I’m working on a few quilts for Cathy L.  I just took this crayon quilt off the quilting machine. The quilting design is Ginger Hearts by Apricot Moon. The batting is Hobbs 80/20. This has a variegated thread on top & a solid orange thread on the back. The small wave pieces are  appliquéd on with a blanket stitch. This is a really cute child’s quilt.

I’ll share another quilt of Cathy’s that I’m working on. It is a modern quilt.  The quilting design is called African Samba. It is a great Geometric quilting design for many types of quilts.  Here are a couple photos of the quilting in process. I’ll post photos of the finished quilt when its completed.

Today’s photos are of Kathy’s Take Five quilt. The digital quilt design is called Snowballs B2B. The batting is Hobbs 80/20 and the thread is a brunt burgundy color.  The black & holly print is her quilt back.  I really love the berry branch fabric on the front. She used some nice winter fabrics. I like this quilt design. It looks like blowing wind to me.

I’m calling this one Magic Tiles but it could be one of many similar patterns.

Kathy is the maker of this pretty batik quilt. She chose the quilting design 6 Leaf by Apricot Moon.  Her thread choice is teal and batting is Hobbs 80/20.  I took a close up of a couple blocks so you could see the pretty batik fabrics. The teal thread really looks pretty on the purple back.

I’m currently working on more Wooly Block of the Month (BOM) quilts for the Sue Spargo that I’m not allowed to photo until probably June. While I would love to post some photos, I’m not allowed so I’ll post some Edge 2 Edge quilt photos as I can & save these for the summer. Don’t let me forget to post them!

We have strong winds today that are causing intermittent power outages. I’m suspending using my longarm machines until it passes.  I want to avoid any surges & any chance of damaging a quilt.  Thanks for your patience.

Bonnie pieced this pretty Norwestern quilt. The Quilting design is called Storm Clouds by Christy Dillon. The thread is Teal color & the batting is Hobbs 80/20.

Today I have a couple things I’m working on. The edge 2 edge quilt belongs to Martha. Here is a sneak peek of her Bunny quilt. She wanted to quilt it with Spark allover design, which is looking really good! The thread is charcoal grey but looks a lighter under the bright lights that are over my machine.

****Editing to add finished photos*****

   The black & white back for the quilt.

I’m starting on a Cuppa Quilt that belongs to Susan C. I’m part of the Sue Spargo BOM group 2016 called CUPPA & have a handful of ladies that needed someone to finish up their wooly projects. While I don’t normally do much custom quilting, I will be quilting a few of these special wallhangings for them and with their permission will share photos once I’m allowed to.

These are some of the most details projects I’ve ever seen outside of a high end quilt show. They have many layers of wool & have beautiful hand embroidery embellishing it. I really love looking at all of the detail. I will post a finished photo but until then, it is loaded & ready to begin the quilting. The batting is wool & the backing fabric is also a cool cup print. This is a pretty amazing piece that I’m lucky to see up close.

(If you saw a photo & wonder where it went…..I realized I was not authorized to show those yet by the Sue Spargo rules so I quickly took down the pic. Sorry for any confusion)

Yesterday I quilted 3 charity quilts for the Great Lakes Heritage Quilt Guild.  I want to share some photos of the tops that were pieced by the Charity volunteer workers. Many of these get finished and returned to the charity committee without being viewed by others and a few get shown during show & tell on meeting night.

Since they often have busy prints the quilting cannot be seen unless up close. I thought the workers might want to see the finished quilts (well, they still needing binding).  I’m trying to do primarily the quilting portion & pass them onto the ladies that like to do the binding only.

For the first quilt I chose a lavender thread and a butterfly design.  It has a lavender backing & boy this thread was a true match for that fabric. Less contrasting thread results in mainly a look with texture.

The next two throws are the same quilt with two different star quilting designs. I used a medium color gold thread that went well with the gold in the border print. Each quilt has a different backing. Its a great example for showing the difference you can achieve by using prints or solids & high or low contrasting color threads. The gold nearly blends in on the red print, yet on the muslin it stands out clearly and you can see a stronger contrast in color.

As I weed through my fabric stash in 2017, I’ll be donating more fabrics & partially finished projects to the charity gals who do a great job pulling these quilts together!

More quilts by Kathy, here is her window quilt with Deb Geissler’s Asian Flower Swirls quilting design, one of my new designs. It looks like Cherry Blossoms, pink thread, and Hobbs 80/20 batting. She made a pieced backing, making great use of her fabric stash!

Her next quilt I’m calling Camelot. It is quilted allover with Ironworks digital design by Celine Spader. The thread is Black Marble and the batting is Hobbs 80/20. Kathy again made a really cool pieced backing with several different fabrics. I took a close up of the Knights print. I think the gentleman this is being gifted to will be very happy.

Susan C., from Tennessee, made this beautiful Wooly Butterfly Wallhanging. The pattern is by Sue Spargo. This small wallhanging packs a punch with all the small beads, knots & special stitches. I chose to custom quilt it with some wonky feathers. The batting is Hobbs Wool & a gold thread to go with the background wool. It was such a treat to see all the beautiful work up close. I posting several photos so you can see all the different butterfly’s.