Kathy's Quilts!

Kathy was a busy girl!  She dropped off 6 quilts for some fun edge-to-edge quilting - the Elevate has been stitching away on these beauties!

Aqua Stars:

Nine Patch:

Nine Patch & Stars #1

Nine Patch & Stars #2

Scrappy Nine Patch

Pineapple

Build-A-Stitch Online Class - FALL SESSION!

Build-A-Stitch Online Class - FALL SESSION!

There are many people that can't travel or are unable to attend when I teach at national events. There are also people that just prefer to learn in their own environment. Well, if you are one of them, here is your chance!

Build-A-Stitch ONLINE interactive class will be offered this fall! Class begins October 26th - registration for this first class is limited as I want everyone to have a great experience, so don't wait too long!

Find all the details here: http://www.creativelongarmquilting.com/online-classes.html

My first online class was great - just look at some of the student real-world use of some of the stitches:

Rosamond's A-Z With Ewe and Me!

I just finished up Rosamond's A-Z With Ewe and Me quilt.  The pattern is by Janet Stone and was feature as a block-of-the-month in 2014 on The Quilt Show.  What a fun quilt this was and super cuteness overload too!

Here are oodles of detail pics:

Well, you won't see much from me here for a little while.  I travel next week and then when I return I'll be eyeballs deep quilting my newest competition piece.  You can see more of that on my patreon page, or over on my personal blog.

Take care quilties!

Kris's Surprise Packages

Today I finished Kris's Surprise Packages quilt.  The pattern is from the book Amazingly Simple Triangle Stars by Barbara H. Cline.  Is this not a gorgeous quilt?!!

As I do on most quilts, I've shared some of the stitching on this beauty over on my Patreon subscription page https://www.patreon.com/quiltyk

And here are oodles of detail pics:

And a peek at the awesome back:

And why not one more!

MQX Midwest

Just a reminder that in September I'll be teaching at MQX Midwest -- this will be my first time at Midwest and I'm super excited.  

You can view my classes here:
 https://www.mqxshow.com/MQX/Midwest/Classes/MidwestFaculty/KarenMarchetti/index.cfm

Oh, and a super piece of awesome -- they have a few of my classes set up as both Hands-On as well as Lecture/Demo -- cool, right?  I even have a designing class on Saturday!  So many options!!  There truly is something for everyone.  

Can't wait - who will I see there?!!

Diane's Tablerunner

I had to an opportunity to work on Diane's table runner.  It will be the sample for one of her upcoming classes on needle turn applique.  She does beautiful work!!

So first I had to mark the table runner.  I made a little tutorial (subscription required) on how I did this over on my patreon page.  It was marked using my Big D ruler as well as Jessica's Orbiter (another of my favorite tools).

This is what it looked like after marking as I was preparing to baste it on the backing:

I began with the framework around the edges as well as the fills:

From there it was on to the ditch work... lots of ditchwork:

And then the center accent feathers and my signature fan fill for the background:

And one more peek at Diane's gorgeous applique!

So, remember, I share most of the detail stitching in videos as well as tips, tricks, tutorials, and whatever I might be working on over on my patreon page.  Yes, it is a subscription, it is a small monthly fee, and you can cancel at any time (but if you do you might miss something really fun).

Carol's Stash Buster

Carol had a bunch of 365 squares and an old printed vest panel and made a quilt!
So today the Elevate got to see a little stitching action -