Category Archives: Quilts

Apr25

SpinSanity by Celia

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SpinSanity by Celia

Isn’t this a fun quilt?!  The pattern is Spinsanity, but Celia has changed it from the original.  Do you do make changes to patterns?

I was very excited to learn that Celia will be adding a piping element next to the binding.  It will be the same fabric as the narrow border.  I hope I get to see it after it’s finished.

For the quilting, we decided to do separate border designs, background fill in the dark areas and create a floral element for the spinning block centers.  I changed the thread color from Rainbows in the border and blocks to So Fine 50 in the narrow border and OMNI in the dark background.

The wool batting shows off the quilting with the right light.  Enjoy the pictures, I love how this quilt turned out!

I love the unexpected spinning flower in the blocks!

I love it when you turn the quilt to the back and it looks awesome!  I was a little worried about matching the bobbin thread to the dark OMNI thread for the background fill but it looks great on the back.

 

How many times did I say “love”?!

 

 

Thanks for looking and just keep “stitchin” !

Linda

 

Apr24

Table Runner finished!

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Table Runner finished!

 

I’m so excited to post a “finished” for April!  So far, I had only finished a Lil Twister potholder and that seemed too lame to brag about.  I machine stitched the binding to speed up the process, too!

 

 

 

Both of these were added to the end of the Trip Around the World on the longarm.  It’s very satisfying to finish something, even if it’s a small project.

I’m working on a binding tutorial for the little potholder and my method for the invisible finishing seam when binding a quilt.  My dilemma is whether to make them videos or long blog posts!  We’ll see if I want to be on camera!

Thanks for looking and just keep stitchin’ !

Linda

I’m linking to:

April Finishes

Apr23

Design Wall Monday

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Design Wall Monday

My quilting buddy is moving so I cleared my sewing stuff out of her closet (I have projects and a sewing machine that live at her house!) and look what I found!

I was in a Thimbleberries Block of the Month club several years ago and I’m still trying to use up the scraps!   The pattern is from Love of Quilting, issue July/August 2010, called Nothing But Triangles.  I reduced the size of the large triangles, cutting them from 4 1/2″ strips instead of 6″ and the smaller from 3 3/8″ strips to 2 1/2″ .  I like the repeat of the pattern as laid out, but I might add on to it because I have so many triangles and fabric left, and it looks smaller than I envisioned.

However, this one might go back into my Loose Ends UFO pile for awhile.  I have to get my projects ready for an upcoming quilt retreat!

 

On the portable design wall:

Here’s the result of my Lil Twister demo at guild last week.  Many had not tried the Twister Tool and it was fun for them to try it and see how easy it is.  Now I’ll sew it together into a doll quilt!

Check out Judy at Patchwork Times for other Design Wall Monday projects.

I just found out that I won something on ThreadTales blog!  I’m so excited to win this book!  This is a great blog to follow for machine quilting ideas!

Thanks for looking and just keep stitchin’ !

Linda

Apr22

Splash Pantograph

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Splash Pantograph

 

Marty gave me free reign to select a pantograph for her guitar quilt.  I chose the pantograph called Splash.  I love it for musical quilts, it just has that feel.  When I pick a pantograph or designs for quilting, I pick something that creates a mood or expression instead of replicating the motif of the quilt.  For example, I’m not going to stitch guitars on this quilt.  For one, it’s very hard to see what the motif is after it’s quilted and I don’t want the viewer looking at the thread trying to figure out what’s stitched out.  I want them to look at the whole quilt and say, “Wow, I love how that feels!”

 

 

The batting is Quilter’s Dream Puff which really shows off the quilting, and the thread is a new spool of red Superior OMNI!

 

 

 

 

The backing fabric is black, which is hard to photograph, but I wanted to show you the contrasting red thread used in the bobbin.  It really works for this quilt.  Marty loved the subtle heart detail created by the pantograph.

 

Thanks for looking and just keep stitchin’ !

Linda

Apr19

Just Meandering Around

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Just Meandering Around

Lately, several of my customers have wanted basic E2E meandering for their quilt tops and I’m okay with that!  For me, it’s an easy design that keeps me on schedule and for my customers it’s an economical way to get their quilt finished.  We select the meandering density, thread color and  batting that will compliment their quilt.

I use a stitched sample of basic meandering sizes to help them decide on the density.  The really tiny stitching is usually called stippling and used for background fill, not E2E.

When I’m meandering around, I’m paying attention to my stitch density and the great stitch quality of the APQS Millennium!  Sometimes, my mind wanders and I’m thinking of quilts I want to make or what I’m making for dinner but I try to pay attention!

Here are the photos of  recent  meandering customer quilts!

Thanks for looking and just keep stitchin’ !

Linda

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