Another Super SImple Quilt

This is a quilt from a student at Gracie Lou's. She took the Quilting 101 class, and did such a good job on her first quilt! I love the fabrics she chose.
The backing was a brown with light blue polka dot minkee. I quilted it in a light blue thread.

She wanted "X" s in the little squares with swirlies surrounding in the big one (above) alternated with.....

Swirlies in the small square surrounded by a diamond/x/cross-hatched pattern in the big square.

It turned out so cute! I really love it when minkee is used as backing on quilts. It always looks so fun on the back! Plus, it is really soft and snuggly.

Custom quilt

A client came in and wanted a quilt done custom for her son, who will be leaving soon to serve an LDS mission in Brazil. She wanted pictures of Church related items, his name, his mission, and their family quilted onto the quilt.

She used two pieces of fabric, no piecing involved, to make this great gift for her son! The binding fabric was made from the remnants of the backing fabric, and she had me bind it for her.

Above: the Book of Mormon and the Holy Bible.

Above and Below: Her son's favorite LDS temple is the Mt. Timpanogos temple in American Fork. She had me quilt a picture of the temple (below) and then I wrote the name next to it (above).

Above: The CTR (Choose the Right) shield

Below: She wanted a house with a stick-figure family, and dog, with names written underneath. Instead of making the missionary a stick figure, I put him in a shirt complete with namebadge, and pants.

Below: In the center of the quilt I wrote "Called to Serve" his name, and his mission.

Not pictured: Along the top edges I wrote "Families are Forever" and "I will go, I will do". Along the left edge I wrote "I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" and along the right edge, towards the bottom I wrote "Return with Honor". The bottom edge has a saying that the client brought in that she liked: "God's gift to us is our family."

It turned out really cute. It was only 45 x 63. Not too big, but small enough that he could easily pack it with him from one area to another.

If you would like a custom quilt like this one done, please call me or contact me via email.

Two More Halloween Quilts

Yesterday I finished quilting two more Halloween quilts for different customers.



This one was a lady's first quilt ever. It had a few flaws, like every first quilt will have, but she had a double batting, and I did a medium sized meander in black thread, and it ended up being really cute!
With the double batting and the meander everything puffed up just enough. It turned out really good. She should be proud that she successfully completed her first quilt, and it looks really good!
This next one was for the sister of one of my clients that I did 3 Halloween quilts for earlier this month. She wanted it quilted similarly to her sister's quilt, so I did close to the same thing.

I outlined the panel and then did the flower in the blocks. It turned out really good, too.

Nicole's Wedding Quilt

Nicole, my husband's cousin, is getting married on Friday. She brought me this super cute quilt, made out of fabrics that match her wedding. She is having horseshoes as part of the theme of the wedding, and wanted me to quilt some into the quilt if I could.
In the background, behind the horseshoes, I quilted a tight meander. All the quilting was done in a pink (Old Rose) thread that matches the top and bottom fabrics PERFECTLY!
I quilted horseshoes in the pink/white stripe fabrics, and in the pink/white flower fabrics. It turned out really cute!

The horseshoes were all done freehand, and are available for use in other quilts.

Background Quilting

One of the ladies that works at the local quilt shop, Gracie Lou's, brought me this quilt. She just wanted me to do a meander in the background. She wanted to do the quilting in the borders.
Isn't it such a cute quilt? I love the fabrics she used! I used a pink colored thread (Old Rose) and did a medium meander. I also outlined the appliques, and stitched in the ditch along the green stripe at the bottom.

Pinwheels

I have been really busy recently, and have been putting off posting. Sorry! Anyway, I have finished a few quilts this week, and this one was one of my favorites.
She wanted swirls quilted in the pinwheels.
And clouds and wind quilted in the borders.
I love the backing fabric she picked. It is such a cool color. And I love the way the quilting shows up on the backing.
Especially the borders. The quilt was huge, but it turned out so cute!

The clouds and wind border is an original design, and is available for use on other quilts.

Simple Block Quilt

I got a phone call on Monday morning from someone who needed a quilt done quickly. It was her first quilt ever, and she just wanted it quilted along the seams. I love the fabrics she picked. They are mostly all jewel tones, and they look so gorgeous together!

I used a variegated thread, Butter Toffee, and quilted tiny leaves on a vine on all of the seams. The leaves are about 1 to 1 1/2 inches at the widest.
She used a poly-fill batting, around 1/2 to 3/4 inches thick, to create a puffy look. It turned out really cute, and surprisingly, the machine didn't have any trouble with the thickness of the batting.