Bear's Paw - Customer Quilt

Just finished up this lovely Bear's Paw quilt made by my friend and customer Tammy.  I used a pantograph called " Come Dance with Me" by Irene Steele,  100% cotton batting and Mirage variegated thread by Wonderfil.  This quilt is made as a gift for Tammy's Dad.

Customer Kaliedoscope - Free Hand Quilting

This beauty was pieced by a lovely lady in my quilting guild, She did a wonderful job and if I remember correctly it is a gift for one of her children - or grandchildren. I did an allover freehand leaf "meandering with attitude". As usual I used Mirage thread by "Wonderfil" top and bobbin. The third photo down is of the pieced back which is the fabric used to make the Kaliedoscope blocks. ( For a closer look please click directly on the photo.)

"Elegance" - now complete!

"Elegance" is now complete.  What a beautiful quilt to work on - hopefully the client will be happy with the outcome.  Full custom with a lot of freehand feathers, templates and ruler work.  Invisifil thread by Wonderfil.  (Click on the photo for a closer look.)

Elegance - Full Custom - (A Peek)

This is a beautiful customer quilt called "Elegance" - it was a block of the month at "Along Came Quilting" one of our local quilt stores a year or so ago.  I am doing a "full custom" on it with mostly each block reading something different with a lot of feathers and ruler work.  I hope to have it ready to turn to do the 3 remaining borders this weekend and have it finished within a week or so.

Golden Threads

Golden Threads is now finished and waiting for the fabric to arrive at the studio so I can go ahead and put the binding on.  This quilt was made by my friend Max and will be on display at Heritage Park in May, 2011.  It was full custom quilting using Invisifil thread by Wonderfil.

Curly Q Pantograph

This lovely quilt is from my friend and customer JoAnn and her quilts are always such a joy to work on.  Just coming off of  a couple of large custom quilts and it has been so refreshing and really enjoyable to do a pantograph.  This one is called "Curly Q" by Lisa Calle. I used 100% cotton variegated thread (Tutti) by Wonderfil.

Custom Medalion Quilt

Well I finished up this custom quilt with a few days in 2010 to spare. Not that I set that as a goal but it gives me a bit of time to, as I call it "play".  I mentioned before this is a customer quilt made as a gift for her daughter.  It was a full custom quilt using Warm/Natural batting, and Wonderfil Invisifil thread.  The design on the half square triangles were created with a template and the center medalion was freehand (Mactavishing). The large border was a freehand allover meander.   I've had a few comments about getting a closer look - if you click on the photo itself you can get a bit closer.  I struggle with the photography - my apologies.