Tag Archives: longarm quilting

Sep2

Two more Stacked Squares!

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Linda

When my nephew got married this summer, what was his present? A “Stacked Squares” quilt! Here’s how I “wrap” my quilts for gift giving. You might notice one square has their name and wedding date stitched on it, too! The second Stacked Squares went to college with my daughter and I forgot to get a picture, thus here’s a pic of me and my daughter posing in her dorm room! For Brett’s wedding quilt and Rachel’s dorm quilt, the border is a wavy crosshatch, otherwise, the details are the same as my previous post.

Wrapped up with the selvage strips

Rachel’s dorm quilt

Aug11

Sherri’s Sun and Sky 2

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Linda

Sherri’s Sun and Sky 2

This quilt might look familiar! Check out a post from April 2011! Did I mention that we had enough fabric to make four of these quilts? I sent one to Christal in April and this one went to my dear friend Sherri who got married this summer and just celebrated her birthday in August! In fact, her comment , “This would look good in my house”, about my bedroom quilt inspired me to make these blue and yellow quilts. As luck (haha) would have it, I just happened to have yards and yards of the blue and yellow flower print in the border and backing. I was going to make a dust ruffle, or pillow shams to match mine, (another haha)! Sherri’s quilt has a different narrow border and backing but otherwise, it’s pretty much the same. I still love this quilt! I think Candy might still have her fabric, maybe I’ll swipe it! Enjoy the pictures, I look forward to hearing from my friend when she gets her package!

Another Bucket List Quilt

border and block detail

corner middle quilting design

Aug3

Zeke’s baby quilt

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Linda

Zeke’s baby quilt

I love it when there’s another baby born in my family so I can make a quilt to give away!!!! Because we didn’t know the sex, I made a quilt using lots of fun bright colors suitable for either boy or girl. I used some of the same fabrics in his big sister Selah’s quilt! I hope they like it! The quilt is made with the large Twister Tool, the batting is Quilter’s Dream Puff and the thread is Superior Threads OMNI. Unlike Selah’s, I used flannel for the backing and I machine stitched the binding to the front of the quilt. If you haven’t made a Twisting Pinwheel quilt using the Twister Tool from Country Schoolhouse try it! It’s very fun and fast!

Zeke’s baby quilt

Selah’s quilt with similar fabrics

Twister blocks

Quilting design from back

Machine stitch binding

machine stitch binding from back

Jul20

Marty’s 1/2 log cabin

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Linda

Marty’s 1/2 log cabin

When I saw this quilt I knew exactly what to quilt. We opted for echoed feathers in the border and curling c’s in the narrow borders. The body of the quilt is what I call back and forth feathers, creating a secondary pattern around the 1/2 log cabin fabrics. I like to match the top thread and bobbin thread and in this case that’s where you can see the quilting detail best because of the contrasting thread. It becomes a reversible quilt because Marty pieced a really fun backing.

Design created by back and forth feathers

Jul8

Pat’s Lone Star Quilt

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Linda

Pat’s Lone Star Quilt

Do you have an unfinished quilt you’ve put off quilting or have an unfinished gift or auction purchase? Pat’s Lone Star quilt has been waiting to quilted for awhile and I was very excited she brought it to me! Now she can finish the binding and have a great wallhanging. The batting is Quilter’s Dream Blend and the thread is Superior Threads So Fine #50. I have a small selection of extra wide backing fabric which we used for this quilt.