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 […]
24 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...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 […]
21 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...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 […]
16 Comments. Continue Reading...It’s called “A Garden for All Seasons”, and it’s the creation of my bestie, Victoria Findlay Wolfe. It’s a quilt she made that is NINE feet tall by THIRTY feet wide! It’s so big I couldn’t get it all in one picture: It hung at the AQS Show in Paducah back in April, and standing […]
42 Comments. Continue Reading...I recently quilted a quilt for my friend, Rose Marie. She made this “Abloom” quilt from a pattern in Amy Ellis’s book “Modern Heritage Quilts“. Since the quilt is chock full of negative space, Rose Marie asked me if I would quilt it and fill up all that negative space with lots of modern quilting. […]
20 Comments. Continue Reading...Last fall, I quilted a quilt for a friend and customer, Gina. (I think it’s great that so many of my customers are also my friends!) Gina received a bunch of 9-patch blocks from a group challenge, and this is what she did with hers! She sure made them go far — this quilt is […]
6 Comments. Continue Reading...I recently had the honor of quilting for my friend, Sandra. She made a Metro Rings quilt for her son and his new wife, as their wedding quilt. It’s made in 30s reproductions fabrics, and it is simply gorgeous! Sandra made this quilt for their bed, so she made the center portion of the quilt […]
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