Custom Longarm Machine Quilting

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Cowboys

A client brought this cute quilt to me, and wanted it quilted similarly to the one I quilted for Gracie Lou's.
She wanted polyester batting, so I quilted the center a little looser than I normally would have. I did a meander with stars, and it looked super cute with the batting making it puffy in the unquilted areas.

In the borders I did lassos and cowboy boots.





The back was a tan minkee, so I used a tan colored thread.


Minkee and Chenille

This quilt is a shop sample for Gracie Lou's. It is made out of a mixture of minkee, chenille, and regular fabric.
I quilted a small meander in the sashing around the minkee/chenille squares, leaving the squares to puff up.



Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Flowers for a wedding

A client brought me these two quilts. She needed them done in time for a wedding a family member of hers is having.

On the pink quilt I quilted a large flower in each of the nine patch blocks. I quilted a vine in the sashing. I used an eggshell colored thread.
( I took the pictures from the back of the quilt because the quilting showed up better that way.)





On the blue quilt I quilted a different flower in each of the blocks. I quilted a vine in the sashing.

Again, took the picutre from the backing side because the quilting showed up better.






On this quilt I used the cotton wrapped polyester Ocean Mist colored thread for the top of the quilt, and eggshell for the back.








"Joy" brought me this quilt she made as a shop sample for Gracie Lou's. She wanted me to quilt it in a way that made it look like it had movement.
In the center I quilted swirls. I alternated directions of the swirls.

I filled in the block junctions with a swirling diamond pattern.

"Joy" didn't want any of the seams to pop up, so I quilted squiggles along the seam lines, even over the seam between the blue border and the blue rick rack.
In the orange outer border I quilted cloud clusters with wind.


I used two different colors of thread for this quilt. On the top I used a cotton wrapped polyester thread called Ocean Mist. It's kind of like a mixture of light blue and cream. It is really pretty! In the bobbin I used eggshell colored thread, so it would blend in with the backing fabric and not detract any attention from the fun and funky pattern.

Baskets

This is one of my mother-in-law's quilts. She has so many quilt tops! She is such a gifted quilter, and she does the funnest quilts.
I stitched in the ditch around each basket, did a vine in the green border, a squiggle in the rust border, and flowers in the outer border. I used a rust colored thread for all of this.

In the center of each basket I quilted a different type of flower, also in rust.

Using an eggshell colored thread I did a meander in the background of the basket blocks.




Pinwheels Revisited

My client, "M," brought me this fun quilt.
She had me quilt a meander just in the white area around the pinwheels so that the colors would pop. I did a vine in the outer border.

I used an eggshell colored thread. I love how the white backing shows off all the quilting.




Swirls

This adorable child's quilt was for Gracie Lou's.
I did an all-over swirl pattern.

I used an olive-colored thread to match the olive minkee on the backing. I know it doesn't really look olive in the picture, but trust me. It is the prettiest olive color! And it looked so good with the browns and yellows and blues on the quilt top.