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Wendy's Longarm Quilting, Thunder Bay, Ontario

February

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Well the month has begun in the deep freeze! The feels like temperature this morning when I woke was -42C. I am extremely happy to be able to be at home all day today!

January was an extremely full and busy month and I am so grateful for all of the people who entrust their quilts to me to help complete. Other than finishing my Longtime Gone quilt top and a little sewing on Mondays at the Rec centre most of the month was spent working on the Longarm.

Just a peek at a recent Northern Lights Quilt…more to come.

The Thunder Bay Quilt Guild is gearing up for the long awaited Quilt Show in May so we quilters are all extra busy these days. I am planning to show some of mine and hoping to fit in one or two into my my Longarm schedule. (If you are wanting a quilt done by me for the show please let me know soon as my schedule is getting pretty full.)

On the life side… I enjoyed a full day this week watching Liam and his school team play in a basketball tournament with his Mom 😊

And today marks not only my 37th Anniversary of becoming a Mom …

It is my daughter Sarah’s Birthday!

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The Wilderness Quilt

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I absolutely love this quilt pieced by Karen, her use of Ombré fabric for her sun is spectacular and really adds such an amazing glow!

The pattern is from Art Gallery Fabrics and can be found for free on their website. oh I had no idea of all of the awesome patterns offered on their site!

https://www.artgalleryfabrics.com/cgi-bin/fabricshop/projects.cgi?start=49

We chose the pantograph New Wave to add a little motion and to softly mimic the mountains.

The backing is a beautiful flannel with a soft wilderness look and feel.

Her quilt is trimmed and ready for binding!

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Karen’s Blue/Grey Quilt

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The beauty of Karen’s quilt is both in the simplify of piecing along with the perfect placement and choices in her fabrics!

Of course it’s no secret that I love blue so naturally I love this quilt. It was quilted with the pantograph Flying Paisley.

I love the denim like backing on this quilt and the quilting really shows so beautifully on it!

Ready for binding!

Wendy's Longarm Quilting, Thunder Bay, Ontario

January 2023

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This month for the most part was unseasonably warm for winter! It was a fairy easy month with out any heavy dumps of snow and milder temperatures…that is until this week! We have received a brutal reminder that it’s winter!

The cold snap is supposed to last the week. It really does make for great stay at home and quilt weather for which I am so thankful to work from home!

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Half Square Triangle Fun!

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Ingrid told me that she began this quilt by just making the half square triangles and then played with different layouts on her design wall. It really is fascinating to see all of the different possibilities.

Ingrid chose the pantograph Feather Grande for her quilt she was thrilled with how beautifully her quilt has turned out.

Liam came for a visit and held the quilt for a photo shoot for me!

It was really challenging to capture the true colour of the quilt back so I tried a different location and came really close!

Let me help you bring your quilting projects to completion!

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Marilyn’s Half Square Triangle Quilt

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This is the latest of Marilyn’s Half Square Triangle quilts! I have had the pleasure of quilting them all for her.

Each half square triangle unit finishes at 2 inches and there are 2592 hst units in each quilt! She told me that she makes 2 at a time and trims them to 2 1/2 inches.

These quilts are a true labour of love and will be gifted to each of Marilyn’s granddaughters!

Her use of value over prints brings luminosity to her quilts! I have a lot of fun looking at all of the different fabrics in each quilt…I haven’t been quilting quite as long as Marilyn has been but I suspect that at some point I to will be able to make quilts like hers!

This is the same backing that was used in a previous quilt of Marilyn’s, it is a perfect choice for such a classic design. As always her quilts are returned to her trimmed and ready for binding.

Let me help you bring your quilting projects to completion!

wendysquilting@gmail.com or call 807-251-4261

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Nancy’s Modern Quilt

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I think one of the biggest attractions to quilts made with solids is how beautiful the quilting shows up!

This quilt was Nancy’s first modern solid quilt…she is fortunate to have what they call a family quilt guild and I have been so fortunate to quilt many of their quilts!

Nancy chose the pantograph Jitterbug for this quilt and I love how it dances all over her quilt!

She used fireside fabric for her backing. These soft backings quilt up beautifully and help make such wonderful snuggly quilts.

Her quilt is trimmed and ready for binding.

Contact me at 807-251-4261 to discuss my Professional Quality Quilting Services

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A Quilt Shop Visit

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A friend and I spent yesterday morning on a fun outing to Donnas quilt shop in Pass lake yesterday. He shop is called Fuelled By Fabric and I have written about her before.

I was on the lookout for a backing for quilt top that I made last year as part of the Color Collective by Tara Faughnan and Sewtopia. The quilt block is named flock and I wanted an interesting backing that would work with both the colours in the quilt top and also birds of some type.

This print is perfect, really so close to what I had in mind!

Last night after turning off the Longarm, I laid the fabric out to see how it would match up when I seam the two pieces needed. Sometimes it requires quite a bit of extra fabric to Mach the print, however not this time! ( this picture actually shows the true colours in the print!)

I have been a quilter for many years and the passion for both quilting for others and for making my own quilts only grows!

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Mid-January update

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For some reason so far anyways this winter seems to be milder than usual. We ended up with more snow in December than either of us can remember having and this month’s temperatures have not been nearly as cold as most winters and the forecast continues with milder temperatures.

The deer have begun their trails across the yard looking for food of course. It’s always interesting to see the new tracks in the snow each morning.

This week I spent time with friends at the Rec centre quilting, it’s always fun to see what other quilters are up to as well as having time to devote to my own project. As soon as I got home I laid my longtime gone quilt out to see how my borders look. I finished the checkerboard sections and all of the other blocks just need to be joined.

I have always loved the whole process of quilt making, and this quilt project has been so much fun with all of the variety of both blocks and fabrics.

My dolls are now in the safe loving arms of my granddaughter. She told me that she would take very good care of her new babies and her Mom has told me that she really is.

Liam told me yesterday that he really likes going to school…for the most part because he and his friends play soccer at recess. His report card reflects that he is also doing well in his studies. While I am thankful for all of the bonus time we had together during the school closures I am happy that the children now have the normalcy of in classroom learning and time with their friends as it should be.

And of course my days are filled with quality time with my Longarm! This beautiful modern quilt will soon be ready for binding!