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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

 

Mar30

Marty’s Big Camping Quilt

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Marty’s Big Camping Quilt

 

I’ve been busy quilting customer quilts and not posting them!  So here’s Marty’s Big Camping quilt.  It’s much bigger than my hanging space!  Even though it’s a big one, I was able to turn the quilt for stitching the borders, but just barely.  The borders have separate designs and the center is quilted with two different motifs to change the texture of the quilt along the camping blocks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The batting is Quilter’s Dream Blend and the thread is Superior Threads So Fine 50.  I used a color that matched so well that I couldn’t see it sometimes!

 

 

 

And the back is always fun to look at!  For the narrow green border I switched to a dark green thread in the needle and bobbin.

 

Marty did another big quilt which I will feature in the next post!

 

Thanks for looking and just keep stitchin’ !

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

 

Dec1

A lap quilt for a friend.

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A lap quilt for a friend.

 

 

Kim’s made a great  quilt for her “older” neighbor that she looks in on!  We decided to use a simple meander to keep it soft and easy for her use as a lap quilt.  The batting is Quilter’s Dream Poly Select and the thread is Superior So Fine #50.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A simple meander and Dream Poly batting makes a very usable and everyday quilt.  Dream Poly has low shrinkage, is lightweight and needle punched like cotton batting.  Just throw it into the washer and dryer, no special care required!

 

 

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