Category Archives: Quilts

Jan4

Bryana + Sam Wedding quilt

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Bryana + Sam Wedding quilt

Yes, a New Year’s Eve wedding!  One of my younger cousins was getting married, so I teamed up with my cousin, Joellyn to make Bryana and Sam a wedding quilt!  Back in August we picked this new fabric, Melrose by Red Rooster, no problem, plenty of time to make a quilt for 12-31-11!  Well, by the end of October the fabric had not arrived to Rainbows and Calico Things, (I work there) and I was getting worried!  However, I stuck with my plan knowing the quilt would sew up quickly and the fabric was perfect for this bride.  I was hoping it would match her wedding colors, (which it did!).

 

My quilt plan combined a Baby Bricks quilt pattern and Squares and Rectangles from AllPeopleQuilt.  Each one had elements that I liked and here’s what my quilt looks like!  I rewrote the pattern to use strip piecing techniques, speeding up the time needed to make the blocks.   The quilt measures 66″ x 78″, a nice size for a twin or couch cuddling!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The border fabric is the same as the squares which creates a floating effect and the clustered fabrics gives the quilt a fresh modern feel.  I decided on freehand swirly spirals quilting, Quilter’s Dream Puff batting and a grey OMNI  thread.

 

 

 

I used my favorite fabric from the Melrose line and pieced in some of the extra bricks for the back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you to my cousin, Joellyn, who encouraged and supported me along the way.  The label was done and sewn on the day before the wedding!

I’m back at the longarm working on customer quilts and planning projects for this year.

Just Keep Stitching!

Linda

Dec30

Year in review..

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Year in review..

 

As we say good bye to 2011 and hello to 2012, it’s time to reflect back on the year past.

First, thank you to everyone who partnered with me to finish their quilts, 2011 was my best year ever for LAQ!  I crossed the 400 quilts grand total mid year!  My total for 2011 was 127 and 12 of those quilted were my personal quilts!

Look for my personal UFO Challenge next year, I’ll be posting pictures of my quilts in progress and shaming myself into finishing them!

This will be my 126th post!   You can follow me on Facebook or Pinterest, too!  I’ve been finding some awesome quilting ideas on Pinterest, so check out my pins!

 

Lots of batiks!

 

 

My personal favorite quilt of the year is the wedding quilt for my son, Drew and his wife Abby!  You can read about that post here.  Drew is also my tech support and own personal web guru!  I really appreciate what he does for me, even though he lives in Florida!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’d be hard to pick my favorite customer quilt from the 100+ that I did this year!  It seems like my favorite is the one I just finished.  Here’s a couple links for you to check out from this year.   Celia’s Mystery Quilt
Mountains Wall Hanging

Blue and Yellow #3

Do you have a treasure in your closet? Part III

American Barn Quilt by Shelby

Christmas Wall Hanging #2

A benefit of blogging is the pictures!  I now have a very good record of quilts for current and future customers to look at!  My goal in 2012 is to post a picture of every quilt.  I think I missed a few in 2011.

Thanks again for a great year and many blessings to you and yours in 2012!!

Happy Stitching!

Linda

 

Dec26

I love it!

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I love it!

When I give my quilts to babies, I include a note to parents:  “This is not an heirloom!  Machine wash and dry.  Use it on the floor, at the park or at a picnic!  If you wear it out, I’ll make another one!”

I love it when they take me at my word!  Here’s Zeke sleeping in the rocks while his parents and sister are rock climbing near by.  He’s nestled in the rocks with his sister’s quilt (here’s a link to Zeke’s quilt) but that’s okay, it’s being used!

Hope you’re enjoying the final days of 2011 and getting some of your UFO’s checked off your list!

Happy sewing!  Linda

 

Dec24

Leo’s Jungle Safari quilt

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Leo’s Jungle Safari quilt

 

Isn’t this a great quilt for a little guy?  This was a quilt I was able to get done this week for Wendy.  Leo came along to pick out the pantograph and thread when it was dropped off for LAQ, so it wasn’t a surprise but he was very excited to hear it was ready to pick up!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leo picked out Fern Meander for the pantograph. I love how it adds movement and texture like jungle leaves.

 

 

 

 

He also picked out  rust Signature cotton thread which matched the rust inner border adding some contrast to the other fabrics and a little zing!

 

 

The batting is Quilter’s Dream 100% cotton select.

 

Merry Christmas to everyone!!

Linda

Dec22

Connie’s Twister Quilt

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Connie’s Twister Quilt

Don’t you love the modern colors for this twister quilt?  And Connie used the leftover squares to make the small twister border!  That’s a nice feature of using the twister tool.  Connie wanted minimal quilting that featured the twister pattern,  She also selected a darker plain backing fabric so the quilting would show on the back. I designed a tessellating pattern running through the large twisters and a smaller version for the borders.  The cream background is a small loop meander.

I love the secondary pattern this is created and evident from the back.  This will make a fun reversible quilt!

The batting is Quilter’s Dream Wool which is great for accentuating quilting!

The top thread is Superior OMNI, light tan and the bobbin thread is Superior So Fine #50 Teepee.  By using darker thread in bobbin the thread color was subtle against the orange fabric.  The lighter top thread was perfect for the background and twister fabric without having to change thread colors.

Still have a couple of quilts to post before I finish for the year and then on to 2012!

Thanks for looking!

Linda

 

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