Virginia's Nine Patches

Virginia made this big quilt for a friend, I think. Her stash must be incredible and she has such a great eye for putting fabrics together. There are a lot of calicos in this one, but some modern fabrics too, and they all play well together.

I chose a small meander in the sashing and Continuous Curves in the blocks. These designs work well with the quilt and I was able to go from one edge of the quilt to the other in one pass.

White Omni thread and Poly batting.

Virginia's Lone star

Actually a friend of Virginia made this quilt. There's all kinds of fabrics in this one.

Although the points don't all match, it laid relatively flat. I just love doing Continuous Curves on lone star quilts.

A meander in the background, double wavy lines in the inner border and boxy feathers in the outer border.

 

And the muslin back:

Angie's Charmed and Dangerous

Angie brought this quilt a few weeks ago and said she liked the quilting on the cover of the pattern.

I duplicated it pretty closely.

The pattern had a large meander in the shapes around the 4-patches and I'm not sure what was in the outer borders. I chose to do something different in those shapes, and beadboard for the outer borders. The stippling around the feather flower and the continuous curves are from the pattern photo.

And the back:

Sharon's Little quilts

I quilted both of these little Civil War Legacies quilts  for Sharon.

The first one is 33" x 45" and is called Garnet's Envelope. I quilted continuous curves in the blocks with loops added in the plain squares and a swirly, curly Deloa Jones style border.

And the back:

The second one, a really little one at 18" x 20" is called Little Nieces Quilt. (and it really is square)

I quilted flat edge feathers in the border and also in the center strips, alternating direction.

I stitched in the ditch on both sides of the black border.

Pam's Quilt

Every once in a while I surprise myself. I caught on to doing pantographs when I first got my machine and I still love doing them. But, there are some quilts, and quilters, that deserve custom quilting. This one is just one of those!



Pam's quilt is square as can be, her piecing is perfection and the fabrics are just yummy!



She wanted feathers, CCs, and stippling. She said she like lots of quilting, so here is what I came up with.



I used So Fine/Bottom Line and I'm ever so happy that I picked up a spool of thread at their booth in Cincinnati, because I ran out of the cone I was using. The spool is a shade darker than the cone, but worked just fine. I was so mad at myself for not checking before the bus trip, but it worked out.



And the back.....almost looks as good as the front!

Carol's Flannel Quilt

This is one beautiful flannel quilt made by Carol. It's the first one I've quilted for her and I'm just tickled at how it turned out.



I quilted longarm feathers in the rail fence blocks.


Continuous Curves in the star blocks and the outer border.



The inner border is e's and l's.



And look at the back:



Now, Dan said these looked like something other than continuous curves.

Carol's Quilt

This quilt made by Carol is from the Carol Hopkins pattern Abigail's Gowns. Very cute quilt and I was in the mood for a little custom, so today I spent an hour quilting, then an hour working on a jizsaw puzzle, and then an hour on hand stitching the facing on a antique Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt that belongs to Betty Frank. Maybe I have a bit of A-D-D.



The pieced blocks have continuous curves with a loop in the flying geese blocks. On the solid blocks I drew diagonal lines from corner to corner and then quilted 3 loops in each section. It makes a great design and I was able to do a row of the setting triangles, one row of pieced blocks and 1/2 of a solid row with one start and stop. (Unless, of course, I run out of bobbin thread, darn it!)





And the back:

And Then Some Custom!

I love to do this kind of quilting also. After doing 2 meandering quilts on Saturday, I quilted these 2 for Carla today. Well, after I got rid of a nasty migraine this morning!







They both use the dame fabrics but are really different.

Carole's Sunbonnet Sue

I finished this beautiful quilt made by Carole. She had some of the crosshatching marked as she was planning to hand quilt it.



She requested echo quilting around the trapunto'd Sunbonnet Sue and the bunnies. I quilted Continuous curves in the colored squares and added a little spineless feather in the outer borders.



And the back:

Some New Feathers for Me

I tried a new feather design last night and it turned out quite nice. I pounced the spine and the rest is freehand.



The blocks are continuous curves and the sashing is....well, I don't know what it's called, but I first decided to use it on the outer border and then decided on the sashing also.





And the back:


Hope Linda likes it!

Carol's 1930's Quilt

I finished this quilt late last night and I am very happy with the outcome. The pattern is Lucky Stars by Atkinson Designs and looks just awesome done in 1930's fabrics.



I quilted continuous curves in the inner blocks, and a loopy meander in the sashing and some feathers in the outer border. Hobbs 80/20 batting and Permacore white thread. It certainly would have looked great with a panto also, but I'm glad I took the time to do custom quilting. I hope Carol feels the wame way!



And the back....Dan is so good at helping me get just the right shot of the backs. Isn't this great?