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Busy Bees Quilt – Part 3 Quilting and Finishing from From My Carolina Home

With the complex piecing on this quilt, it was begging for custom quilting. I had a fair amount of negative space to play with, now to decide on what to put where.

I loaded it on the longarm, using the same print as in the border between the pinwheels and the flying geese for backing. That print is also the light background print in the medallion. It was from a bolt I had bought at Foust, and thankfully, this finally used it up.

One of the things I learned on a recent class on quilt judging is that judges like ...

added by Carole @ From My Carolina Home 2 days, 19 hours ago. under custom quilting , quilting (Comments)

Eileen's Pinwheels from Night Owl Quilting

This lovely batik Pinwheel quilt was made by Eileen. As she was working on it, her sister Deann mentioned how much she liked it. Eileen decided that this quilt would make the perfect gift for Deann and Jeff's 40th wedding anniversay, and she contacted me to get it quilted.

I have gotten to know Deann over the last few years as she herself has also started quilting, and I am getting a sense of her style which is quite different than her sister Eileen’s. Eileen is firmly in my "no feathers" group of clients. The quilt was telling ...

added by Lori S 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under custom quilting

Farmer's Wife from Night Owl Quilting

This amazing quilt was made by Kristine. The pattern is the Farmer's Wife Sampler quilt. It contains 111 different 6" blocks!

Kristine and I attend a retreat togethers a couple of times a year, so I saw her steady progress on this over 3 or 4 retreats. She started with a pretty fat quarter bundle and picked fabrics for each block one by one. With patience and determination this masterpiece was born!

I asked Kristine how she felt about custom quilting on this labor of love and she said that she trusted me to make the design choices and ...

added by Lori S 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under custom quilting

Scrappy Irish Chain from Night Owl Quilting

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Mary Margaret sent this fun scrappy Irish Chain quilt. She requested the same quilting as I did on her previous Irish Chain quilt and I was happy to oblige. The first quilt is in a totally different colour way and you can see it here.

The navy blue sections are much larger than you imagine. I used a 7' circle template to quilt the centre circle. I enjoyed quilting the mix of continuous curves, curls and feather plumes.

I love the navy backing fabric that Mary Margaret chose as well.

added by Lori S 6 months, 4 weeks ago. under custom quilting

Santa Panel Wall Hanging Part 2 from From My Carolina Home

When we left off last time, I had finished the quilting I intended to do with black thread. Next, I changed colors in the longarm to white Glide on top and white Bottom Line in the bobbin to quilt the areas in white. I liked the ruler work in the border, so I decided to put matchsticks in the white triangles. Oh, I like this!

My lines aren’t exactly straight, nor are they perfectly spaced, but who cares? It won’t be a show quilt. When I got to the corners, I did the straight lines on both sides ...

added by Carole @ From My Carolina Home 8 months, 4 weeks ago. under custom quilting , free motion quilting , quilting , ruler work (Comments)

Santa Panel Wall Hanging – Part 1 from From My Carolina Home

When I found this Santa panel at the guild’s re-home table in October, I just fell in love with it. I loved the motifs, the black background, and the faux patchwork. I thought it would be fun to custom quilt it giving me more practice with freehand quilting and ruler work. I had a piece of fabric with snowmen that might work for a backing.

I measured the space I wanted to hang it, and found that it would need one more border to be big enough to hang from the clips already on the wall. I had several ...

added by Carole @ From My Carolina Home 9 months ago. under custom quilting , panel quilt , quilting (Comments)

Rosie Glow from Night Owl Quilting

Joanne and her sister Patrice made this quilt when Joanne was in town for a visit. The pattern is called Rosie Glow and was found in Best Weekend Quilts 2013.

Joanne knew exactly how she wanted it quilted. The Gingersnap pantograph in the body of the quilt, and the borders quilted like they were in the magazine.

Joanne opted to have Marion finish the binding before it was returned, so it is just ready to enjoy!

