Blue double wedding ring

The latest quilt on the frame is this beautiful blue scrappy double wedding ring.  

The woman who pieced this quilt unfortunately passed away unexpectedly.  Her family is getting this top quilted and it is humbling to complete her beautiful quilt.  

She had already marked it for quilting but was going to do it by hand and had marked it with quilt stencils that are difficult to do by machine.  

I've put more machine friendly designs on the top and it is going to be beautiful!

Stained Glass Rose

This quilt was also made by my client who did the baby fish quilt.  This stained glass quilt is her original design.  It is a wedding gift and the couple who open this gem will have a lovely wall hanging to commemorate their big day.  

She specifically asked me to treat her creation as a regular quilt and not as faux stained glass.  

I put a peacock filler behind the rose and used McTavishing in on the rose petals.  I outlined the leaves and added ribbons along the outside borders.  The hearts have ribbons on the outside heart and nested hearts on the lighter pink heart.

Pretty!

Water World

Isn't this baby quilt great?! 

I put a water freehand meander across the top and stayed off the fish so they would pop up in a trapunto effect.  

My client agreed to use a variegated King Tut blue thread that adds to the water shimmer effect.  It looks GREAT!

Custom Quilting

I finally get to deliver this custom quilt to my client, Linda, this afternoon.  

The top was made by her now deceased Mother-In-Law, Nellie.  

I'm thrilled with the quilting and humbled by the opportunity to finish this quilt for her. 

 The border will be scalloped.  I did McTavishing in the background of the blocks.  Flower petals in the blossoms, veins in the leaves and feathers with piano key border on the outside.  I used the applique on the outside border as the spine for the feathers.  

This quilt took a bunch more time than I estimated but it was worth it for the result!

Love note

My client chose the "Lava" thread by Superior.  It is all stitched and looks beautiful dancing across her 4 patch posie.  I still need to get a photo of it to post.

What I really wanted to share with you today is this little note by my son.  He is with his dad this week on Spring Break and isn't always allowed to call me.  So... I've got this note by my computer to bring me a smile each day.

Four Patch Posie

The Four Patch Posie craze overtook my online quilt guild.  This top is going to be a wedding present.  

Isn't it amazing how you can cut up one piece of fabric and get so many interesting kaliedescope designs for the blocks?

I auditioned some thread choices for the top.  A quilt with all of those colors provides a great opportunity to use a

 variegated thread that will sparkle across the shades of the top.  Here were the three choices:

This is a variegated thread called Lava from Superior Threads.  The color is "Fireworks" and has a color change each inch.  The colors include red, gold, green and two colors of blue!

Next is a blue variegated by Superior Threads called King Tut.  The different blues flow together like water.

The last photo is a solid red color which would also look nice but doesn't have as much "jazz".    Which one would you choose?  Guess which one my client picked?

Moda Jelly Roll Strip Quilt

This is a strip quilt using a Moda Jelly Roll.  

My client, Rhonda, made this quilt at one of our Nimble Thimble guild classes.

  Didn't it turn out pretty?  She is giving it to her mother for mother's day.  I was able to turn it around for her pretty quick so she can get it bound.  The edge to edge design is one of my all time favorites.  It is called Featheration.

My New Fleet

I got some magnetic signs to adorn my car and my parent's car.  I've got a fleet now!  

I've been kinda quiet this week because I've been working on a custom quilt.  I finished it today and I'm really happy with it.  I can't wait for my client to see it- she's gonna LOVE it!

I don't want to post a wide shot of it until I unveil it for her.  I want to suprise her with it's beauty.