Dragons! When Nancy sent me the Dragon quilt, her instructions were to have fun with it! And have fun, I did!
Seven thread colors, multiple custom designs and lots of details later resulted in a fun quilt for Nancy’s grandson.
I hope her grandson enjoys his quilt as much as I enjoyed quilting it!
Thanks!
Linda 🙂
In honor of our 22 wedding anniversary today, I’m sharing Wedding Bands! The quilt pattern can be found in Judy Martin’s book, Stellar Quilts.
It’s a big one! Much bigger than my hanging space and the space at the Williamsburg Quilt show, where it’s on display this weekend.
My friend and co-worker, Candra, perfectly pieced this quilt and had every intention of hand quilting it for her client.
I was very honored that she entrusted me to quilt it similar to the quilting design in Judy Martin’s book. Candra added additional borders to the quilt, giving me space to extend the quilting theme of ghosted blocks surrounded by feathers. I thoroughly enjoyed quilting this but after having it on the frame for 2 1/2 weeks, I took a break!
The thread is a matching So Fine! #50 in each area. The batting is Quilter’s Dream Poly select. Enjoy the pictures and thanks for looking!
🙂 Linda
I love it when a quilt lets me play! For Mary’s Chevron quilt, each white zig-zag is quilted with a different motif. The double zig-zag rows are quilted with a free-hand Swirl and Curl. My camera didn’t like purple and thankfully, it wasn’t raining so I could take an outside picture.
The pieced back is busy fabric except the solid grey, which lets the quilting pop! I love it!
The batting is Quilter’s Dream Poly select and the thread is Superior So Fine#50. Quilter’s Dream Poly is not your grandmother’s polyester batting! It quilts just like a fine cotton batting. It’s lightweight and easy care – machine wash and dry – with little to no shrinkage. This has become my customers go to batting for predominantly white quilts, baby quilts and large quilts to reduce weight.
Thanks! 🙂 Linda
Ann has created an awesome wall hanging featuring New York Beauty blocks. I had fun developing original quilting designs for this project. It will hang in an old Italian style house so I used Italian tile designs for my influence. Thanks to Pinterest, they were easy to find!
The batting is Quilter’s Dream Blend and Dream Puff layered together. Double batting gives lots of texture and allows the quilting detail to pop.
The thread is Superior Threads So Fine 50 in a color that matches the fabrics.
The back is a tea dyed muslin which shows off the quilting detail, too!
Here’s the link to my Pinterest board for Italian Design ideas. How do you think I did? Thanks for looking! Linda 🙂
Liberated piecing = liberated houses! I took a “liberated houses” class at a local quilt shop but my blocks didn’t end up in a quilt! Congrats! to Kristin for getting hers done.
I had a riot quilting this one!
First, having a large supply of Superior Threads So Fine 50, helped with thread selection. I matched the fabrics so the thread added quilting texture.
Warning: picture overload! Each house block has a different fill design and uses the 4 thread colors. Quilting fun and liberating!
Thanks for looking! 🙂 Linda
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