J

added by Lori S 11 months ago. under custom quilting , gingersnap panto

Imperial Garden from Night Owl Quilting

Louise made this lovely Queen size quilt. The pattern came from the Nov/Dec 2008 issue of Fons and Porter Love of Quilting Magazine. It is called Imperial Garden and was designed by Jan Douglas. The original pattern had two additional borders, but Louise decided to stop at 90" x 90".

Louise knew she wanted custom quilting and asked for it to be quilted less densely than the example in the magazine. I tried to accomplish this by only quilting in the ditch for some of the smaller borders/sashing and not using any dense fills.

The navy border and ...

added by Lori S 11 months, 1 week ago. under custom quilting

Dogs! from Night Owl Quilting

I had two great dog themed quilts come into my studio in one week. First up is this one by Valerie. It was a quilt along with her quilting group and she decided to feature some dog themed fabrics that she had been collecting.

We opted for a simple meander over the body of the quilt and a paw print border motif.

Wendy made this quilt for her brother-in-law who has loved his pet goldens. The request was for simple quilting, and nothing cutesy like bones or paws or hearts. Wendy and I discussed a number of options and settled ...

added by Lori S 11 months, 1 week ago. under custom quilting , meander quilting

City Blooms and more for Sandra from Night Owl Quilting

Sandra brought this City Blooms quilt that is a pattern designed by Flaurie and Finch. The top was started by a friend who passed away and Sandra saw it to the finish line.

When deciding on a quilting design and what thread to use across the lights and darks, I came up with a fun idea. Sandra liked the idea of freehand wavy lines and I suggested using three shades of blue thread that would blend better across the light, medium and dark sections of the quilt. The threads are all Innovatech -Azure, Largo and Blue.

You really have to ...

added by Lori S 11 months, 2 weeks ago. under come dance with me panto , custom quilting , time warp pantograph

Hummingbird Bouquet from Night Owl Quilting

Annette made this great modern Hummingbird quilt. The pattern is by Corinne Sovey Designs and was originally published in the American Patchwork and Quilting magazine under the name Birds and Blooms. It is now available as a stand alone pattern under the name Hummingbird Bouquet. Did you know that one of the names for a group of hummingbirds is called a Bouquet? Cool right?

I used very blendy thread in each of the sections. Wavy lines in the background, simple lines in the throat and breast and flowers, and some feathers for interest in the in the head, wing and ...

added by Lori S 11 months, 2 weeks ago. under custom quilting

Florally from Night Owl Quilting

Bridy brought this lovely quilt and I was very intrigued to know what the pattern was as I didn’t think I had seen anything quite like it before. It is called Florally by Heck Yes Sew Co. Bridy chose a palette of Fabelism Sprout Wovens and shared that this was the first time she sewed curves!

I asked Bridy if she would be open to some simple custom quilting on this one and she was happy with that idea. We flipped through some quilting books to look at examples of different background fills as she pointed out a few ...

added by Lori S 11 months, 3 weeks ago. under custom quilting

Incidental Refractions from Night Owl Quilting

Val made this quilt as a Mystery Project to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Canadian Quilter's Association. The pattern is called Incidental Refraction and was designed by Border Creek Station.

There was a lot of open space to accept some doodle/graffiti/busy quilting and when I asked Val what she thought, she was all in.

I knew that I wanted to contrast the quilting in the background to the strips and stars. I added some straight lines and star motifs and a few curves in the the taupe sections, and stitched in the ditch around the purple ...

added by Lori S 1 year, 5 months ago. under custom quilting

Saving Liberty from Night Owl Quilting

This beautiful quilt was made by Linda. The pattern is called Saving Liberty by Mel Storey Patchwork. It is a mix of English paper piecing, hand applique, and foundation paper piecing. The floral fabrics are Liberty Tana Lawn, and the background is linen, including some pieces from family heirloom napkins.

