Peggy's 1600 Quilt

I think this may be the last of the 1600 quilts that I'm quilting. Peggy and her Pit Crew made this one in lightening speed.

I chose Double Rose Vine as the quilting design, as I think it fits very well with the calico fabrics.
Very pretty calicos!

PermaCore Dyed Natural thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

Next up just might be Peggy's Celebration quilt!

It's a 1930's Week

I quilted this little 1930's quilt for Vicci on Monday and applied the binding Tuesday and last night during American Idol.

She is giving this to her mom for Mother's Day.

And the back:


Then I loaded Janet's 1930's quilt and got a good start on it. Finished it up tonight. She bought this top in Shipshewana in March and it was pieced very nicely.

Same pantograph on both: Double Rose Vine, Hobbs 80/20 batting, and Permacore Dyed Natural thread.

What a great backing for this quilt!


On my sewing table are these 1930's too! They are from my design wall here and are coming together nicely.

A Couple of BIG Quilts

I finally got some photos of Angie's Turning Twenty quilt. Actually I took them just before she picked it up on Friday. She used a Red Rooster FQ tower from Erica's and It turned out great. Angie has only been quitling a little over a year and she has made some great quilts already.



The panto is Double Rose Vine by Norma Sharp and the thread is PermaCore Pine which blended quite nicely.



This one was made by Barb and I love the fabrics!



She likes her borders to be done separately, so I used Daisy Swirl by Jodi Beamish in the center and one row of Double Rose Vine in the borders. That meant unloading and reloading sideways to do the side borders, but I think it turned out great and she loved it.

Comfort Quilts

I've been working on these 2 quilts for a couple weeks now, but of course, I haven't been able to post much here about them.

Adrienne, one of our guild members is battling cancer now and we decided she needed a little comfort from her fellow guild members. So we made signature blocks. I assembled, quilted and bound this one and gave it to her last night.



The second one is for our guild president, Laurie. You might remember a post I did about her quilting a quilt for her daughter, who has just started her struggle with cancer. Well, a mom needs to be comforted too. So, we make signature blocks for her also. Peggy and I sewed on borders Sunday afternoon and then I quilted it and applied the binding so we could present it to her at last nights meeting.





And the back:


Hearts and Roses panto on Adriennes and Double Rose Vine on Lauries, Hobbs 80/20 batting and permacore thread on both.

Another Day, Another Quilt!

I finished this quilt of Janet's tonight that she's planning to give to Visions of Hope, a residential treatment facility for young women.


The very first panto I owned was Double Rose Vine by Norma Sharp. I bought some pantos at our guild auction, even before I had a longarm. I had been to the quilt shows in Chicago and Paducah that year, and tried out all the machines. So I knew I was geting one, just didn't know which one. Little did I know that my machine came with almost all the pantos I bought at the auction. Oh well, I was able to share them with friends.



Anyway, back to this quilt....Hobbs 80/20 batting and Permacore Eggshell thread.

Double Rose Vine

I thought the Double Rose Vine panto by Norma sharp was the perfect one for this quilt made my Carole's friend Karen.


I used Signature thread - a real change for me - and Warm and Natural Batting. I think it turned out just wonderful and I hope she likes it. I have 3 more large quilts to do for her along with several of Carole's, so I'll be plenty busy.





And the back:

QOV

Last night I was stuck on laying out the photo blocks, so I turned out the light in the sewing room and loaded a QOV quilt on the longarm. Sometimes you just need to walk away from something and focus on something else.

This is a really pretty quilt made by Martha. I used Warm & Natural batting, Double Rose Vine pantograph and lilac Permacore thread. What a quick easy panto with great results! I just love this simple panto for floral quilts.