PSLCQ 2014 Quilt Show

I haven't been over here much... I've been crazy insane busy preparing for my guilds biennial quilt show.  I know, my client work has suffered, but I also realize that I have the most amazing clients and they understand that there is only one me and I often get pulled in various directions, but in the end it works out for all of us!  Here's a link to the guild website show page, eventually pictures will be there (another of my duties).

With that said, let me share some of the posts from my personal blog, feel free to check them all out or just a couple -- it's not too bad, there's only three days!

Day 1 - http://karenmarchetti.blogspot.com/2014/02/pslcq-2014-quilt-show-day-1.html

Day 2 - http://karenmarchetti.blogspot.com/2014/02/pslcq-2014-quilt-show-day-2.html

Day 3 - http://karenmarchetti.blogspot.com/2014/02/pslcq-2014-quilt-show-day-3.html

Go check it out -- fun and amazement abound!!

Some catch up and awesomeness

All quiet on the homefront... no, I lie.  It's crazy over here in my world, utterly insane.  But, I'm still going to try to catch all you wonderful quilties up on what's going on over here.

We'll start with Liz's Patriots in Petticoats (a BOM by Windham Fabrics) -

And then we have Linda's Americana stars/stripes quilt.  I'm sorry, but I don't know the name of this pattern (if any)  -

As well as the client quilts I've been working on a few of my own things, you can always keep up with that on my other blog, Crooked Stitches.

And some BIG news, really BIG... back in November I filmed a segment for The Quilt Show with Alex and Ricky! Awesome right?!!

Anyway, I found out it is supposed to air in March (Episode 1406)!!  Don't worry - I'll definitely have more details soon!  Oh, and on Christmas Eve I just happened to notice my pic in The Quilt Show Newsletter - more awesomeness!

If you're a member, make sure to watch, if you're not, you might want to think about signing up -- major coolness and full of really cool quilty stuff!

Oh, and I can't forget about my guilds quilt show -- it's next week!!!!  Wow, getting everything ready for that is part of my craziness.  If you're anywhere near, please make an effort to attend the show -- some amazing quilts and great vendors -- oh and that wonderful raffle quilt -- I've got my tickets!!

Stay tuned here as well as the other blog for loads of quilty goodness!  Oh, and I'll have more client work real soon, I know, I've been seriously slacking due to all this other amazingness!!

Long overdue...

Long overdue?  More like seriously overdue!  I just sat down long enough to realize that I was overdue in sharing with all you wonderful peeps.  Then I looked to see how long it had been... imagine my shock when I realized it was September when I last shared  the quilting I did on some beautiful client quilts.  So I'd say it is an understatement when I say this is going to be a long post, very long.  Not many words, but be assured there will be loads of pictures!

Nancy had this awesome quilt and she really wanted butterflies on it.  Her original idea was for me to stitch butterflies in the border.  Well... it was a print, so you really wouldn't see them as well as my idea, which was to put the butterflies in the background of the blocks - super cuteness!

And then there was Denise's Merry Christmas quilt (pattern by Amy Bradley Designs).

More awesomeness happened on Debbie's Lone Starburst quilt (pattern by Kimberly Einmo)

Hey, I think by the looks of these quilts there is a possibility of it being Christmas time... hah, maybe that's why I waited so long to post.  Here is Marie's Merry Christmas quilt in the nutcracker version (pattern by Amy Bradley Designs).  Oh, and also a peek at the black light on the Gammill -- yep, white thread on white print fabric is really hard on the eyes - until you flip on that awesome light - fun huh?!!

And then on to Kim's Sunflower Illusions quilt (pattern by Judy Niemeyer - Quiltworx).  This quilt was a lot of fun - so full of energy!

 

And then Jan's Generals' Wives quilt (a BOM by Windham Fabrics)

 

And then on to Carol's quilts.  She had two -- the first was Vintage Valentine (pattern by Verna Mosquera - The Vintage Spool).  This quilt turned out spectacular!

And then Carol's second quilt - Baltimore Country Cousins (pattern by Susan McKelvey)

And then finally, just last week, I finished Billy's various wall hangings (patterns by McKenna Ryan - Pine Needles).

And there you have it!  Over two months of client quilts.  A lot of other things happened during those couple months that I'm sharing on my personal blog.  Check it out in the next week or so, once I catch up over there!

Happy Quilting - I'll be posting again soon, I promise!

Melody's "Spring Bouquet" quilt

This post is very late... apparently way back in September I totally neglected to press PUBLISH and all this beauty has been sitting in my drafts folder.  So sorry to Melody as well as all of you for my neglect in sharing her awesome quilt!

What a beauty this quilt is!  It belongs to Melody, the pattern is "Spring Bouquet" by Edyta Sitar (Laundry Basket Quilts).  This is the second one I've quilted, I think - it's all blending again - you guys could probably tell me better than me remembering!

Anyway, here it is in pics (those afternoon sunlight ones are the best):