I recently quilted this GIANT quilt for my friend, Sheryl. It’s 118″ square, and barely fit on my longarm frame! The pattern is called “Labyrinth”, by Debbie Maddy of Calico Carriage Quilt Designs. Sheryl made this quilt for her sister, and asked me to custom quilt it for her. Since the colors are very basic, […]
22 Comments. Continue Reading...If you watched the Craft in America episode on Quilts, and you paid close enough attention during Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s portion, you would have seen her working on a quilt on her design wall during the episode. After Victoria finished the top, she sent it to me for quilting, and we had several discussions about […]
22 Comments. Continue Reading...Back in the fall, I once again had the honor of quilting some quilts for Victoria Findlay Wolfe that she made from her new fabric lines with RJR Fabrics. She combined her Playmaker prints with her Neutrals collection to make this huge and gorgeous paper-pieced quilt called Spinning Tops: I’ve waited to talk about this […]
23 Comments. Continue Reading...A while back, I showed you the back of a quilt I had been working on, and said I’d show you the front when I could (in this post here). Well, the cat’s been out of the bag for a couple months, but I never took the time to write anything up till now! This […]
15 Comments. Continue Reading...The Modern Quilt Guild’s annual quilt show, QuiltCon, is going on right now in Pasadena, CA. Since I was just in California over Thanksgiving, I opted not to go back again this soon, and as it turns out, that’s a good thing, since I have these two to bottle feed and entertain every few hours. […]
9 Comments. Continue Reading...Last summer, I worked on restoring a vintage quilt top for my friend, Imogene. This quilt was made by Imogene’s great-aunt, Emma Salyer (Mrs. James Salyer), when she was young, and Aunt Emma gave it to Imogene as an unquilted top. Imogene says she’s reasonably sure the quilt is at least 100 years old! Over […]
20 Comments. Continue Reading...Back on December 15th, I loaded a quilt on the frame that belongs to my friend and customer, Donna. It was supposed to be my second-to-last finish of 2017, but I took 5 days off at Christmas to work on house remodel projects and enjoy the holiday with My Cowboy, and 2 days after Christmas, […]
27 Comments. Continue Reading...I’ve been getting asked this question ever since the modern color version of the Sew Sweet Sampler made its debut . . . So today, I’m here to explain my process of quilting it. It’s a medallion quilt . . . The modern setting, altho NOT asymmetrical, leaves lots of negative space for quilting. I […]
10 Comments. Continue Reading...It’s finally here!! Victoria Findlay Wolfe’s new book is out! It’s called Modern Quilt Magic, and these quilts really look like they take magic to make, but she breaks it down and makes them really simple. Stunning results with simple techniques — what could be better? I think I’ve been more anxious for this one […]
2 Comments. Continue Reading...I recently finished quilting a Gravity quilt for my friend, Linda. You may have seen this pattern before — it’s by Julie Herman of Jaybird Quilts, and it’s 97″ x 96″ and chock full of glorious color! This was my first chance to quilt a Gravity quilt, and Linda wants to enter it into some […]
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