Plaid Twister Quilt by Bobbi

Bobbi made this lovely soft cozy quilt as a gift for her niece.  The pattern is twister and Bobbi used a nice variation of plaid fabrics complimented by the beige fabric for the inner and outer borders.  The beige is really a great contrast for the dark center blocks. The choice of backing is also perfect, another wonderful plaid.  I also love the small plaid border outlining the center twister block.  Great job Bobbi - your niece will love it.

Freehand swirl/leaf quilting using 100% cotton variegated thread, Tutti by Wonderfil.

Jelly Roll Batik by Michelle C

First time customer Michelle C made this beautiful quilt for her son and what a great job she did.

How popular are these jelly roll quilts becoming. Thanks to Jenny Doan of the Missoury Star Quilt Company, Fons and Porter and YouTube.   What a wonderful way to showcase many many beautiful fabrics.  I think these are amazing especially for those people that either do not have the time or just do not enjoy the process of choosing fabrics for their quilts. They definitely look like a lot of fun and I may just have to try one - maybe at retreat.  It's looking more and more like retreat should be 7 days instead of 3.

Freehand spiky swirl quilting design and Tutti 100% cotton variegated thread.

I Spy Quilt by Elaine

Elaine T made this sweet sweet I Spy Quilt as a gift for a grandson.  I would love to see the look on his face when he receives this special gift and starts to explore all the wonderful characters and different images Elaine included on this top.  A soft and cuddly minky type fabric was used on the back which showcases the quilting so nicely.

Freehand quilting.  A new design I found on utube features by APQS - not sure what name to give it yet with an occasional bubble thrown in here and there.  100% cotton variegated thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

Beach Glass by Pat

This quilt is such a soft tranquil beauty called Beach Glass, pieced by Pat.  The number of wonderful soft batik fabrics used was amazing and the sashing and border fabric of a light linen look grey was the perfect choice.  Pat made this quilt for her only sister living in Nova Scotia and mentioned she also lives by the water. Such a wonderful gift.

Freehand swirl design using Mirage variegated thread which was absolutely the perfect choice. Pat commented the quilting design looked just like waves on the water.

Like Burgundy Wine - Gorgeous

I think this quilt is so elegant and I love love love the choice of fabrics, design and colors. Reminds me of burgundy wine and we call know how much I love my red wines.   Great job Nancy N - sorry I couldn't get a good photo of the whole quilt as the lights in my studio wanted to turn the off white fabrics yellow -  what the heck?

Freehand swirl design was perfect for this classy square n square design.

Modern Quilt for Hubby

Julie's hubby saw this very modern quilt in a magazine and mentioned to her he really liked the design, colors, etc.  What a gal - Julie hooped to it and whipped this beauty together in no time.  I know Julie mentioned this was either for Father's Day or for hubby's birthday and she had a challenge trying to make sure she could keep it a surprise.  Hubby's very lucky to have a wife like Julie and vise versa I'm sure.

Julie loves my freehand large meander and I admit that for this quilt the quilting design was spot on. Lovely 100% cotton variegated thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

Carol M's beautiful "Lavender Dreams"

I am always amazed when I see some of these gorgeous embroidered quilt tops never mind when I'm asked to quilt them.  I can't even attempt a reasonable guess of how many hours go into making one of these treasurers. Just image trying to line up these designs and getting everything to match - wow!

Carol brought me this Jenny Haskins design called "Lavender Dream". She mentioned she had finished it a while ago but just hadn't gotten around to getting it quilted.  Well yesterday she picked it up and happy to say she was pleased.

As many of you know I love traditional quilting and feathers are always right up my alley.  Full custom quilting was done on this piece of art using 100% wool batting for definition and Invisifil thread by Wonderfil.