One Block Wonder

One of my clients brought this beautiful One Block Wonder Quilt. I think this is a really neat pattern and I hope to try one of my own someday. I quilted in a gold thread, a Fan and Floral Pantograph from Kim Diamond Designs, which went real well with the oriental feel of the quilt, the quilting doesn't show up much on the front, which was the goal to blend, but take a look at the back, it pops with a cream and speckled gold background.

Doll Quilt

My cousin's daughter had her first communion a week ago and so I thought it would make a nice gift to make a doll quilt for her American Girl dolls, I asked and she still plays with them. Besides I wanted to try out my new half/square triangle template for my accuquilt, which by the way, cut beautiful perfect little knotched half sq. triangles, so when you lay the fabric one side down, one side right side up, all you do is pick up in pairs and chain stitch...so quickly and iron and perfect, amazing. I had some fun using up some scraps and a wild striped backing and binding, complete the quick little project with some double hearts quilted. I hope this is just loved on a lot, I photographed it using my daughter's Magic Attic doll, I found in her room. I think I could get into these little quilts, what a nice feeling to have something done, so quickly.

Happy Mother's Day

This is one of the "fun" pictures I have of my mother on far left, my sister next to her, my daugther and myself on the right (one sister absent). July 4th 2006. My mother went home to be with our heavenly Father November 15, 2006. I miss her tremendously and am so thankful of God's promise to reunite us with our loved ones, praise God, I can't wait til those tears are wiped away.

My daughter New Years eve 2008.

My birthday 2009. My son and me.

Eagle"Flag" Wallhanging

I'm going to bind this with red fabric, it is quilted pretty heavily.

Patriotic Pillow Sham

My "red work", quilted this eagle pillow sham from a new set of patterns from One Song Needle Arts. I'll put the "flag" wall hanging in the next post up, couldn't wait to sew the sham together or get the flagged with binding on it, I was too excited.

National Day of Prayer

http://www.ndptf.org/home/home.html Today is the 58th annual observance.

Depth to your cards

I added depth and texture to the cards by running the cardstock thru my cuddle bug machine and then using the ranger distress ink which highlights only the raised up design. Then I used the square punch for the "window". Lady stamp is from B-line designs and floral stamp is from hero arts (flower was embossed with gold embossing power and colored with markers). In person the green card feels and looks like that "old tin". I also used the round corner punch for the card edges.

Xmas in April

Well, you've heard of Xmas in July, so why not April, I had a client bring me this quilt top and I am very pleased with the way it quilted up. I used a golden colored So Fine thread from Superior Threads and Anne Bright Designs (August Rain).

Caren's Quilt-Post 2

Caren's Quilt -Post 1

This is a quilt I quilted for my dear sister-in-law. She used beautiful reproductions fabrics, it turned out fantastic. I used a favorite neutral/tan thread and a great feather design, quilting is fairly heavy. The backing she choose a lovely shade of red, whole cloth, which makes this a great reversible quilt. I'm posting a 2nd post just to show off all of the designs elements.

Quilt Ladder

This is something I've been waiting and waiting for, they make them to order, finally came this week and I'm so very happy that it's together and displaying quilts. Special thanks Caren, who helped me put this together, meaning she did it for me, of course....I am not very handy.:)

On-Line Quilt Festival

Amy of Park City Girl has organized the most wonderful online Quilt Festival! Her idea is for us to share a favorite quilt and give the story behind it and then link to Mr. Linky on her blog. There are oodles of bloggers already linked in hopes of winning a prize from the generous sponsors!
This quilt, of course, is "Grandmother's Flower Garden" pattern. This is a very special treasure to me because it is a family heirloom. The quilt is hand pieced and hand quilted and each and every fabric is beautiful. This quilt is in my famiy for 5 generations, made by my great-great grandmother, and given to my mother by her grandmother on her Wedding Day as a gift. My mother would use it to cover me up on the living room couch whenever I was sick. Which makes me think of the verse 2nd Corthinians 1:3-4, "Praise be to God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. When I think of quilts, I think of comfort, and love. I've used this photo as my blog banner and this verse also.

Yellow-Brick Road

I have a lovely lady friend/client who brings me lots of quilts, she's amazing. One of her favorite patterns is Yellow-brick road, and I can see why, every fabric line, every color combination, this pattern just works up fantastic. The rose colored one is quilted with one of my favorite pantographs called merrily and the blue colored quilt is done is a new pattern I purchased called scribble. Her quilts are always a joy to quilt they are so beautifully constructed.

Squares and Circles

This is a quilt that one of my clients brought me, square patterns and plaid fabrics, we decided to quilt the swirls on it to soften the geometrics and give it movement. Quilt came out very nice, this is one of those quilt patterns that is a "staple", it always quilts up nicely.