Shannon made this quilt as a gift for her Mother in Law. It was the first quilt that she has made.
I chose the pantograph ground cover, the prints in the fabric often give me clues in deciding what to choose.
Shannon’s Jelly Roll Race Quilt
Tag: Quilts
Christmas…in July Quilts
It seems to be very popular have Christmas in July celebrations around here.
These two quilts were made to be raffled off in support of a campers association not far from here. The maker began with panels and added blocks to grow the quilts. I used the pantograph windswept as it gave a ribbon effect that also went well with both the top and the backing… almost all of my quilt makers like to have me trim their quilts for them which I do as a courtesy so that they are ready for binding.
On a side note, I lived most of my childhood in Winnipeg Manitoba, we had a cottage growing up. When we moved here people talked about going to camp…I envisioned them all in tents! Until I discovered that cottages are camps here and in the Fort Frances area they are cabins.
Moose Panel Quilt
Quilts that begin with the inspiration of a panel have become very popular it seems. It’s understandable with the amazing prints available.
This recent quilt is a great example of using a panel to pull colours from and making blocks and borders to grow the quilt. I used the pantograph Star-swirl to quilt it.
Carol’s Star Quilt
Carol made this quilt for her son, I added my touch with the pantograph Star swirl.
Michelle Wyman designed the Starswirl pantograph.
When I first started quilting on my Longarm, I was a member of an online group called LACHAT it was a fantastic resource not only for longarm quilting but also friendships with so many likeminded people.
It had great forums for trouble shooting, how would you quilt this and show and tell along with a chat room that many of us regularly spent time visiting with each other. I bring this memory up as I am reminded of it when I use Michelle’s Pantograph as that is where I met her.
The owner of the site eventually moved in a different direction and closed the site. Many of the quilters are still active and it’s been fun to follow them on social media.
Florence’s Quilt
Florence was first asked by her daughter to make a king sized duvet cover, it was to be made with a quilt pattern. We had been discussing this project for a while…and one day she called to say that her daughter changed her mind and wanted it quilted along with two shams.
Her daughter chose the pantograph and it was quilted with silver gray thread that disappeared into the quilt. It was hard to capture the beauty of this quilt…it really turned out so much nicer than the pictures that I took…mostly due to lighting.
Hugs and Kisses Quilt
This sweet quilt left yesterday, it was quilted with the pantograph bubbles which suited it perfectly.
I love how perfect the stitches look on the back!
Fun Scrap Quilts
How much fun is this quilt…well it was for me. I love scrap quilts and this one made with the makers scraps from all of her other quilts just blended into a beautiful collage of colour.
Years ago I made a quilt by cutting a few strips each from many fabrics in my stash and divided them into dark and light piles and placed each pile into paper bags. My rule was…what came out was what I would use and made a log cabin quilt. That was a fun project and the result was a beautiful quilt that was fun to look at.
This quilt reminded me of that project…one I may just repeat sometime.
The swirl pantograph played so nicely adding to the fun of this project.
Sam’s Turtle Quilt
This fun quilt was picked up yesterday, I really enjoyed working on it during some of our greyer days!
This quilt was the second in a series of quilts made for my customer Karen’s grandchildren. The first was the Minecraft quilt that I have blogged about previously, this one is also double sided with the child’s name pieced in, how fun is that!
Using a panel for colour inspiration is a great way to start off in choosing fabrics for a quilt and as you can see blocks were chosen to grow the quilt keeping the panel as a focus.
Piecing the backing can create a challenge for a Longarm quilter, it just takes a little more time and planning in loading the quilt in order to centre the backing to the quilt top.
The pantograph Bubbles was chosen by Sam’s Grandma Karen the maker of these super fun quilts.
May!! Spring and Cathy’s Quilt
Spring May finally be arriving! We still have a ways to go before the snow disappears, the ground is still covered the yard with more than a foot in unplowed areas and the bush is still heavy with the stuff.
The good news is the weather forecast is for sunshine and warmer temperatures and no overnight freezing temperatures.
Onto Quilting.
I have quilted many quilts for Cathy and always enjoy our visits. When I first met her she was still working as a community nurse and had been my Moms Nurse after she had cancer surgery. My Mom really liked her and it wasn’t long before they discovered their link of quilting. This led to Cathy meeting me.
Cathy’s latest quilt really helped to brighten some very grey days around here.
I have always loved scrap quilts, they are so much fun to make and to look at!
I chose the pantograph Helix which really adds motion to the kaleidoscope.
Cathy chose a very soft flannel for the backing.
Quilting, Life and Spring….?
I think everyone around here is holding their breath as we have had two days of sunshine and today it’s raining and so far no snow. The temperatures are still hovering around 0C
The snow is finally beginning to recede and we can now see the top of the well and a little more ground.
Every spring I look forward to the robins returning…so far there is one and early this morning he began banging on our windows!
http://birding-world.com/robin-attacking-windows/.
I sure hope his friend arrives soon or is around already.
On the quilting front I have been busy and will soon have quilts to show…I like to wait for the maker to see them first. Here is a peek though…
Travel is looking much more possible in our near future and this week Liam was thrilled to find a Wisconsin Dells catalogue in our mailbox…that required some serious study!
