Virginia's Bricks & Stepping Stones #2

This is the second Bricks and stepping Stones made by Virginia for a Chirstmas gift this year. She was schedule to come to the retreat, but had to cancel at the last minute. I really missed seeing her this year and I hope she can attend in 2013.

When I found out she wasn't coming, I meant to get it sent off to her before retreat but I didn't get the pictures taken until today.

It's another lovely one! I chose Feather Me panto, a light tan thread and used a poly batting that she sent.

Virginia's Quilts for Christmas

My friend Virginia from Ohio makes quilt for Christmas gifts. I also make some quilts for Christmas, but not like Virginia.  I've already quilted and sent back 3 to her. Here are two more and there are five still waiting for me.

I love this one!
It's a pattern from JudyL called Peaches and Dreams, but I think this may be the best one I've seen.

Just look at these fabrics! Her ability to put fabrics together amazes me. I really love it. I used Square Spiral and So Fine lime green thread and it gave it some really nice definition. It's for a guy so I didn't want to use anything floral.

The next one is her Bricks and Stepping Stones. That is a Bonnie Hunter pattern over at Quiltville.

This one got Popcorn in a tan PermaCore thread.

Stay tuned for more of Virginia's beautiful quilts later in the week after a couple of Carla's get quilted.

Ahh, Meandering!

I do love to meander and I think I'm pretty good at it. I think it comes from all those years of cake decorating and doing Cornelli Lace on cakes. Anyway, when I started quilting that was about the only thing I could do besides stitch-in-the-ditch, on my Janome. So I had a lot of practice before I got Mabel.



Virginia like meandering on her quilts, but she likes the borders done different from the center. This first one has a meander in the center and loopy meander in the border.



The backing is flannel and oh-so-cozy!



The second one is a Bricks and Stepping Stones quilt (A great Quiltville pattern.)



I did a meander in the center, ribbon candy in the first border and spineless feathers in the outer border.

2 More UFOs Finished

I finished the binding on these two in the eveinings at Paducah. The first one is from leftover jelly roll strips and I quilted it using the Siberian Iris pantograph by Lorien Quilting. It's the first time I have used this one and I really like it. The thread is Mother Goose PermaCore and the batting is Hobbs 80/20. I don't really have a plan for this one, so for now it's just on the quilt rack.





This one is a Bonnie Hunter pattern called Bricks and Stepping-Stones. I started it last year and put it together at Ross camp a month or so ago. The quilting is Celtic Scroll by Keryn Emmerson, the thread is Mother Goose PermaCore and the batting is Hobbs 80/20. This one is a charity quilt going to Teens in Foster Care and I hope it brings comfort to someone that needs it.