Sharon's Quilt

Sharon asked me to quilt this quilt for her. It's a gift for her daughter's wedding anniversary. It's so gorgeous I had trouble parting with it! Altho it was quite a challenge, quilting it in the ditch, given the pattern involved... but I got it done, and she loved it. I also wore out my walking foot in the middle of it, never did that before, but I have a new one now... Happy Trails...

9 Patch - QUILTED!!!

Ok, I started this quilt, hmmm 2-1/2 years ago? with a couple ladies I worked with. We formed our own 9 Patch Block Exchange. We chose a color palette of BOLD COLORS - that was it.. primary, secondary, even tertiary colors.. the only other rule was that we had to use a White-on-white for the alternate squares in each 9 patch. That way, they would all have something in common... so I finished the Quilt Top over a year ago... picked out the backing.. even bought the batting. The hold up, was the quilting of it. I had bought a Mega Quilter and thought of using it but every time I tried, I ran into some problem. Well finally, I ironed out all the problems, and last week... I QUILTED THE 9 PATCH!! YAY!!! It felt so good to see it come off the quilter! Here is a picture or two of it... on to the binding and it'll be complete!!

Erik's Quilt

Wow! A lot has happened since that last post. I can see that I need to try harder to post regularly so that is what I'll aim for! Last year I was working with Star thread on the Mega Quilter and have since moved on to Coats Cotton or Signature. I have found these to not break in the machine. I also have found every machine is very picky about the bobbin you use! WOW... really picky. I've leveled the floor, made marks on the floor so I can tell when it's been moved and can easily put it back in the spot where I know it's level! I have also quilted a few quilts since then! Stay tuned and I'll put some pics up this year as I go along.

Here's my last one, finished last weekend for my step-son Erik. His favorite color is green.. can you tell? I laid it out on my bed for the picture, as it's a Queen size quilt and we have a King size bed, so I knew most of it would show in the photo. The border and binding don't show very well, though. The border is a marble black with a cute grey binding. Maybe I'll get a close up one day. The quilting is a pattern I call Loop-dee-Loo - not rocket science but I like it. I also snuck in a couple "where's Waldo" things on him; I quilted his name in there twice and one heart. The name I showed in the blue photo, that's the backing but by flipping the picture horizontally I was able to post it with his name showing in the correct orientation so you can read it. I used an archival ink pen to document the date and my name, instead of what I think would be an unsightly label. (JMHO)

Apples... apples..

This was a really fun thing... painting with fruit. I actually used an apple to paint these!

Now I will take this finished fabric and make it into an art quilt of some kind...

Ideas...?

Mega Quilter - Unleashed!

I finally got my mega quilter working... however I now think I need to change thread again... it keeps developing these 'pushed up ' areas on the route to the needle.. and then it breaks... and I'm using Star thread!... but I do see small nubbies on the thread... so I'm thinking I'll try a new brand. But at least I got my quilt done and OFF the machine! Now I can bind it and USE it! (since it's mine!)... YAY I'm not showing it here yet til it's bound.

HELP!!! I'm Blocked!

I really need to do something that feels artsy... I can't come up with an idea, it's like "artsy block". Well I can't call it "Quilter's Block" for obvious reasons... LOL Anyway, I thought about designating one day a week as Artistic Day. On this day I will do at least ONE THING that will let my artistic spirit out. TODAY is that day!
- any ideas out there?

waitin' for thread

I made this the other day, and it's just waitin' for thread... i needed to finish my st. pat's day table topper before I could attack this with thread... monday I'll begin..

Ruth's Flower Gaden

This is my flower garden... doesn't need watering.. doesn't need sun. Never dies, or even wilts... I actually was inspired to do this after a day of weeding in my garden! LOL

On another note, I'd like to find some quilters to start a project similar to the 'twelveby12' group. I think it'd be fun to have a project block to do once every 2 months... with a common theme, then we can post the blocks in a united picture as if it were a finished quilts.... 2 mos gives us time to get it done... and think of the next one.. If anyone out there is interested... pop me an email and let me know, ok?

Happy February

Quilter's Home had an advertisement in my mailbox and oddly what caught my eye... was a quilt Cake! Can anyone find a picture of it?