Mary Jo's Flying Geese Quilt

Mary Jo made this lovely flying geese quilt.

I custom quilted it with a bit of ruler work and some free-handed swirl designs.

The burgundy borders got some pointy feathers.

Figuring out the swirls on these geese blocks was trick because they keep changing directions around the quilt.

The center panel got an all over paisley design. As did the big gray outer border too. 

A peek at the back.

Thanks Mary Jo!

Polar Vortex

Becki made this awesome brightly colored quilt called Polar Vortex. It was made from a kit.

I used a brightly colored variegated thread called 'Rio de Janeiro' on it. It has all the colors-orange, turquoise, pink, green, purple- so it was perfect for this quilt. 

I changed to a navy thread for the narrow border of circles. 

It is difficult to see the quilting, but I did a lot of flowery and feathery, leafy and swirly designs. 

I guess the name 'Polar Vortex' didn't have much affect on me! lol. 

I guess I was more into the Rio de Janeiro vibe.

Becki used up a lot of leftover scraps and bits to make the borders with.

I did a bit of ruler work on the triangles and free-motioned a lot of it too with swirls and some c2c.

She even had enough scraps to piece a strip for the back. 

Thanks Becki! Loved quilting this one.

Marty's T-shirt

Marty made this t-shirt quilt for a graduating high school senior.

I quilted feathered swirls all over and freehand outlined the shirt designs.

Marty had embroidered a cross on one of the shirts as requested by the student. I added a few more embellishments to it.

Thanks for another fun one Marty!

Susie's Log Cabin

Next in Susie's stack was this awesome log cabin quilt. My photo accidentally got saved in a goofy filter while I was editing it, and this was the best I could do to recover it. 

Anywhoo- I quilted an all-over feather in it and a traditional feather in the red border.

I thought that if the feathers were swirly enough, it would almost look like I custom quilted it in each of the light and dark areas.

When I want all-over swirly feathers, I first stitch a large meandering spine across the quilt, then when I get to the end, I start my feathers and work my way back up one side, then back all the way down on the other side. ⇅↑

Thanks again Susie!

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Susie's 9-Patch

Susie had a big tub of quilt tops and backs for me to quilt up for her. This big 9-patch on point was on top and got done first. 

I quilted an all-over design of feathers on the halfshell and swirls.

Can you see the quilting design??

How about now from the back? 

A cream thread on the front and back worked really well.

Thanks Susie! More from her to come.

Yuletide Cheer

Joan also made this Yuletide Cheer quilt, a pattern by Kim Diehl. 

I quilted all-over feathers in the blocks.

And quilted it similarly to the original in the book for the border. I couldn't come up with anything else better! Plenty of ruler work, but it turned out nice.

The red corners got a small feather wreath inside, although it is hard to see.

The back.

Thanks Joan- Loved this one!