dgs blocks, Fireside baby quilt

These are my do.Good Stitches blocks from a few months back. This Sawtooth Star block was for May. The instructions are here.

These looong Lollipop Blocks were for April.  I learned a new way to sew circles with this tutorial. Yes, it is by machine!  We each made 2 with solid white and a bright solid lollipop.

Cindy made this super soft and cuddly baby quilt with some fun flannels.

I kept it gender-neutral with lots of paisleys and a couple few stars mixed in.

The back is gray Fireside. It's a lot like minky, but with a bit shorter fuzz. Super soft and cozy! Quilted up like a dream :)

Thanks Cindy!

Rose's Embroidered Farm Baby Quilt

Rose embroidered this adorable farm animal baby quilt and needed it quilted up for her new grandson.

I quilted all-over paisley swirls on it.

Thanks Rose!

4-Patch Baby Quilt

Connie made this simply sweet baby quilt with some large 4-patches.

Those 4-patches were just perfect for some custom quilting-no marking needed.

Simple meandering and some double circles filled in the blue sashings. 

Thanks Connie!

25 patch quilt

Jessica made this fun 25-patch quilt with 2.5 inch squares. 

I quilted all-over paisleys and a few stars in a circle since it was in the fabric.

I believe the fabric line is called 'varsity'.

Thanks Jessica!

Embroidered Hearts Quilt blocks

Carol and her husband made this needle art quilt. (He does the needlework to help with arthritis.) I am sure it is a Jack Dempsey Needle Art pattern, but I can't seem to find it anywhere on the web, so I can't tell you what it is called.

These embroidered blocks are so fun to quilt. I pretty much just outlined the design and added a heart/loop design to fill the spaces between.

Curls in the sashing and around the block edges.

The hardest part was figuring out the thread path with the least amount of stops and starts. But a few are inevitable to get the best look--inside the flower hearts.

Thanks Carol!

Ice skating Penguin Panel

Linda had another panel wallhaging for me to quilt up, this time a winter penguin scene.

I outlined the outside and inside of the blocks.

Outlined the penguins and did a curly border design in the red.

I kept it super simple in the black and white snowflake border with some loops. 

The back. Thanks Linda!

9th Grade Primer

Becki made this lovely quilt. It is from the book Precut Primer, and this is the 9th Grade pattern.

I quilted and all-over paisley swirl on it.

Love these fun bright fabrics.

Thanks Becki! This was a fun one for sure.

Give Thanks Panel

Linda stitched up this beautiful Give Thanks panel.

How in the world am I going to quilt this?  Well, I started with the obvious and outlined the border areas and some background fill with black thread. 

I outlined the Give Thanks and the pumpkins too.

The back.

I switched to an orange thread and did some swirls in the fall wreath and borders.

Turned out nice! It's custom, but not quilted to death. Somewhere in between. 

Thanks Linda!

Fall Leaves Quilt

Linda made this neat quilt in fall fabrics. 

I had the perfect variegated thread for it--brown, gold, and orange.

I quilted lots of swirls and different types of leaves.

Thanks Linda!

Lindsay's Purple T-shirt Quilt

Lindsay made herself a T-shirt quilt. She did an excellent job for being a beginner! I quilted and bound it for by machine too.

I quilted an all-over design on it-mostly a paisley feathered swirl, adding different designs here and there as I went along.

She wanted an all-over, but I still cant help trying to avoid some of the screen printing if I can. Or at least quilting through it as little as necessary.  Mainly because the needle punches a hole into that plastic-y print, and over time and wear and tear and washing and drying, that hole will start to crack and get bigger and eventually the printing will start to flake off.

I suppose that's why some quilters don't like quilting t-shirt quilts, but they are still about my favorite kind of quilts to quilt.  I think it's because of the great definition you get from the knit fabric.  Or maybe because quilting around the designs is kind of fun, like a puzzle or a maze to figure out. Or maybe it's because it's like a fabric scrapbook of a person's life interests. 

Purple minky on the back turned out great!

This will be the quilt to cuddle with on a cold night for sure! Thanks Lindsay!