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Friday, May 17, 2024

Deer Family Embroidered Quilt


Yvonne brought me this beautiful Jack Dempsey Deer Family hand embroidered quilt.


Plenty of borders and sashings to quilt up in a variegated thread.


I outlined the deer and things in a white thread.





A look at the back.


Thanks so much Yvonne!

 

Monday, May 13, 2024

Prism Strip Quilt


Lois made this beautiful Prism Strip Quilt from a kit.


This quilt was the perfect candidate for a bright multi-colored variegated thread.



Love these beautiful tonal prints!


Even the backing fabric was really neat!


Thanks Lois!

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Around the Town Quilt


Lois made this beautiful patriotic version of Around the Town, a Villa Rosa pattern.


I use a red white and blue variegated thread for an all-over quilting design.






Thanks Lois!

What are the top 5 variegated threads I use?

I'm so glad you asked, I'd love to tell you! 

1. Red White and Blue- several of my clients love making QOV or patriotic quilts to give to friends or family who have served our country.
2. Christmas/ Red, green, white- who doesn't love a nice festive holiday quilt to snuggle under to watch a Christmas movie? 
3. Pastels/ pink, yellow, blue, green- It blends into more multi colored quilts than you'd think!
4. Brown/tan/cream- nice for a fall themed quilt, or brown quilts seem to go with lots of home decor color schemes. 
5. Tie between Jewel tones, and saturated primary colors- It takes a certain special colorful quilt to be able to use the colors in these threads. 

Any threads other than those are probably ordered for a special certain quilt, or I bought it thinking it would come in handy, but have only really used it once or twice ever. (ex. Turquoise/white)

 

Monday, May 6, 2024

Liberty Lane and Sprinkles


Yvonne brought me this fun quilt she made with her granddaughter. The pattern is Sprinkles by Piece Works Quilt Shop.


They requested using a bright pink thread for the quilting. A bold choice that I was totally in favor of!



I tried to keep the quilting lively with lot of different motifs.





Thanks Yvonne for this fun project!


Alice brought me this patriotic Liberty Bell panel from Liberty Lane.




Thanks Alice!