Quilts

Here are some quilts I've been quilting for customers.  Baby Quilts - Marge found a clever way to use her buck-a-blocks.  (Made from Thangles).  Great monster fabric!

 

 Airplanes!

 

Pam went on a bus trip and won the "Ugly Fat Quarter" prize -- which meant getting all the ugly fat quarters!  She made this quilt out of them.  I don't remember which fabric was voted the ugliest, but they all look good now. 

 

 

 Here are a couple scrappy quilts Theresa made, all from batiks!

 

Autumn Splendor

This paper-pieced beauty was made by Christine Schwartz.  The orange, gold and purple batiks she chose are just beautiful!  Pattern (Autumn Splendor) is by Quiltworx; Judy Niemeyer and her son are experts at designing paper-pieced patterns.  The seams are staggered so everything lies flat.  If you ever consider making one of these pointy star patterns, Judy Niemeyer is the only way to go.

The first thing to do is have a quilting plan of action!  Decide what you want to show off - in this case the stars and flying geese.  Decide on a quilting pattern around those elements and stick to it on the rest of the quilt.  I sketched out a variety of designs until I found the right one.  Even then you are still entitled to change your mind, and start over.

The quilting is all freehand and everything has been stitched-in-the-ditch (SID). 

 

Three thread colors were used.  I started with gold colored thread and did all the quilting on all the blocks where gold/light fabrics are, then went back with purple and then one more time with a touch of monofilament to SID around the orange flying geese.

 

 

I quilted feathers in the dark fabrics and SID in the center of the star.

 I used an echo in the gold fabrics around the flying geese.  I wanted the fabric around the star to be quilted down, so it would be showcased.  I used a small stipple, swirls and SID.

The SID keeps the flying geese flat and gives it a more finished look.

Batik 9-Patch

Simply and charming, this batik 9-patch gets the job done.  It's also a great scrap buster.  Pieced by Marge M., she used 2 different background fabrics - though you can't tell.

A leaf design was chosen to be quilted in the alternate plain blocks and sides.  

The 9-patch blocks are quilted with connecting arcs with a lighter color thread.  This allows the background fabric to be quilted down, it doesn't compete with the design quilted next to it and it allows the batik fabrics to POP forward. 

Because it's set on point, it really makes it more interesting to look at.  Super easy and great results!

Baltimore Album style quilt and Batik 9-Patch

 This quilt was pieced by Pam J.  It is a pattern from Laundry Basket Quilts, Edyta Sitar's Hop To It book.  It is fusible applique secured with a tiny zig-zag stitch.  I wish I would have taken more photos.  Click on the picture for a close up.  I quilted the background with a small stipple so the piecing would pop.  Feathers in the borders. 

9-Patch Batik

 

This quilt was pieced by Peggy Y.  Made as a wedding gift.  I quilted four separate wedding scenes.  You will see Wedding Bells (above), the bride and groom (below)

Wine Glasses...

There is also a wedding cake, doves, a bridal bouquet, a Just Married sign on the back of a car, Rings, Chapel, Gazebo, Cake Knife, Cake Topper, Garter, Flowers.  It's perfect for the occasion.

Blue Diamonds

This scrap-buster quilt was pieced by Kathy M.














It's made up from 2 1/2-inch strips of batik fabrics. Perfect for jelly rolls. She had quite a stash of batiks. She requested lines so I put an echoing spiral inside the blue diamonds and a single diamond echo inside the colored ones.

Some like it HOT

Here is a quilt I just finished quilting. It is a fun, bright batik top that was a BOM (Block of the Month), pieced by Judy C.

I used a varigated thread except the white backgroud. Cicrles are in the squares and a ying-yang design in sashing and corner stones.

The border is a busy print, so you are not able to see the quiltilng as much - it has a leaf design. I did some feathers in the larger triangle spaces.