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Myrna made this wonderful quilt that features printed photos of her hometown of Riding Mountain, Manitoba.  On the body of the quilt I used my freehand topographic quilting design to add a nice texture.

I did minimal quilting on the 4 photos.  I stitched in the ditch around the blocks and followed the outlined of the main elements in each of the photos.

Myrna also provided this pieced backing with a couple of panels and more coordinating fabrics that she used on the front.

Marion made this modern quilt as a gift for her brother who is active and enjoys many different outdoor activities.  She found the perfect fabric collection and put together this top that highlighted the prints.

Marion knew exactly what quilting motif she wanted for this one - my freehand topographic lines that matched the background of the dark grey print perfectly.  It gives great texture to the front and the back of the quilt.

Marion was very resourceful in making this quilt.  Marion bought the centre Stonehenge Heavy Metal panel by Northcott, and for the majority of the rest of the quilt, Marion used a friend's leftovers that had made a number of quilts from this fabric line.  No specific pattern, just a lot of creativity.

Marion asked for simple quilting, and I suggested my freehand topographic meander.  It added a nice  texture and kept the manly feel of the quilt that Marion was going for.

Reneta makes a lot of scrap quilts using 2" squares for the most part.  She has made this particular scrap quilt at least twice now and the pattern is very appealing.  The pattern is called "To Give and To Receive" and was originally published in American Patchwork and quilting but is now available on apqshop.com here

I quilted Reneta's other version of this quilt with my freehand topographical meander and we decided we loved that one so much that we would repeat the design again here.

Amy has a way of taking the oddest bits of fabric scraps and morphing them into something eye catching.  Amy referred to this as a "Mile-a-Minute" quilt.   I think what makes this quilt so pleasing to the eye is the narrowed color palette that Amy stuck to when selecting her scraps.  It add a calming component to the more busy piecing.

As soon as I saw this one I suggested my freehand topographic quilting as the organic nature of that design seemed just right to me.  Amy happily agreed.

It is always fun for me to work on scrap quilts ...

 

Reneta is the queen of the scrap quilt and she has done it again with this scrappy anchor quilt.

Reneta left the quilting plan up to me so I decided to use my freehand topographic quilting on the scrappy background sections and did some continuous curves on the white square making up the anchor.

This Storm Trooper quilt was made by Crystal for her teenaged son.  It is dramatic and awesome!  I am not a Stars Wars fan, but I can appreciate how much this quilt will be loved by someone who is.  Below you can see this quilt on my queen sized bed.

There isn't a commercial pattern for this quilt.  Crystal got out her graph paper and pencil crayons and drew it out referencing images she saw online.  She has already had requests from other family members for one of their own!

This quilt was dramatic and perfect in its unquilted ...

This fabulous quilt was made by my good friend and client Reneta.  Reneta served as a pattern tester for The Quilted Stash.  The pattern is called "Around the Island" and will be published in a book called The Quilted Stash.  For those of you not familiar with Canadian Geography, the island in the centre of the quilt is Newfoundland.

Reneta is from Newfoundland so this quilt has a special place in her heart.  She knew she wanted some special quilting on this one.  Since I started quilting in 2012, I have quilted more than 100 quilts for Reneta, so she ...

Go Habs Go!  Amy sent this fun slab block quilt that she made for some Montreal Canadiens fans in her life.  Isn't it amazing what a pile of "scraps" can become?  

 This quilt weighs in at a whopping 74" x 110" and I think Amy may have invented a new quilt size - the family couch cuddler!  I can see the whole family cuddled up on the couch to cheer on their favorite team with enough quilt for everyone!

 

I suggested my freehand all over topographic quilting to add a nice even texture.   Doing a freehand design, allowed me to ...

Reneta made this charming "To Give & To Receive" quilt.  The pattern comes from the October 2020 edition of American Patchwork and Quilting magazine.

Reneta left the quilting design choice up to me this time.  This quilt was telling me to do something freehand from the front of the machine instead of selecting a pantograph.    I decided that a freehand topographical meander would be nice. 

  

All ready to go home!

 

I recently had some fun doing some freehand designs on two quilts that were made by a member of the Manitoba Prairie Quilters to be used in the charitable ABC quilt donation program.  I like to do a few donation quilts a year and try to make room in my schedule to accommodate them.