A couple projects from Jessica

This one is called Orion's Star- made by Jessica.  I just love those colors!

Perfect points with a bit of meandering.

Jessica also had me quilt this fabric together.  She is going to cut this up and make potholders--what a cute idea! 

Applique Table Runner

My Sister made this table runner.  All hand applique.  Isn't it pretty?!

I filled in the background with pebbling and then did some custom designs in the patchwork areas. 

Center square.  I believe she said that she is going to do some more hand stitching around the flowers yet.  Can't wait to see it all finished and on your dining room table! 

And here is the back. 

Wonk.

I finally got this quilt of my sisters quilted.  I've only had it in my possession for a couple years.  (She was in no hurry)  :)

I kept the quilting fairly simple with swirls and a few loops.  And a star or two. 

I used gray Aurifil thread.  It blends in really well in the white spots and fades into the darker areas.  Thanks for being super patient with me on this one Sister!

Embroidered Baby Quilts

These 2 baby quilts were embroidered by Rose.  They are pretty adorable!

Swirling water and with a few fishes thrown in is what was quilted in this one.

And how sweet is this one?

All-over Curly-Q's and flowers seemed to fit the bill here.

Joan's Jelly Roll quilt

This is Joan's quilt made from a Jelly roll.  Pretty cool pattern huh?  (#36)

I quilted the same design as the last quilt, Mt. Hood.

AQS Show success and #35

Well the AQS Show last week was a success!  I learned a lot from my classes from Sue Patten and looked at a ton of awesome and inspiring quilts.  I tried out longarm machines (more about that later) and I met up with Karen who passed off a couple quilt tops for me to quilt.  I took lots of pictures of amazing quilts, but then realized that I needed permission from the quilter to post them on my blog, so ummm no pictures here.  But if you mention it in a comment, I will be happy to send you some via e-mail! 

This was the Des Moines Quilt Guild Show that was in the Wells Fargo Arena. 

A lot of these quilts could very well have been included in the AQS show, they are that good.  There were a few I recognized that were entered in the Iowa State Fair this year too.



This one is called "Mt. Hood".  It uses 5" squares.  A lot of them!  My sister made this one looooong ago (like maybe almost 10 years), and now it's finally finished!  (Got that binding sewn on yet Sis?)

The quilting design was my free-hand attempt of this pantograph. 

Talk about a pieced back!  And this was quilt #35.

#32- A Scrap Quilt

Carol made this super scrappy quilt.  She puts together the neatest scrap quilts!  Each square measures 2 inches finished. 

Just a simple medium meander on this one.  This is the 32nd quilt I've quilted this year.  I'm a good 3 weeks behind my goal of a quilt a week.  ack.  Time to get busy! 

Redwork Table Runner

I found these antique redwork blocks at a fabric/garage sale a while back and knew my MIL would love them.  So they became a Christmas gift and she pieced them together into this tablerunner. 

Just simple meandering in a cream thread.

This was quilt #29.  I'm still working on quilt #30 and its week 32 so I've fallen a bit behind.  :(

I did have a couple of projects that I failed to get pictures of before they were given away.  One was another scrappy baby quilt.  This one was a lot like the others I've made here and here, but with pink blocks and a yellow block in the center; yellow binding; light yellow flannel back.  Project 2 was a simple apron for my MIL's birthday that happened to be a replica of one she she wears all the time and has about worn out. 

Quilt #27 & Thread Recommendations

This is quilt #27.  These Jumbo-sized blocks were made using old shirts.  I love the shadowed 3-D effect it has!

I quilted feathers in the border, a vine of leaves in the black border and over-all swirls in the center.  I used grey Aurifil thread on top and Connecting Threads Silver Essential Pro in the bobbin.  They seem to work well together for me-they are very similar in color and thickness.  I really like Aurifil thread, but it is much more expensive, which is why I used the Essential Pro in the bobbin. 

You can see in more detail from the back.  I did change thread color in the black border to match.  Anyone have any thread preferences out there?  What breaks more than others?  I'd love to hear about it!

Half-Way Point! #26 Red Tractor Quilt

Well, I've made it to the half-way point! 

The border looks like tractor tires!  I love how that turned out!

(if you click on the pic you can see it better)

Even the back is red Farmall tractors.

As for me and my house- We are like our tractors John Deere Green!  Yep, this happens to be our mailbox.  Have a Happy and safe 4th of July weekend!

Quilt #25

This little scrappy number was made by my MIL.

More feathers!  I'm really on a roll with these feathers-I just can't stop!

The back shows the quilting a bit better. 

Quilt #24- Scrappy 4-patch Stars Quilt

Waay back in February my Mom and sister and I were looking for a quilt to make on our next sewing weekend extravaganza.  I had just seen this quilt on Natalia's blog and thought it was one we could do.  It was scrappy, not super complicated to put together, but still looks pretty intricate.  It was a go!  Mom had all the measurements and dimensions figured out lickety-split. 

(There's one star center that the 4-patch is turned the wrong way.  Can you find it?)

More feathers!

It's amazing when how fast a quilt can come together when you have 4 or more people working on it!  Love this quilt!  It measures about 80" square. 

Sister-T Quilt

Here is another one of my sister's quilts.  T's!  It's hard to believe but these blocks are all the same! 

And this is how I quilted it- with Jenny's feather tutorial.  Jenny from Jenny's Doodling Needle does the Hooked feather-which I have done before, but she makes each hook super skinny so it looks like it's echoed.  I really like doing feathers this way, it's easier for me to make them look more consistent.  But not nearly as consistent as hers- she's got some amazing quilting on her blog. 

I pity the fool who doesn't love this quilt!   :)

Hope you love it Little Sista-Friend!

Quilts 21 & 22

This the 21st quilt I've quilted this year. 

There were oak leaves in some of the fabric, so that's what went with. 

And in these big square blocks I did Feathers in a Square.  I've done this once before in this post.  I've discovered that turning off the flash on my camera makes the quilting show a lot better, but not so much the colors.  Sorry this pic looks so dreary, but I hope you care more about viewing the quilting!  :)

And this would be quilt #22. 

This quilt features an all-over free-motion design of swirls and leaves, and just a few stars.  The sashing is actually a dark brown.  Thanks Jodi and Norene for having me quilt your lovely quilts!

And that's all for today.  Hope everyone is enjoying their Memorial Day weekend!

Another Karen Quilt

Karen from Where's My Seam Ripper?  had me do some quilting for her.  Her post here says she does not have any photos of it yet,  but I DO! 

Karen had suggested an all-over coral reef look inspired by this fabric here. 

It ended up looking a lot like meandering but with more echoing and longer noodles and some coral-y branches.  If that makes any sense...  No?  Just smile and nod and say: "Looks nice."  :)

Thanks again for letting me quilt your quilts Karen!

Make Mine Modern Swap Reveal!

OK secret partner, if you happen to come across my blog and see this post, this is what I made just for you!  I think you will love it because you LOVE peacocks.  And Kaffe Fasset fabric.  And I think you like a bit of glitz and bedazzle-ment.  And this has all 3!

It's a sewing machine cover.  My machine is modeling it quite well don't you think?

 

And this would be the backside.  I hope you like it partner because I sure had fun with this peacock theme.  It should be coming your way sometime next week.  :)