I considered a pointy binding around the dark gray squares but gosh, do I really want to fuss that much?  Nope!  On the advice of my sister (Thanks Gail!), I added the colored triangles to finish it off. 20181029_115540

Digital design “Amaze Me” by Barbara Becker, maybe because the resulting quilt has kind of amazed me!  Dark Gray Omni thread and Hobbs unbleached 80/20 batting finish it off.

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Look at this great backing fabric I found locally… a really, really good sale! Perfect for this quilt.  Binding fabric was from my fabric stash. 20181121_133104

 

It’s a happy quilt and I’m so pleased to have my small bits used up… well most of them. You all know how that goes.

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It’s such a bright, sunny day, I decided a picture outside would be nice.20181121_133344

I just thought of a name for this quilt: Amazing Grays!

Wonder Woman by Deb

What a fun quilt by Deb, featuring Wonder Woman!  It was a challenge for her and she did a great job!  Digital design Curly Weave by Karen Thompson. Dark gray Omni thread.  Hobbs 80/20 unbleached batting.

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Three for Nora

Three for Nora done in May and July.   This first one was a tiny 18″ Challenge quilt. Custom, ruler work. Glide thread in an off-white, double batt with wool on top, Hobbs 80/20 underneath.

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E2E Digital design called Jazz P2P that was manipulated to look like waves and quilted sparingly as requested. Medium blue Omni thread. Hobbs 80/20 batting.

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This adorable cowboy quilt was done freehand.  The boots were so fun to quilt! Hobbs 80/20 batting.  Omni natural white thread.

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Two for Bev

This beauty has digital design Surf by Anne Bright. Light teal Superior Omni thread and client supplied batting.

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This gorgeous quilt was custom quilted (freehand and ruler work)  using off white Omni thread. I used two different designs for the blocks, creating a simulated border one block in all around the quilt.  Those are the blocks with the meander background.

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Sally’s beauties

A few quilts from April and June. This batik beauty of Sally’s turned out fantastic. Digital design Curly Weave by Karen Thompson. Hobbs 80/20 batt and blue Omni thread.

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Sally’s Latimer Farms is amazing!  The center has Andi Rudebusch’s digital design Wandering Feathers. The border was freehand feathers.  Hobb’s 80/20 batt and thread Omni Sandbar.

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Her butterfly quilt is delightful! Custom freehand quilting. Hobbs 80/20 batt and Cream Omni thread.

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Two for Lynn

Lynn’s bright and happy pinwheel quilt.  Digital design Gaiety by Willow Leaf Studio.  White Omni thread.

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And a Starburst type pattern with digital design Surf by Anne Bright.  Omni thread in cream.

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Two for Barb S.

Here’s two beauties for Barb S.  The  compass was quilted back in March.  Freehand quilting. Black and gray Omni thread,  Hobbs 80/20 batting.barbs2barbs4barbs3

This next one is an antique beauty. Quilted with African Samba digital design by Apricot Moon. Hobbs 80/20 batting. Lt Tan 40# Omni. antiquetrianglesafterquilting