I am always drawn to blue and white quilts and this one was definitely a pleasure to quilt.
Anne chose the pantograph called Ripple it was a perfect choice. I love the movement the quilting adds.
Anne’s Quilt
Tag: Longarm Quilting
Elizabeth’s Quilt
Elizabeth told me that she was inspired by a quilt that she saw while visiting a family member. Sometimes it’s just like that, we see a quilt, admire it and is stays with us.
This causes many a quilter to start collecting fabrics particularly when the quilt was scrappy! This quilt finished as a large queen. Her rules were white on whites with various blues and reds from depression era fabrics.
One word of advice when piecing such a quilt is to stay stitch as you go. What I mean by that is that when you have so many seams esp on your edges that if you stitch 1/8” from the edge it prevents seams from popping open either from handling or being loaded onto a Longarm frame.
I often will stay stitch a quilt for my customers if they haven’t. It makes loading and quilting much easier.
The backing really suits the front though working with it wasn’t always easy on my eyes.
A Lot of Life Happening…
There is a quilt on my Longarm ready for trimming and another ready to be delivered…
Today is Erik’s 65th birthday and last day of work! The long awaited and planned for retirement begins! We will begin it with a lot of fishing as we are still restricted in travel.
Today is also Liam’s half birthday which he is also pretty excited about. He and Pappa have been discussing ice cream cake for some time.
Liam and I went on a hike not far from here, yesterday…his first long hike with me and half way through he asked if we could start doing it more often. It’s an hour and a half and a good workout!
We were also testing out the new walkie talkies they worked really well.
The hike is in a conservation area which made for a great teaching opportunity.
When we got home, Pappa had discovered a mouse family in our boat…I went inside while Liam excitedly assisted in the eviction!
So our summer is beginning. I will still continue to Longarm Quilt as it’s just what I do 😊
One of the most exciting to Liam esp was this discovery under our deck which is in clear view from the pool. More to come on that I hope!
Cathy’s Maple Leaf Kaleidoscope Quilt
This extra large queen size quilt was a joy to quilt. We chose the pantograph Maple Syrup to go along with the theme of her border blocks which were pieced maple leaves with the addition of appliquéd stems.
Carols Winter Quilt
It’s spring and this week Liam and Decided it would be safe to finally store the winter boots etc… We have been enjoying our walks in the woods looking at all the new signs of growth!
Carols quilt has a very winter feel with skiers flying down the slopes. We chose the snowflake pantograph which adds a windy, snowy look. The quilting really showed on the black and red checkered flannel backing.
This soft flannel adds such as cozy feeling to the quilt. Though we are hoping not to need very much flannel for a few months!
One Block Wonder
Eryn’s One Block wonders centre reminded me of the water colour quilts from a few years ago. She made her quilt a more modern version adding the red and black borders.
Customer Stash Quilts
With having to be home so much this last year so many of my customers have challenged themselves to use their stashes as well as to try out new patterns.
This cat quilt definitely fit the bill! When you look at scrap quilts their charm is often how so many different fabrics fit together and look great!
Cathy’s Quilt
Cathy’s version of the one block wonder type piecing was such a perfect quilt to work on this last while were every day brought rainy grey days. It’s bright green was a reminder that all of the rain will bring out the colours of spring before we know it!
This is a picture of the fabric that she began with. I believe it is by Jane Sassaman .
Her piecing was perfect and so effective!
I used the pantograph Rhododendron that Cathy chose and it was the perfect compliment to this quilt.
Liam and Grandma’s Day
As promised Liam really enjoyed his breakfast yesterday.
We spent time outside in the woods practicing with the sling shot…he really has this figured out now and was really excited that he can skip stones on the pond with it! We also had fun navigating the deep water on some of the roads in the back of the property due to the large amounts of rain this week. Our rubber boots were well used!
When we came in he enjoyed a bowl of his most favourite thing for lunch…Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup…I don’t tell him but I buy the low sodium version which make me feel a little better about it. He loves crackers and ice cubes in this soup.
Then it was time to head to the studio!
We spent the afternoon making and attaching the binding…I think that I will sit with him and do the hand stitching while we watch a movie.
Anne of Green Gables Quilt
How sweet is this customers quilt. She used a Dick and Jane panel along with fabric purchased and saved from a trip to Prince Edward Island.
It will be for a grandchild and I am sure will be cherished.
This quilt arrived with the backing pieced and the exact size of the top. Thankfully my customer also provided more fabric and I was able to expand the backing. In this case I added a strip of the gingham fabric by cutting the existing back 1/3 rd if the way top to bottom and also added borders to the top and bottom.
