17 in 2017

It has taken me a while to figure out how to get my photos on these blog posts. I used to use Picasa to upload all my photos, but with my IPhone, I don't use that any more.

Yesterday I quilted the 17th quilt of the year. The four I did yesterday were all small, baby quilt size, but they're still quilts.

There were 2 of these for a fundraiser in Crawfordsville. Shannon made them and will donate them.

Meander quilting with Pirate Green thread.

I quilted this scrappy squares quilt for Becky.

Bountiful Feathers quilting with lite tan thread.

Sharon made this redwork quilt and it's my one custom quilt of the week.

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.

Kathy's Homespuns

Kathy love to make quilts with homespun fabrics and they are all quite lovely. This one is no exception. She just wanted a meander, so I was able to squeeze it in before Christmas.

PermaCore Brown thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

Amy's T-shirt Quilt

I made this t-shirt quilt for Amy. She picked out 12 of her shirts and I went to work.

I usually just cut 12" blocks, but wanted a little variation this time. Just a meander with Permacore Gray thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting. She picked out the border fabric from several in my stash. She'll be picking it up soon and I hope she likes it.

Virginia's Quilts

Virginia has been busy this year too. She made this beautiful Trip Around The World.

Unfortunately, I neglected to take more photos before I shipped it back to her. The quilting was a meander in the center, wavy loops in the inner border and e's and o's in the outer border.

I also quilted this scrappy rail fence quilt for her. This is just beautiful, look at all the different fabrics. Her stash must be amazing!

 Not many photos of this one either, but I do have one in process.
Popcorn pantograph on this one with lite pink Omni thread. Both of these quilts have Quilters Dream poly batting.

More Quilts For Kids

Cathy gave me a couple quilt kits that had been assembled and included the backing and binding fabrics. These were made by Sharon and are oh-so-cute!

They just got a simple meander in order to get them done by the delivery date in July.

Here are a couple more made by Sharon also. A Meander and e's and o's on these cute little girl quilts.

I have been getting some new thread from Superior Threads and was excited to try some new colors. Lime Green on the boy quilts and Pink on these girl quilts.

An Antique Quilt

Chris and her mom, Julie brought me this quilt top. It was made by Julie's mother, probably 50-70 years ago. Of course it was hand pieced and the fabrics look to be quite worn. Julie wanted to have it quilted to give to her granddaughter as a wedding gift. It was a rush job as the only chance to get it to the happy couple was this week, otherwise it would need to be shipped overseas.

I quilted a simple meander and varied the size based on the fullness of an area. You can see how the size changes here. I don't think it will be as noticeable after it's washed, and expect it will crinkle nicely.

 Easing in some of that fullness!

Ta-da! The backing is just muslin, as is the binding, which I put on last week.

Dawn's Applique Quilt

When new customer Dawn brought me this quilt, she said that she wanted an allover quilting design. I said, "over the applique, too?" She said, "Yes."

Easy-peasy for me! But when I actually got around to loading it on Mabel, I gave her a call just to be sure. She had changed her mind, so, I'm glad I called.

The quilting isn't too intense, just a meander in the main areas, two wavy lines in the narrow border (This is my new favorite quilting, as you will see later that I have used it again), and wavy line on the stems and flowers, and veins on the leaves.

 I used the same thread throughout, Lava Bambi and cotton batting that she brought.

I would say that the majority of the quilts that I quilt have at least one fabric that I have in my stash. This one is the exception, I don't think I own or have owned a single fabric in this quilt.

Kim's Bright Squares

One of Kim's friends made this delightful quilt. It's for a grandchild who is moving into a big bed! I think she made curtains to match.

Just a meander with Lava thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting. The backing was minkee and it had a couple of seams. I wasn't sure how that would work out, but it did just fine.

Carolyn's T-shirt Quilt

Carolyn made this wonderful t-shirt quilt for her son. It's 2-sided and she really took the time to plan this one.

One side has shirts from his school days and boy scouts. On the bottom row in this picture, there are 2 blocks that have patches sewn on. I just stitched them close to the satin stitching to make sure they stay on. I'll have to take a closeup of those blocks.

The other side has college and the Army shirts and parachute material.

It really is a great idea to make it 2-sided, but it's pretty heavy. I quilted it with a meander, Gray Permacore thread and used Hobbs 80/20 batting.

Kim's Baby Panel Quilt

Kim brought this flannel, very cute baby panel for me to quilt.

I just did a meander on all but the birds and I stitched close to them and close to the feather and eye. Lite Pink Permacore thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

A very sweet, soft baby quilt!

Randy's Bandana Quilt

Cathy started on this quilt for her husband over 4 years ago and it has become a running joke that she is going to give it to him for Christmas. Well, this year, she finally finished it and brought it to me for quilting.

She just wanted simple quilting and this meander certainly does the trick. It had 2 layers of flannel as the batting, which I've never seen before. It was a bit tricky making sure it was flat with each advance and it is HEAVY!

What a cute idea!

Dottie is working on the binding for her now, so Randy will have his quilt in 2013, I'm sure!

Judy's Beautiful Stars

I'm not sure of the pattern name, but this quilt that Judy made is just beautiful. Her coordinating fabrics are perfect.

Her friend tried to talk her into having custom quilting, but in the end she chose meandering, which I love to do. Maybe I've said this before, but I learned to meander on cakes actually. I decorated cakes for many years and there is a technique called Cornelli Lace and I piped that lace on the top of a cake quite often. Here's an image from creativecakedecorating.com that shows Cornelli Lace.

Ok, back to Judy's quilt....I used Omni white thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

Mary Beth's Quilts #3

This last one of Mary Beth's is so cute. What a great stash-buster this would be.

She used lots of different browns for the spool ends, along with different backgrounds, and that adds to the charm. It's another meander and Permacore Mother Goose and Hobbs 80/20 batting