Piecing – Page 4 – Wendy’s Quilting and Life

Quilting Spirals onto a very angular quilt like this one (called Stepping Stones by Judy Niemeyer) added an additional layer of visual interest to an already spectacular quilt!

Thread colour and weight is always an important consideration when planning. In this case I wasn’t wanting to distract from the piecing. By choosing a finer thread in a silver grey the thread stays in the background. There also is less contrast against the black sashing.

The quilt was trimmed and ready for binding at pick up!

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The Yard Moose

April 20, 2025 wendysquilting

Yes it’s been awhile 😊 and with good reason. I will share that with you soon.

First things first to catch up on some quilting…

The Yard Moose was such a fun quilt to work on! We chose the pantograph Ground Cover… after all moose are often in the bush just peeking out…or maybe hiding.

How perfect is this backing fabric with splashes of colour matching the quilt top!

Jan’s quilt was trimmed and ready for binding at pick up and it wasn’t long before she sent me this picture of her finished quilt.

Wendy's Longarm Quilting, Thunder Bay, Ontario

The Reading Quilt

February 12, 2025 wendysquilting

This was a fun quilt to add my quilting and hand stitching to! I love the messages about reading which made me smile as I advanced each row!

We chose the quilting design Jitterbug with its playfulness adding more joy to a fun quilt!

The important message for us all in the center of the quilt.

The backing required piecing, which is always a complimentary service that I provide, which also includes matching the pattern whenever it is possible.

This quilt was also bound and ready for use at pick up. Yes I do hand stitch bindings for my customers.

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A Farmhouse Quilt

January 25, 2025 wendysquilting

I am so appreciative of all of my customers to entrust their quilts to me to be completed. I have many quilters whom I have been quilting for many years!

This customer has relocated to Manitoba and we have still found ways to work together!

We chose the quilting design Star-swirl for this King sized quilt. It measured 114” square which I was able to easily accommodate on my 12 foot frame! Have I mentioned how much I love my APQS Millennium before?

The backing is a perfect match to the pink in the batik fabric that is in the top and looks amazing together in person.

We had an extremely cold week here and I was grateful to have to spend some of my time hand stitching the binding on this quilt!

So not only was this quilt trimmed and ready for binding it was completely finished and ready for gifting with plenty of time to spare before the wedding is taking place.

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Quilting Makes a Difference!

January 16, 2025 wendysquilting

When this quilt was picked up, my customer exclaimed how much the quilting makes the quilt! It truly does bring the elements together.

Choosing the pantograph Rhapsody played on the florals in this quilt along with having curves and swirls against the straight lines in the piecing added a softness to the appearance of the quilt.

I love the elegance of this quilt, that really showcases some of the beautiful floral prints that can accumulate in our stashes over time. Of course you can use any prints to crest a similar quilt.

Her quilt was trimmed and ready for binding at pick up. Which is always a complimentary service that I offer and is never refused.

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Love and Quilting and Grands!

January 10, 2025 wendysquilting

Let me start with a Liam update…he is officially much taller than me and more so every time I see him it seems.

He is also a big brother to our youngest grandchild Lydia. He is an amazing big brother and absolutely adores his little sister.

I wanted to make Lydia’s first quilt pink as I have made for 3 of our other granddaughters. Kaija asked to help make hers and hopefully we will have time to work on that soon.

My daughter Mary, Liam and Lydia’s Mom has many of the quilts that I have made along with ones from my Mom. So I decided that her first quilt would have Minki for the backing so that it would be perfect for tummy time.

These quilts are super fun to make and in this case I also added a striped fabric for binding that I cut on the bias. (My kind of fun!)

I used the pantograph Two of Hearts for the quilting, it just adds so much more love!!

Sometimes I do slip in some time for personal quilting!

Wendy's Longarm Quilting, Thunder Bay, Ontario

2025 Happy New Year!

January 7, 2025 wendysquilting

There are so many things to be grateful for as this new year begins to unfold!

Family and friends to begin with! Erik and I were gifted with time with both over the holidays!

Grand days as I like to call our days with caring for and spending time with the youngest members of our family are full of fun and adventures. Our weather wasn’t cooperative in a lot of our normal outdoor activities so we found other ways to have fun, Erik turns the garage into all kinds of fun and of course there is always crafting in the house!

I enjoyed a wonderful visit with my dear friend Betty! She is an amazing role model and might I say Model as well.

She turned 90 in November (Liam shares her birthday) unfortunately due to the postal strike her gift from her daughter in law was delayed … however it has arrived and Betty looks awesome in her new Jean Jacket!!!

Betty continues to sew and quilt almost daily, she encourages and cheer on her friends and family! She and I always have the most amazing conversations too 🥰

I wish all of my friends, family and customers the very best this new year!

Wendy's Longarm Quilting, Thunder Bay, Ontario

Winter! A snow day and quilting!

December 9, 2024 wendysquilting

It’s looking very promising that we will have a white Christmas!

Erik plowed the driveway and yard last night and this morning our driveway has disappeared. Thankfully my commute to work is down the stairs!

My great start to the morning! This pretty quilt will be trimmed and ready to go this morning!

This project for a customer is almost ready for pick up! It’s a treasured tree skirt make by its owners Mom years ago that needed some updating, repairs and quilting and of course binding. I chose the backing and binding, and absolutely love the red and white stripe fabric cut on the bias for its binding!

It’s so beautiful where I work, play and live! We are located within City limits and yet have an out in the country feel. There is always plenty of parking for my customers and never ever any parking meters to deal with 😊

Wendy's Longarm Quilting, Thunder Bay, Ontario

Elegant Star Quilt

December 7, 2024 wendysquilting

All this Christmas gift needs now is the binding!

The Pantograph Ground Cover was chosen as the quilting design by its maker and it flows so beautifully over the quilt top and compliments the backing as well.

The batting is Hobbs 80/20,which I always carry on the roll and sell just what’s needed for each quilt to my customers. Thankfully I have a fantastic batting source that continues to offer the best price that I can find and am happy to give my best price to my customers.

Choosing the right thread colour can be a challenge when there is a lot of contrast, in this case I went with white as I knew that it’s contrast with the dark fabrics wouldn’t be as distracting as it would had I chosen a darker colour.

The backing fabric is a lovely match! There are so many wonderful wide backings to choose from!

This quilt was picked up this week trimmed and ready for binding!

Wendy's Longarm Quilting, Thunder Bay, Ontario

Taos Quilt

December 4, 2024 wendysquilting

Years ago my friend and I travelled to Duluth to attend the Minnesota Quilt show and she purchased this pattern and I believe the kit.

Well her quilt made its way to my studio for quilting and wow is it a beauty! She said that piecing this quilt was a good lesson in Y seams and she has definitely mastered those!