4 Quilts

Finally some quilts! After 3 weeks taken up with a new granddaughter and being sick, I'm finally back at the longarm again. Here's a fun quilt of Sue's.

This is one of those quilts where the back quilting almost looks better than the quilting on the front. It's an odd thing, but happens every now and then.

Next is a baby quilt by Louise (in her signature colors!) Did an all-over with hearts.

Here is a first time quilt for this customer - it's going to be a wall hanging and she just wanted a med. density meander.

Another of the family heirloom quilts collection. I did a panto "Rosie" which I've used quite a bit and everyone seems to like it. I was worried that the fabric would move on me while I was working from the back of the machine (the fabric is thin and was stretching all over the place when I was ironing it and loading it on the machine), but it did fine.

30 Block Sampler

This quilt took me most of last week to quilt. I wondered why it was taking so long, and then realized there were 30 blocks in it! Some of the quilting isn't showing up as well as I'd like - maybe if you click on the picture to enlarge it the stitching will show up better?

OK- I'm quitting - I tried to put these pictures back in line with each other and managed to delete some- and I don't know which blocks I'm missing now. I think I'll quit while I'm ahead!

Quilts

Here are 3 quilts that I've worked on the past 2 weeks. The first two are polyester ones from the collection from the one family I'm still working on.

People always seem really intrigued with the quilting on the back when it shows up as well as these have. I'm asked how I come up with the unique designs. Well, I don't! The quilt top kind of tells me what to do (within the boundaries that the quilt owner gives me), and the back is always a surprise - I never know what it's going to look like until I'm finished, take it off the machine, and turn it over and look!

This 3rd quilt is a top that was just given to a woman who doesn't sew. She asked me to take it and turn it into a quilt for her. So I had to go buy the backing fabric, sew it to fit, quilt, make and attach the binding. She had simple tastes for the quilting design, so it isn't what I would have really chosen to do - but the customer is boss.

Quilts

Here's yet another of the quilts from the family that found a stash made by their great grandmother (11 down, 9 to go.)

The back - turned out pretty.

Two quilts by another customer. She asked me to envelope this one for her before quilting. The next quilt pictured she already had enveloped. Quilts that are finished off this way previous to quilting are a tad tricky since you have to pin and clamp onto the longarm right on the quilt, no excess bottom fabric to use- it's difficult if not a bit impossible to stitch right to the edge. The quilter has to be a little creative and very careful.

This one had no batting in it, and the top was so busy and the bottom so furry that you can't even see the quilting :)