Feathered Floral Fun

It's all finished - even the binding! This was a super quick quilt I made for Fil-Tec using Glide Thread and Magna-Glide bobbins. I made it for use in their booth at shows to let people see how beautiful the thread is and how it helps quilting to pop. I had a great time with this quilt -- its about 51x54. I just wish I could have spent just a little more time on it! All these amazing ideas popped up into my brain after I've started quilting it. It's like oh, I should have done this and I should have added this here... oh well, they will have to wait until the next quilt!

I got my inspiration for this quilt from Mary's wall hanging -- Thanks Mary! I just changed the flower style and added some additional flowers in smaller sizes and then quilted away -- exactly the same, just different!

Baltimore Halloween

Here is Mary's Halloween quilt. The pattern is a block of the month entitled Baltimore Halloween by Pearl P. Pereira - P3 Designs (http://p3designs.com/) and it just happens to be one of my favorite quilts!

I have this pattern (thanks to a dear friend) and plan on making one of my own -- my dilemma... I want to do hand applique on my quilt. Well, those are some tiny, tiny, little pieces. I'm going in circles on this one... do I enlarge the pattern, eliminate some of the tiny pieces, or just fuse the entire thing and forget the hand applique? See, that is my dilemma -- not to worry though, it'll be awhile before I can start on it anyway!

Mary tells me that her husband is getting her the Christmas pattern for her birthday -- what fun! Hopefully I'll have the honor of quilting that one also!

Floral Fun

Here is yet another quilt belonging to Mary... wow, she has been a busy lady! I had a blast with this one... for those that know me well you know what this means... and for those that don't -- it means I quilted freehand feathers and in all over background fill -- FUN, FUN, FUN!!! One of my most favorite things to quilt -- no rules, no lines, loads of space! I could go on but here's the end result:

Black and White and Fantastic...

Here is Sally's Black and White Sampler. This was a Saturday Sampler class from the JaM Patch. This is an AWESOME quilt, I absolutely LOVE all the fabrics and the blocks are some great choices.

Here's the a close-up of the center medallion -- lots of open space for quilting... gotta love it! I had loads of fun with this quilt!!

And my most favorite part of the quilt -- the back! Yes, it is the machine quilter in me, but I love to see all the stitches -- it looks almost like a wholecloth!

Christmas in May?

Not really, but a fantastic quilt -- Antique Christmas Memories. The book is by Judy Hansen of the Quilt Shop of Deland and it is an absolutely adorable quilt!

Altar Cloth Update...

The altar cloth has been shipped and received by Mary! WooHoo... Mary stated "...it is beyond my wildest expectations... you did such a magnificent job and I can not thank you enough for your beautiful work... It is just magnificent..." Gotta love those words of praise! No really, this was such a special project and I was truly honored to be a part of it!


Here is the finished piece

and I can't wait until Mary sends a picture of it at the wedding -- yes, I will definitely post!

Here are a few detail shots of the back

Lisa's Stars... done!

I must first say this is an amazingly beautiful quilt (Primarily Stars pattern by Jean Wells) -- Lisa gave me the perfect background for my art. I love the mottled hand-dyed stars on the black background -- one of my absolute favorites!

If you follow my facebook page you have already seen many detail photos of this quilt, but if not, here are a few...

This beautiful quilt belongs to Lisa from Missouri -- wow, what a fantastic quilt! I really love this one -- I'm doing a background fill with multi-style feathers. I'm not sure what I'll be quilting in the stars yet but I'm sure the quilt will tell me exactly what it wants!