Here’s a close up of a quilt I made my son for christmas I had this rasmus klump from DK and had saved it for THAT special moment, but then before christmas I figured that my son is 7 now, I better use this! so I did. I have to mention a blog site I …
Here’s my first try at trapunto. I saw this pattern in a magazine, now it did have some applique on the border, but once I did everything else here, I just loved the simpleness of it all I instead quilted holly stuff around the border a new squiggly design around the white part so this …
My first 100% commissioned quilt after getting the long arm! There’s so many tiny pieces in this and a queen size, took longer than I thought. baby boy scrappy quilt I gave to church
A scrappy little thomas the train quilt, a friend suggested the sort of train track quilting on it, which I did.. Another bargello, using fabrics from a local quilt store, very interesting to again use the muted colors instead of the brights I usually do the back I quilted with roses and random leaves. I …
Here’s a strawberry quilt I came up with, I got inspired by a book I have with very youthfull kid quilts, one quilt had tons of different fruits on it, but I just wanted the strawberry, so I sketched one out and appliued it on- I have to say NOTE to self, read the package …
I saw a pttern in a magazine with these funny triangles and it was all in browns and beiges- which you know is not really my THING, so I went to JoAnns and got inspired by these red/white and black fabrics, it was so much fun laying them out and try to make it look …
This was actually the first quilt I did on the long arm, while I waited for the machine to get here I made a few simple tops just to practice from scrap fabrics, this looks like it was that FQ book I have, wonder where this one ended up- probably church… A few quilts on …
Here’s another look at the jungle quilt, I used variegated blue thread and did free motion large leaves and hearts from the front a table runner- which I ended up selling to someone from church after my church craft show I headed over to a local quilt store and showed my things to the owner, …
My church had a little craft show, which for me was a total flop, but I don’t care, I love the people there and love talking to everyone. I think I did sell a few jewelry sets.
it’s here!!! I got my long arm machine- DH and I talked about it for a few weeks and only tried one little machine on a flimsy frame a few towns over, and then DH researched online for several days and we decided to do the JUMP and get a long arm with the frame, …