Big Quilts Week

This has been the week for big quilts at Ruthie's Quilting.

The first one was 114 x 104 and made by Carolyn. It's a Storm at Sea quilt for her daughter Andrea who is getting married next month.

We chose edge-to-edge feathers and I think it's beautiful! What a lovely wedding gift for a daughter.

Bountiful Feathers panto with a light tan thread.



The next one was 104 x 97 and made by Pam.

Beautiful fabrics were used to make this stunning quilt.

Pam chose Tea Rose panto and Sandlewood Omni thread.

Carolyn's Antique Tiles

Carolyn has been purchasing some quilt tops on Ebay and this is one of her recent purchases. It's really done quite well, with the exception of a few segments sewn in the wrong way.
Can you find them?

 They're all in the top row of blocks.

Baptist Fan quilting goes well with the era of the fabrics, Hobbs 80/20 batting and Omni Spearmint thread.

Carolyn's Navy and Tan Interlocking Rings

Carolyn made this quilt and I really love her border fabric!

 The colors in this photo aren't true. What looks orange is really a beautiful tan fabric.

We chose Jacobean as the quilting design, Omni tan thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

It looks like this was a pretty confusing pattern to put together and make sure that the pieces looked like they are interlocking. I didn't notice it while quilting, but when I look at the photo of the whole quilt, I can see it.

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.

Carolyn's Quilt

Carolyn made this beautiful quilt for her daughter, who picked out all the fabric. I suggested Bountiful Feathers panto and she agreed. It turned out just wonderful and now she says she has started something and will be making quilts for all her children.



I used PermaCore Mother Goose thread, which looks good on the background and the darker fabrics, and Hobbs 80/20 batting.



The backing is natural muslin which shows the quilting well.



I have another quilt started with the same panto:

Back to my Regularly Scheduled Quilting

Seems like I haven't loaded a quilt in forever....
I started on this one for Carolyn this evening and it's a beauty!



More door prizes for Spring Break in Vegas have arrived:





Julie and Marla are going to have their hands full giving out all these wonderful door prizes!

Quilts from his shirts

Dottie made these quilts and pillow tops for Diana, who lost her husband. She did a great job and I'm sure they will be a wonderful comfort to her children. She chose Stars and Loops pantograph and I used Hobbs 80/20 batting. The backing is denim, so they are quite heavy.










Here are 7 table runners that Carolyn made. She had the backing and batting cut for each of them. I stitched the backings together and loaded them all at once, floating each table runner as it's backing advanced. She's all set for Christmas.

Yes, I Quilted This Weekend!

Here is my handiwork for the weekend:



I quilted 3 quilts and 9 pillow tops that Dottie pieced out of shirts. These are memory quilts/pillows for a family that lost their dad.

I also quilted 7 Christmas table runners that Carolyn made.

I plan to take photos tomorrow at work where I can spread them all out.

I'm ready for a glass of wine and some tv.