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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.

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Susan made this wonderful Pedal to the Metal quilt using a kit from Keystone Modern Creative.  The fabrics are from the Northcott's Simply Neutral line.  Pedal to the Metal is a pattern from Highway 10 Designs and utilizes strip piecing for a quilt that goes together quickly with no points to match!

Susan had seen how Kathy had quilted her version using this fabric collection and asked for the same finish.  I was happy to oblige as it looks fabulous!

The pantograph is called Time Warp and adds loads and loads of texture.

Batik quilts don't seem to come into my studio very often these days, so as a Batik lover deep at heart I was thrilled when Wendy brought these three batik beauties by.  First up is the fun Jelly Roll Race quilt in a beautiful color palette.

When chose the Gingersnap pantograph and we used a turquoise thread on the top and on the back.  I love how the quilting shows up on the fireside backing.

Next up is the gorgeous "Emerald Forest" quilt that comes from the book "Inspired by Bali"  in a palette of  brown batiks with more ...

Reneta made this fabulous version of Violet Craft's Elephant Abstractions quilt for two very special people in her life - her son and new daughter-in-law who finally got to have the wedding celebration this weekend.  

Reneta and I went back and forth about how to quilt this one.  Reneta wondered if custom quilting was the way to go, especially because it was for a wedding gift.  The quilt top makes an impact before quilting, and really only needed to be held together to make it fabulous, so we were down to horizontal straight lines like the pattern cover and a ...