Up Next!

Up next, this table topper quilt was done by a woman in my local quilt guild.

She made it during a workshop class offered through my guild. She did a great job and the fabrics in it are beautiful.

She used some Japanese style fabrics that look very sophisticated.

She stated that she didn't want it over quilted so I want to make sure that the quilting is very open and flowing.

The diagonal spaces scream out for attention so I'll need to think over those areas carefully.

Time to plan and play with the quilting design!

Double Plum Pantograph

I pulled this beauty off the frame.






The quilt is for a teen in foster care. Isn't it fan and bright and happy?










I know it will bring joy and comfort to that teen.











Whenever I quilt a top I like to know something about the recipient.







I hope it makes her smile as much as it made me smile.

This quilt was made with a Double Plum Pantograph. It was quilted edge to edge at a $.02/sq. inch rate.

Baby Nines is done!

I finished the Baby Nines quilt today.









I'm really happy with it and I hope my client will love it as well.










The quilt is for a lucky expectant mom whose having a baby shower this weekend.













What a wonderful gift she will receive!

Quilted Sampler

I put together this Amish style quilt and used it as a sampler to demonstrate different ways to quilt borders and blocks.

I still need to get the binding on it but then I'll be taking it to local quilt shops to show them my "wares" in hopes that they will agree to hand out my business cards.

Isn't interesting how different each block can look with different designs? Gotta love eye candy.

Feathers take flight

The last time we looked at this quilt top, I hadn't decided on the sashing. I wanted to keep it simple and so a double arch in each of the green rectangles allows the quilting motifs to breathe a bit.

As for the large interior white space, I've put some feathers in to get an idea of how they would hug the interior of the quilt.

I'm still not convinced about the feathers. They are fancy though, aren't they? Of course, that would still leave the outside white space...

Hmmmmm......

Heart motif for baby

Here's the motif I'm leaning towards for the baby nines quilt. I like the hearts that echo through the petals. It fits nicely with the vines meandering through the quilt top.

I want to keep the vines simple and then there's all that wonderful white space!

I still haven't decided what should go in that white space. I do, however, have an idea for the sashing.

Baby Nines Audition part 1

Today I'm playing around with the baby nines quilt. As a reminder, here is the quilt top. I've already finalized what I'm going to do on the top but I wanted you to see the progression of the design process.

I love fluid lines layered on top of very geometrical shapes. With that in mind, I drew some curly windmills that would spin through the open white space. I like the movement but I don't think it elevates those nine patches that are on point. Plus, those white spaces are just crying out for a specific treatment to stand proudly in those open areas.


Here's another idea. I've drawn tear drop petals in the white spaces. It works and looks very nice. However, the next question is what to do with those nine patches. This pattern is a bit complicated to try to put on the nine patches too. It might get too busy.


Let's try it.

Well, it doesn't look like it would get too busy. At this point I've finalized that I want to use one block design in the white spaces with a smaller version over the nine patches. I don't know that this teardrop petal block is the best motif, however. This is a baby quilt so I'd like to incorporate some heart motifs

Maybe a block design repeated throughout but with the petals forming a heart instead. Yeah, that sounds right.

The sashing needs some work and then there is that massive white space dancing around the center of the quilt top.

That will be the next idea to work through.