Crayons by Mary

Back on the quilting front..........

Mary picked up her Crayon quilt today and loved the swirls. I used the swirls CL template and Lava Colorburst thread, Hobbs 80/20 batting.





Last night at guild I delivered Gwen's Amy Butler quilt to her. I used Hobbs 80/20, Permacore Natural thread and did some freehand designs in the blocks and sashing and beadboard in the border.

Julie's Pink, White & Black Quilt

After guild last night I loaded and quilted this cute-as-can-be quilt that my daughter, Julie, made. I used the CL Swirls template, white PermaCore thread and QD Poly batting. It was started as a baby gift, but I don't think the intended recipient is a baby anymore.





Julie tells me that she doesn't have time to quilt anymore. I can't imagine why, having 3 boys, ages 18, 12, and 17 months, along with working full time and expecting another baby in January. Of course, you know that I'm just kidding........sometimes I wonder how she gets accomplishes as much as she does. They have a pool and have lots of guests throughout the summer and she always manages to put out a wonderful spread for their guests.

She really wanted to quilt this one herself, but also wanted to be able to work on the binding at the retreat this week, so she gave it to me on Saturday and now it's all ready for her to put the binding on. Speaking of the retreat............I am just so happy to be able to share the retreat with my daughter. It's really a special time for both of us.

When I left guild last night, I intended to cut out the pieces for the mystery quilt, but quilted instead, so I must get those cut out tonight.......after the BOM at Rossville Quilts.

From One Extreme to the Other!

This morning I loaded this cute princess quilt of Carole's and used the CL Swirls template, white Permacore and W&N batting. I believe it was a little more than 2 hours - start to finish!




Then I loaded this one, also Carol's, and worked on it off-and-on ALL afternoon and I'm about half done. The leaves and flowers are outlined (I can't call it SID because they are printed on the fabric) and stippling around them. She sent along a magazine with a photo and that's how it is quilted. Don't let my pictures fool you.....the stippling is quite small, but it looks big in the photo.