2023

Its near the end of November - yikes! Still working on some small quilts/wall hangings for Christmas.

My friend and customer from Williamsburg gave me two wallhangings that look the same. These will go to granddaughters I think. She wanted them to be loosely quilted and I found this “Christmas tree” panto. I have one hanging on my flannel board - the second pic shows the design.

One oher was a bed runner for her bed. Good for her keeping it!! The first pic of it is laying on her floor to show me how big it was. The second pic is showing it on my longarm. I should have taken a picture of it on my bed!

To deliver them, we met them 1/2 way between Waynesboro and Williamsburg.

This quilt will be a charity quilt. My customer used scraps and fabric she already had. Isn’t it great! It has an orange top and bottom outside border (didn’t show up in my picture). The edge to edge pantograph I used is called “Calder”, very geometric but with lots of motion. I pray for the person who will get this quilt to wrap up in.

Here is a cute cute cute couch throw that a friend and member of our sewing ministry made and had me quilt. We decided on los of swirls to blend in with the hot cocoa theme! She brought it to one of our craft sells …….and I bought it! :) It is just perfect to cover up when watching tv during cold winter evenings.

This is a beautiful queen size bed quilt. It is the first “big” quilt that my customer made. Good for her. Using traditional colors and designs in the fabrics called out for a “traditional with a twist” quilting design. I suggested one of my favorites. Actually called “Drunken Feathers!” I love how it gives so much texture. The cream colored backing really shows it off. I loved it when done and I think my customer did too.

Such a fun little lap quilt! We called it “Crazy Ladies who sew and quilt”!! My customer cut up a panel and made the blocks surrounded by fun multiple size borders. The back is fun too. I used monopoly on top and a red on bottom. Everything was free motion except the outside black and white border. You can’t see it but I quilted overlapping scallops with a ruler :). This is to be a fun gift!

This quilt was a collaborate effort among the members of my church sewing ministry of which I am a member. Others did the top and I did the quilting. The deadline for completion did not allow custom quilting designs so we choose an edge to edge pantograph that contained a field of leaves like the backing fabric and swirly vines similar to the yellow front fabric. However, being such a dense quilting design, each pass took quite a bit of time! :) This quilt, along with matching pillow shams and pillowcases will go to our pastor in honor of his 25th anniversary of ordination.

The third memory quilt I completed this year had a red, white, and blue theme with stars. I completed the whole quilt - cutting and stabilizing the shirts and articles of clothing, cutting the blocks, sewing together, appliqueing the stars and then quilting. I am glad my customer wanted a label on the back to honor her mother.

Have you ever heard of or made a “mile long” quilt. I’m not sure that I’m giving it the correct name but, while sewing it, it really does feel like you are sewing for a mile! You start with a jelly roll and keep on sewing! What a warm and cozy quilt to use this fall.

This is a beautiful quilt. It is to go to my customer’s mother-in-law. What a lovely gift! My customer wanted it to be more of a comforter than a densely stitched quilt. So I simply stitched in the ditch around all the borders and free motioned around some of the designs in the panel. The batting is Quilter’s Dream wool. This was my first time using this batting. It is so soft and so wonderful to quilt thru. Because of the recommended spacing, I also free motion quilted around some of the large flowers in the outer wide borders. Thread - monopoly on top and white So Fine on backing which was a very nice piece of white fabric.

This is a memory quilt to I made to honor my customer’s mother. She loved the beach. The fabrics came from shirts, dresses, and accessories that she wore on the many trips she made with her family. It was an honor to make this quilt from start to finish. The quilting design reminded us of a tropical flower and vines. I used monopoly thread on the top.

A little boy was to get this sweet panel quilt for a gift. I thought the large and small swirl gave the idea of train wheels going round and round. It was done by the “old fashioned” groovy boards:) My customer liked it too.

This was a fun top to quilt. My customer had an “ocean’ themed center panel. Around it, she sewed various borders, large and small. She wanted the panel quilted simply so I did free motion details. Outside the panel, we decided to do an ocean wave swirly pantograph. It was a little tricky trying to make the design look the same on each side and top and bottom. But after some marking and adjusting, it worked. Monopoly thread was used for the top quilting.

She had enough fabric and blocks left over to make two small baby sized tops. Those I quilted free motion wavy horizontal lines across the tops. They looked so cute…but I forgot to take pictures:)

This quilt I made from start to finish for a good customer. I’ve quilted many tops for her. This quilt was to be done by a relative but that person was realistic in knowing that it would not be done. It is a memory quilt, showcasing relatives photos on fabric that can be run thru a copy machine. They wanted the quilt to be queen size with these fabrics. So, I came up with a layout, pieced the top and then quilted simple ruler work designs so as not to take away from the pictures.

This tshirt quilt is the first quilt made by my customer. She is in college but she made this for her brother who is on his way to college. She did a wonderful job. We thought the all over swirl panto would fit right into the sports that he likes.

I started the year in helping to quilt 5 tops for a dear, dear quilter. She has been quilter for many years and is now finishing up making “tv throws for her great grandchildren. Her piecing is so good. All the points and seams always match. I love working on her quilts. Some I do free hand, some I use pantographs.