Author Archives: Linda

Dec27

Cross Stitch Quilt

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Cross Stitch Quilt

Earlier this year I was honored to work on a group project quilt.  Paul likes to cross stitch and his sister in law, Mary, likes to quilt.  They teamed up to make this quilt.This quilt is fun to see the before and after quilting.  I redefined the blocks with the quilting, obscuring the actual block size.  I love the effect!Except for some straight line ruler work in the cross stitch blocks, all the stitching is freehand!

So, maybe this will motivate me to make a quilt with these vintage cross stitch blocks!  I’m undecided on the way to finish them.

The printed quilting lines make a cool pattern when set together, but it seems like it needs some sashing.  I have 19 of these blocks, yes an odd number!  If you have any ideas, please comment on my Facebook page!

Thanks!  Here’s to a healthy and happy 2017!

Linda 🙂

Dec5

Graffiti Quilting!

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Graffiti Quilting!

is-and-os-quiltEarlier this year, Teresa brought me this fun quilt with lots of open spaces and she gave me permission to do whatever I wanted.  I immediately wanted to fill it with graffiti quilting! The term has been popularized by Karlee Porter, here’s her crash course!  front-detailHere’s my style of freestyle, graffiti, free motion quilting!  I love it!front-detail-4I was actually hoping that Teresa would hate it and I could keep it!front-detail-3It is a time consuming way to quilt but lots of fun!back-detailI have another quilt in my queue for graffiti quilting, we’ll see how that goes!!

Thanks for looking!  Any comments can be made on my Facebook page.

Linda 🙂

Nov30

Happy Wedding, Stephanie and Christopher!!

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Happy Wedding, Stephanie and Christopher!!

labeled-and-ready

Last month we celebrated the marriage of our daughter, Stephanie to Christopher!  It was a magical night and couldn’t have been more perfect for two very special people.  I’m a quilter but Stephanie is a photographer!  Check out her amazing work here!

The quilt I chose for Stephanie and Christopher is a quilt I made a few years ago.  It’s the quilt she asked to inherit but I didn’t want to wait that long to give it to her!  It’s also one of my bucket list quilt and one of my favorites.  It’s a bucket list quit because of the tumbler shape and the uneven binding. And it’s a one of a kind because I’ll never do that again!Tumbler edges

This quilt has a fun story, too.  I fell in love with the Amy Butler fabric and one of her reversible apron patterns, so I bought what I needed to make it.  Really?  I soon realized it would be a very expensive apron, (that probably wouldn’t get finished)!!  That’s when I switched gears and my “Apron Quilt” was designed and made.Apron turned tumbler quilt

Even though I gave away one of my most favorite quilts, it’s still in the family and I’ll be able to visit it!  It’s almost like giving away one of your children!

Have you ever switched gears and made something totally different then you planned?  If you care to comment, leave it on my Facebook page!

I have been busy with customer quilts and hope to post a bunch of pictures at the end of the year!

Thanks!

Linda 🙂

Jul31

Happy Wedding, Chelsea and Brian!

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Happy Wedding, Chelsea and Brian!

Modern Rustic Charm

Earlier this month we celebrated at Chelsea and Brian’s wedding and here’s my present to them!  This is my design using Moda Grunge 5″ charm packs for the off center vertical design and the horizontal row in the back.  My title for this quilt is “Modern Rustic Charm”.  I love the distressed nature of the Grunge fabric!back of quiltThe backing needed the extra row to make it big enough.
name and date detailThe quilting design is a back forth grid matching the size of the charm squares with the couple’s name and wedding date stitched in the quilt.Wrapped and labeledI love Moda’s Grunge line of fabric.  The newest line of colors is out, here’s a place to buy it!  I have an idea for a jelly roll pattern, so it’s on my wish list!!

That’s 4 weddings and 2 babies so far this year!  And there’s still more to come!  If time permits, I hope to post some awesome customer, too!

Happy stitching!

🙂 Linda

Jul26

Happy Wedding, Chris and Arissa!

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Happy Wedding, Chris and Arissa!

Rectangles and SquaresLast month we celebrated with Chris and Arissa at their wedding and this was my present to them.  This quilt, “Rectangles and Squares” is a result of my moratorium on sewing triangles and I’m still not sewing too many triangles!! I love the simplicity of it and it’s a fun way to use a collection of fabrics.  I have a mini-tutorial for making this quilt here!  A scrappy version of this is on my quilts to make list.front and backI love how the swirly quilting compliments the backing fabric and the rectangles on the front.front detailIt looks like a different quilt when you rotate it and the rectangles are vertical.  That could be the next layout!wrapped, ready and baggedI even surprised myself by making a label, (the day of the wedding, haha!) and here’s a look into the gift bag!  As you can see, they’ve already celebrated their one month anniversary!!  Happy Wedding, Chris and Arissa!

Stay tuned for more wedding quilt reveals!

🙂 Linda

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