Another Halloween Quilt

I got a call from my local quilt shop a while ago asking me to come get a quilt for a customer. It was this really cute quilt.
She wanted an all-over pattern that had flowers and pumpkins. She had seen a quilt I did up at the quilt shop, and wanted me to do it like that one.
I used a light yellow colored thread (sunlight is the official name).

Bridal Shower Quilt

So, a cousin of my husband's is getting married later this month, and we as a family decided to give her a quilt. Her bridal shower is tomorrow. My mother-in-law picked this out from her many quilt tops in her collection.
I quilted a floral pattern in a wheat colored thread.
I love the way the quilting shows up on the back of th quilt. The thread was a little darker than the backing fabric, but it still turned out really cool looking.

"Hey Ghoul Friend!"

This is the third of the super-cute Halloween quilts one of my clients brought me. I think this one was my favorite to quilt, because it was so fun!

I outlined the appliques, and then did a tight looping meander on the green background to make the appliques pop.

In the border are cute pieces of witch clothing, and I oultined those appliques, and then did a tight meander around them. I quilted the quilt with Goldenrod Yellow on the top, and black on the bobbin (the quilt had black for the backing fabric).

National Sewing Month Over

October is here, and that means that National Sewing Month is over. So, how did you all do? I didn't get nearly as much sewing done as I would have liked. I did however get a good amount of machine quilting in, which was nice. So! I would love to hear about the projects you completed!

Halloween Quilt

The same client who brought me the Halloween panel quilt brought me this cute one, too!

I quilted the borders in orange, and the cream background behind the appliques in an eggshell color.

Above: In the black outer border I quilted pumpkins on a vine. Below: in the border around the appliques I did a continuous loop. I outlined the appliques, and filled in the background with a meander.

Halloween Panel Quilt

I had a client bring in several quilts last Friday. They were all very cute, and she didn't know what she wanted done with them, and didn't really care, as long as they turned out cute.
Above: the Halloween panel quilt. I quilted the border in Goldenrod Yellow, and the center panel piece in black. Since the back was black, I used black thread in the bobbin.
Above: in each square in the border I quilted a flower. Below: I outlined the picture in the panel.

Circles and Stars

My client, "Joy" as I call her, brought me a quilt a few weeks ago. I finished it on Monday, and it turned out so cute! She wanted concentric circles (or bulls eyes) inside the circles on the quilt, and then she wanted me to echo the stars.

She got the pattern out of an old copy of Fons and Porter, and brought it in for me to reference. She had tried before to explain to me how she wanted it quilted, but seeing the picture made it a little easier to understand her vision once I saw the picture.

I have an attachment for my Gammill, and it allows me to do perfect circles, making this task a lot easier.

Above: the finished quilt top. It turned out so cute! Below: The back of the quilt. I think the back looks so cool. On some quilts where the back is very simple and you use a neutral thread color, the quilting just pops. I LOVE IT!

Above: close up of the circles. I did 5 circles, ranging from about 11 inches in diameter down to 3 inches in diameter. Below: I echo-ed the stars out to fill in the background behind the circles.

Above: In the borders I did half circles. In the corner I did 4 circles, ranging from about 9 inches in diameter to 3 inches in diameter. For the rest of the circles I did 3 ranging from about 7 inches to 3 inches in diameter. Below: Also, about halfway across each border, I did a section of cross-hatching.
The circle design is now available for use on other quilts.