Brenda's Kentucky Quilt

Brenda put this one together, with embroidered blocks that she purchased, I believe.


It is light custom with terry twists, beadboard in the outer border and swirls in the inner border.



Permacore white thread on top and chambray in the bobbin, Hobbs 80/20 batting.

Cheryl's Quilt Shop

I went to the monthly BOM at Cheryl's this morning to get my new block.

Here are my blocks so far.



We get an extra chance for a drawing if we make a smaller block also, so I have been making 6" blocks along with my 12" blocks. Maybe I'll make Elizabeth a doll quilt with the 6" ones, or maybe they will go in the borders.

Anyway, have a great Memorial Day weekend and thank all your military family and friends for me!

Rosemary's Mint Chocolate Swirls

I LOVE this quilt! The combination of greens and the brown batik are stunning. The shape looks wonky in my photo, but actually the quilt is as square as they come. It laid flat and was a dream to quilt. I quilted it with Michelle Wyman's Ribbon Twirl pantograph, Permacore Olive thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting



And the back, which really isn't this bright:

Design Wall Monday

I have these nine patch blocks on my design wall today. I put them together with my new machine and now I have to decide what to do with them. The Hawaiian fabrics are from the airport in Hawaii and my co-worker Margaret picked them up for me a couple years ago.

Check out Judy's blog to see more design walls in blogland.

Singer 15-91

Well, it's not my birthday quite yet, but I got a present this weekend. Dan found this Singer for me!

The 2nd Big One is Done!

I loaded Stephanie's 116" square quilt last night and I thought it would be days before it was done, but I just kept quilting and ta-da, it's finished. I've never done this type of quilting, called cinnamon bun, but that's what she wanted. She brought some books by Kim Diehl with photos of this quilting design.







My first practice was a 30's panel, which I will bind for a NICU quilt. I thought there was too much space between the swirls.



So, I loaded this Quilt of Valor of Kathy's and tried again. This one is flannel, so the swirls are a bit larger, but I thought I had practiced enough to load Stephanie's quilt.





I think that's enough cinnamon bun quilting for me for a while!

Janet's Quilts

I quilted these two tumbler quilts for Janet a week or so ago and she came to pick them up today.



One is Rhapsody and the other is whirlygig, and they both have hobbs 80/20 batting and white permacore thread. They are about 43 x 48 and cute as can be. She is giving them to her daughter-in-law to give to her nieces.

While she was here we loaded her 80" square charm/jelly roll batik quilt and she quilted it. She did very well and only stitched one row without bobbin thread. The panto is Square Spiral and she used PermaCore Mother Goose thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.



And the back: