I’ve been working on a quilt that began as a BOM at my local quilt shop, but. halfway through the monthly releases, the shop gave everyone the option of going ahead and getting all of the rest of it right away. I took them up on it, as I do prefer to work on a […]
read moreIt’s finished! I’d worried that this quilt might not be finished in time for the birthday for which it’s intended, but I have about ten days to spare. Whew! The design came from the Wonderfil Threads site (you have to write them and ask for the link; it isn’t readily visible any longer) and was […]
read moreIt’s finished — finally! I’d pieced this top ages ago and was “stuck” on how to quilt it until Lisa Calle came to my rescue with some suggestions. It was mostly ruler work, which was a challenge on my lovely Bernina 790Pro — a domestic machine. That involves pushing the quilt sandwich through the machine, […]
read moreI made this quilt top several months ago and then waffled forever (as usual for me) about how I wanted to machine quilt it, finally getting some ideas from Lisa Calle, whose work is amazing. I have to say that I really love free-motion work (especially feathers), though I have a long way to go […]
read moreI’ve been working on quilting the Koi Pond wall hanging, and the plan got more complex as I went along. When we left off, I had loaded the piece on the longarm and ruled out using a pantograph. The backing is a purple background morning glory print with the same colors as the top. I put Dream Green batting between the layers. I’m using this batting as much as I can, we have to support the market for our recycled plastics. Now, I am going to do a custom quilting job.
After stitching down the edge, I did ...
read moreI am absolutely crazy about this bag pattern. I’m not sure why, exactly, but it really is nice that it opens up into a flat “tray” for handy access. That’s really nice when I need to just toss some things to the side for easy use later. This is the third one I’ve made, though […]
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I am in the mood for applique'
One of my best friends has taken up quilting with some assistance from me. She is an accomplished home dec seamstress (I am not). She asked me if I would quilt this quilt which is a present for her son and daughter in law. I do not usually quilt anyone else's work as it is too nervewracking. I did this for her, although it was queen size and double sided. Most of the quilts I longarm are about 60 x 80 finished.
We went over designs and sketched out ideas. The hard thing is she made a second quilt ...
