Lucy's Quilt

Lucy (who's in my Wed. Stitchers Group) fell in love with an animal fabric panel that Nancy purchased. The store was out of the panel so Lucy bought herself yardage to make a quilt for her "future GC". Lucy doesn't sew (she knits/crochets) so I offered to help out. I took her sweet animals home and quilted it for her.

Hey a photo of me ....... I'm always taking photos so you rarely see me ...... he he he

I used the Ebb & Flow pantograph by Lorien Quilting but turned the fabric on my Nolting lengthwise so it has more of a leaf looking type motif.


Oh my look at my sweet gift from Lucy ....... I love it. Thank you Lucy.

Care Bear Quilt Donation

Care Bears charity quilt.

This adorable Care Bear quilt will be donated to the Eve Organization via a local quilt shop. Eve is for battered women/children, their locations are not disclosed so no one can find them.

The quilt was sent to me from a new online forum The Quilting Bee of which I'm a member. The top was pieced by Ros of http://ros-the-quilter.blogspot.com/ . Since 2004 Ros has served as Colorado Coordinator for Home Of the Brave Quilt Project and began to quilt for the Quilts Of Valor program in 2005.

I quilted the Care Bears with a pantograph, Popcorn, by Jodi Bemish of Willow Leaf Studio. It reminds me of clouds .... perfect for the adorable Care Bears motif. I own a Nolting 24" PRO longarm machine named Prince Charming.

What Makes A Quilter Cry????

What makes a quilter cry? Hmmmmm lots of things

tension
thread breaking
loops on bottom/top
poor piecing
wavy borders
tearing the top/backing
needle breaking
knocking out the timing

My all time favorite is ........ are you ready ...........



quilting in pins ....... yep you got it and I did it ...... not one, not two but FIVE


I'm a pantograph girl ..... I have a huge stock of pantographs. I've only quilted one quilt in 6yrs that I would consider custom ... it was a going away gift .... it's HERE

So I have these two (2) Stacked Coins to quilt. I decide to quilt them at the same time on Prince Charming. I piece the one backing in the four patch pattern and the other backing is a school of fish. Of course, when you do this and using a pantograph it has to be the same pantograph for both. I tried one time using two different pantographs and let me tell you .... that was a mistake.



From the back .......

This is one of my absolute favorite pantographs .... Ebb & Flow by Lorien Quilting. It can take on many designs .... flowing water, wind, waving flag and etc. Now you're asking yourself what is that ruler and envelope for ........ that tells me where one quilt ends and the other one starts ... smart I am (well sometimes).

See what a nice pattern it makes on the quilt. This pattern is so flowing .... like slow dancing.


Now my Prince Charming has the "M" bobbin. Don't know what an "M" bobbin is .... well it's almost heaven. The "M" holds 3-4 times more thread than the standard "L" bobbin. I love my "M". Now both of these quilts were 44inches x 54inches .... times two equals 88 by 108 ..... pretty big. I ran out of bobbin thread with 1 row to go .... can you believe it.

See that purple instrument .... that where the bobbin thread ended. I have to restart.

Can you see where I restarted ........

I'm getting better at this technique

I'm finished quilting so I cut away the excess batting before I take the two quilts off the frame. I cut it close with my backing fabric .... only about 5 inches to the total end.

Here are the two quilts off the frame and still attached to each other.

While removing the pins from the zipper I stuck myself ....... what I say ........ Oh my gosh I can't believe it I've stitched in a pin .... what now??? Oh no I scream ... there are five (5) yes five pins quilted into the quilt.

How on earth did I ever manage to miss them while quilting a pantograph from the back of Prince Charming? Now that is one for "Ripley's Believe It Or Not".

So I sit here thinking what am I going to do ..... I'm thinking ... I'll have to rip out part of the quilting and redo it. But then I take a good look at the quilting pattern ..... I was able to slide the pins around, navigating around the stitched pattern and push them to the edge, clip a single thread and push out the pins. Someone was watching over me.

Here are the five (5) pins. I use corsage pins to pin to my leaders.

The quilts turned out very nice and I'm so happy. These will be donated to a Charity group.

Stacked Coins times Two (2)

I continue with Scrap Quilts ...... love love love making them. Of course, a quilter never ever runs out of scraps. he he he

I love making scrap quilts .... for some reason they always remind me of my grandmothers .... Maude Olinger and Elizabeth (Lizzy) Burns.


Here are two (2) Stacked Coins .... pattern from MaryQuilts. Both were quilted at the same time on Prince Charming using the Ebb & Flow pantograph from Lorien Quilting. I love this pantograph ...... looks like flowing water, wind, flags waving and more.





Stacked Coins #1





I made the off center four (4) patch from Mary's website. I did have to use my head and cheat alittle on the backing as the United We Stand fabric is a one-way print. I had to do some extra sewing so it would all be going in the same direction.

Stacked Coins #2

Just as I snapped the photo the wind lifted the quilt forward .... how cool is that.......

School of fish backing ...... they're everywhere.



I had a horrible disaster that sends a quilter crying. Now that story I'm saving for later .... look for it in a couple days.

DD#2 Fleece Quilt

DD#2 requested at Christmas (2008) a new double fleece quilt. While she was here for the Christmas holiday we went to Joann's and picked out fleece.

Don't you just love this animal print (kind of a burgundy-maroon) and the solid to match. Here it is loaded on Prince Charming.

I quilted it with Alfresco pantograph from Lorien Quilting .... nice and flowing pattern.

The fleece seems to be a little heavier than usual .... it was so nice to nuggle under it.

Gabriel Project Quilts

These four (4) baby quilts were my contribution to my Wednesday Stitchers Group. We are making quilts for Gabriel Project.

I took some of these scraps home to make baby quilts.




This one was based on the free Simply Strippy pattern from Bonnie at Quiltville. It's quilted with Timeless Hearts pantograph by Timeless Quilting Designs.

These next two quilts (bar style) were based on this quilt from Lululollylegs blog.

Quilted with Popcorn by Willow Leaf Studio.

Another one based on this quilt from Lululollylegs blog.

And quilted with Daisies Galore by Timeless Quilting Designs. I love this pantograph.

This is the Super Sized Nine Patch from Anita Grossman Solomon, the pattern is FREE HERE

It was quilted with Sprung LG by Willow Leaf Studio.

To read about this stack of quilts please jump over to my Wednesday Stitchers Group Blog.

Fish Quilt for Charity

A strippy fish quilt. Again, thanks Mary for the FREE Pattern.

Quilted with the Ebb & Flow pantograph by Lorien Quilting. Yes, that's fleece for the backing.

It will be donated to a local charity.

Welcome Baby Girl

A couple we know have just become grandparents for the first time ....... a lovely baby girl.

I made her an I SPY quilt (of course). I SPY's are so much fun to make.



Quilted on my Nolting PRO longarm with Daisies Galore pantograph. Quilt measures 41 x 46. The I SPY blocks finish at 4", sashing/cornerstones finish at 1", border is 4.5".

I did the off-center 4 patch for the backing ... thank you MARY for the FREE pattern.

About 4yrs ago I was in an I Spy swap and probably received 300+ squares back ... I personally sent in 32 different fabrics. So I can make lots of I SPY quilts. Out of the swap to date I've made 8 quilts and gave a set away to someone for their quilt. It was a fun swap.