A mini

This is a portion of a series of hand pieced minis done by a wonderful long term customer. Her hand piecing amazes me. The circles are approximately 3 inches each. The green tape was used as a guide for the hand quilting. Echo quilting done every 1/4 inch.

Sailboats II

This is the second in a series of sail boat baby quilts. It has 4 sailboats by 4 sailboats with no border.
For the next one I want to add more water to the design with clam shell quilting lines.

My IBOL

This week on my day off besides quilting I worked on putting together my Bundle of Love. I read about IBOL on Lakeside Quilting and got to work. My APO box is filled with 20 yards of cotton fabric, sewing notions and knitting needles. As always Squeakey supervised my choices.

Silk Repair

My brother-in-law, Rob, an avid antique collector found this old silk quilt. It was severely worn. In the middle there was a hole through all three layers - probably from a mouse.
I appliqued silk pieces on top of the worn areas and hand quilted the same design.
The border and binding was in good shape.
The hardest part of the project was finding the silk to applique.
I understand it is now hanging over a second story railing away from the dogs.

Spring Flowers

This is a portion of a customer quilt. Echo quilting is 1/4" apart.

One of many current projects

Hand appliqued scottie dogs on muslin. All dogs in 1930's reproduction prints of yellow, blue and green. Scottie dogs bought from Keepsake Quilting.

( I'm didn't intend for the photo to be on its side).

Finished baby quilt

The pink/yellow baby quilt was finished last week. The white squares are hand quilted with a feathered heart. Click to enlarge photo to see hearts.

Pink/yellow baby quilt

This baby quilt is my current project. It is 42" x 60".

I started with a 4" floral block. Added 2" white strips with yellow cornerstones. Then a 2" pale pink with the same yellow cornerstones.

The quilting has begun. I chose a feathered heart for the white squares using white thread. I use soap to mark quilting lines on most fabrics. It is getting extremely hard for me to see the markings on the white. But I'm too afraid to use colored markers or pencil on the white.

Tee Shirt Quilt completed

This quilt is made with tee shirts all from the same college.
The only request was to use light blue fabric. The jersey
squares are hand quilted and the sashes are echoed with a
1/4" stitching. The border was also hand quilted with blue thread.
Chloe who spends 20 hours of each day hiding in my bed
took a fancy to this project.

Productive Vacation

I am lucky enough to get 4 weeks vacation from my day job. Usually they are spent quilting 6 - 10 hours a day.
This morning I finished a tee-shirt quilt. I hope to finish two other projects before next Monday morning. Photos later this week.