Coming up with the quilting plan is always a fun challenge. Linda likes a lighter hand with the quilting and is not fond of feathers. My first batch of doodles weren't quite the right fit, but after a great telephone conversation a plan came together that we were both ...

added by Lori S 1 year, 5 months ago. under custom quilting

Over By The Pond from Night Owl Quilting

Lea made this fun "Over By the Pond" wall hanging. The pattern is still available through Quilting Daily and would be a fun project for someone who enjoys Foundation Paper Piecing.

Lea requested custom quilting. I mostly stitched around the paper pieced critters and plants. The frogs needed a few extra quilting lines. They will be complete when Lea adds the button eyes.

I added a watery background fill, curls in the inner border and a leafy feather in the outer border. In the strips between the critters I added a motif that matched the fabric that Lea used. Once ...

added by Lori S 1 year, 6 months ago. under custom quilting

Birch Street Collage from Night Owl Quilting

This is Sandra's version of the Fiberworks pattern called Birch Street Collage. I was a bit hesitant to take this one on at first as sometimes certain brands fusible web in multiple layers can cause stitching issues and gummed up needles. Sandra knew what products she used, so I felt better and thankfully I had no issues.

Trying to stitch the individual fused pieces down was not an option I was willing to consider as I was worried about causing fraying along the edges, and the number of thread changes required would have made this a very time consuming ...

added by Lori S 1 year, 6 months ago. under custom quilting

Stars in the Garden from Night Owl Quilting

Ruth, a new to me client wowed me when she pulled this amazing quilt of out her bag!

The pattern is called Stars in the Garden from Piece O' Cake Designs.

Ruth is a master of hand applique! I stitched around all the applique with Micro Quilter thread which is 100wt, so it is a virtually invisible. Ruth opted for Quilter's Dream Puff batting and the loft it gave to the applique was very pleasing.

In order to keep the quilt soft we opted to not fully fill the background with echoes or pebbles, but just filled in the ...

added by Lori S 1 year, 6 months ago. under custom quilting

Cross Stitched Flowers from Night Owl Quilting

This was a very unique quilt that came my way recently. Olga stitched the 4 preprinted panel sections together and competed all the cross stich flowers and borders on this top, but decided she was no longer up to hand quilting the project.

Olga purchased this kit from the Mary Maxim catalogue years ago, and it was stamped with the cross stitch designs and quilting lines. Olga asked if I could custom quilt this one by following the pre-stamped lines. This was a request that was new for me, but I couldn't see a reason why it wouldn't ...

added by Lori S 1 year, 7 months ago. under custom quilting

Vultures Rock Quilting Project from From My Carolina Home

Yesterday, my internet friend, Vicki, and I had plans to meet at the Asheville Quilt show. Unfortunately, hurricane Helene had other ideas. We got notice that morning that the show was canceled for the day, so we decided to meet for just a bit at a local breakfast spot. But it was closed when we got there! We were able to sit on a covered porch while it rained for a half hour, then they had to get on the road home to stay ahead of the worst of the wind and rain that was coming. I was happy we ...

added by Carole @ From My Carolina Home 1 year, 11 months ago. under custom quilting , no waste flying geese , quilting , surprises (Comments)

MPQ 2025 Raffle Quilt from Night Owl Quilting

Earlier this spring I had the pleasure of quilting this jaw dropper! This quilt is the 2025 Manitoba Prairie Quilter's Raffle Quilt. The draw will take place at the Quilt Reflections Quilt Show in Winnipeg that is being held April 11-12. (I do have tickets to sell to anyone local.)

The fabric used in this quilt, including the back is from the Whale Song collection from Northcott fabrics.

The makers of the quilt left the quilting plan up to me, but they did say overall they preferred less dense quilting to very heavy quilting. This quilt definitely required a ...

added by Lori S 1 year, 11 months ago. under custom quilting

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