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Friday, January 3, 2020

Lois's USA and Winter Wonderland panels



Lois stitched up a couple of great printed panel quilts. This first one is very patriotic. 


I quilted the borders individually, starting with a pointy feather in the red, then an undulating 2-feathers and a star design in the cream.


Simple circles in the blue.


The printed panel got an all-over treatment with paisleys. 




This "Winter Wonderland" penguin panel is just so cute.


Wintry swirls and snowflakes fit the bill for this frosty little scene.


And ribbon candy in the red border. 


Thanks for the fun quilts Lois!

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Janet's Big Blue Pinwheels


Janet made this lovely blue and white large pinwheel quilt. 


Lots of spinning pinwheels means cool summer breezes, right? So I quilted lots of large breezey swirls.


I used a white thread.



Big pinwheels and big echo-y swirls.



A peek at the back. 


Thanks Janet!

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Katie's Iowa Motto


Katie made this wallhanging with paper pieced letters of the Iowa state motto.


I outlined the letters and backfilled with lots of swirls and feathery things.


I c2c'd the navy blue triangles.



For the border I quilted a wavy triangle design.



A peek at the back side.



Thanks Katie! A treasure for sure!

Friday, December 6, 2019

Lynn's Fall Panels


Lynn stitched up a few small sized quilts using some really neat printed panels. This first one features a couple of old mills. 



I quilted all-over paisley and leaves in a gray thread color.




This next one shows a couple of covered bridges with some pieced leaf blocks on the side.


This one got swirls and leaves.






This panel says: Friends, like flowers, laugh, bloom, never fade.


Another all-over with curls and leaves this time.



What fun projects! 
Thanks Lynn!

Monday, December 2, 2019

Norene's On Point 9-Patch


Norene made this fun and scrappy 9-patch on point and wanted it quilted fancy.



I quilted a loop design in the light setting squares.


In the 9-patches I did a single large loop across the top, then across the bottom, followed with a loop design back through the middle. It might make more sense in the pics below from the back side of the quilt.



For the narrow black border I quilted circles in a black thread, and just a simple old-fashioned meander in the polka dots.




The back. 








Thanks Norene!