Buggy Barn

This was brought in by my client "Joy". It is a Buggy Barn pattern. I am not brave enough to try one of them yet, maybe someday, but she did a FABULOUS job!
I did flowers, with softer petals, in the flower blocks (stitching in the ditch around the appliqued flower centers). In the half-square triangle blocks I did feathers.

Close up of the flower blocks.

Close up of the feather blocks.

I did a large squiggle in the inner border, and a large vine with leaves in the outer border.

I used Old Rose, a pink colored thread.

This is the back of the quilt. I love how well the pattern shows up, and I LOVE the pieced strip in the middle of the quilt back!

Seasons

This cute quilt was brought to me by a client. She wanted something cute done with it. I had so much fun quilting this, because I got to do a lot of different designs.
In the flag I outlined the star, did an echo meander in the blue background, and did wavy lines in the stripes on the flag.

I added some details to the pumpkin and the leaf, and left the background plain.

I echo stitched around the heart.

I outlined the sunflower, and did an echo meander in the background.

In the center I did a tight meander.

(photo of the bottom half of the quilt - it was HUGE!)

I stitched around the appliques, and did a loop with stars. Around the snowman I did loops with a few snowflakes.

I outlined the star, and did a ribbon around it in the background.

I stitched around the bunny, added clouds in the background, and grass in the green piece beneath it. I didn't do anything around the flowers on each side.

I outlined the tree and added some branch details. I quilted bark lines onto the tree trunk.

I tiled the house roof, and added window panes to the windows, and siding to the house. I used a ribbon to fill in the background behind the roof.

As you can see from the photos above, I also did a vine with leaves in the sashing around the blocks and the center section of the quilt. I used a whole wheat colored thread.

Another Rag Quilt

This one is for one of the ladies at Gracie Lou's. She wanted it quilted like the shop sample, but I made a few changes.
I changed the center flower from a many, many petaled flower to a 5-petaled flower, to match the fabric.

This is what the back looks like. So cute! I used a light purple/lavendar thread.

Black and White

This quilt is for one of the ladies up at Gracie Lou's.
She saw a pattern that she liked that was a swirl with a flower around it, and some leaves thrown in. This was my interpretation:

She wanted the hi-loft poly batting, so I did looser quilting to let the batting fluff everything up.

I used eggshell colored thread. The back was black minkee, so it didn't matter what color I used (because the thread sinks into the minkee back), but I though black would be too harsh for this cute, mostly black, quilt.

A photo of the back of the quilt. The minkee had the paisley pattern in it, so the quilting actually doesn't stand out as much as it would if it were a solid or dotted minkee.

Baby Crib Set

A client brought me this cute quilt. She used minkee on the backing, and she used it in the piecing on the front.
She wanted me to take the floral idea from the blue fabric and do the quilting around that idea with leaves and swirls. It turned out really cute.

I used a dark aqua/teal color (can't remember the exact name off the top of my head) that matched the dark aqua/teal color in the fabrics.

I just love the way the pattern stands out on the minkee back. So cute!

She also brought me this bumper pad. She had written down measurements of where I was to stitch for me, so I didn't have to figure it out. I made 2 short sections, and 2 longer sections. The short sections were cut into 2 - 9" sections, while the longer sections were cut into 3 - 11 1/3" sections. I used the same dark aqua/teal colored thread on this.

January closures

I will not be in the shop on Monday, January 19th, due to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Also, I can't promise to get a whole lot of work done on Tuesday the 20th, due to the inauguration of soon-to-be-President Obama. If you have any questions, I will still be available to answer them though. Feel free to contact me via phone or email on those days. Thank you!

Not your normal boy quilt

I love this quilt. It is for a baby boy. I love it because it isn't the normal all pastel blues with white and "welcome baby" written all over it. My client wanted a hi-loft batting. I used a poly batting with a loft between 1/2-3/4 inch.
She wanted a tan colored thread. The thread that I used was a whole wheat (a medium tan) color. I did a larger meander due to the batting used.