10 Quilts

 A very large, custom quilt by Ruby. 

 Fun puzzle baby quilt by Carry.

 Sweet baby quilt put together by Agnes.  (Her friend made the blocks while going through cancer treatments, and has passed away.  Agnes assembled the blocks into a baby quilt to be given to a niece who just had a baby.)  Almost every quilt has a story....I rarely share them since they aren't my stories to tell, but thought I would on this one.

 Below, a fun baby quilt by Nancy.

 Two Turning 20's quilts, also by Nancy.

 This is a two sided minkee quilt for my new little granddaughter who is due next month.  I had a really beautiful quilt pattern all picked out to make......it just isn't going to happen.  I rarely have time to piece quilts myself these days, so I just resorted to doing the minkee route.  I have another one almost done, hope it's finished by the time the baby comes! 

 Another nice Turning 20s quilt, this one by Carry.

 A fun and unique baby quilt by Chris

 Chris also brought this quilt in that she'd bought at a boutique....but it hadn't been quilted in the center, so I did that for her.

Jean's quilt

 I'm only posting one quilt today.  Because??  I'm all caught up on the previous quilts I did before this one, and this beautiful quilt took me all week to do, so this is it for today's posting.  I'm thinking this is the largest quilt I've ever put on my machine.  There was another one about a year ago that came close, but this one holds the record.  I didn't even have floor space large enough to spread it all out to get an all-over photo, so this is the best we're going to get. 

 Jean lives in another state, so that's kind of cool (and she isn't even related to me!)  My business is pretty local, but surprisingly enough our little community keeps me busy.  But it's pretty flattering that Jean made the effort to bring me her quilt.  Thank you, Jean! 

 You can see the quilting better on the back so I have the majority of the photos taken from that view. 

Let me know when your quilt arrives, Jean.  I did get a receipt...but I'll worry until I know it's safely in your hands. 

13 quilts

 I keep telling myself that I need to do this once a week so I don't get such a back-log.  But here I am again....with a back-log, and as usual - sifting through photos and work orders trying to remember who did which quilt!  But quilts are like children to me, give me a moment and I remember who they belong to!    The baby quilt above is by Agnes.  Agnes could open up her own fabric store with her stash...I seriously have never seen so much fabric owned by one person.  She could sew quilts for 2 more life times and not use it up :) 

 A simple 2-sided minke by Tracy.  These are sure popular right now.  She had me envelope it for her and then do an all-over stipple.

 A fun baby quilt by Candare.  I adapted a commercial panto (took out the snowflakes and substituted leaves) to make the quilting more appropriate to the theme of the quilt.  She had me wrap the minke around to the front for a simple binding. 

 Baby quilt by Louise for an upcoming grandchild.  Look below to see the quilting design ""Popcorn".

 A custom quilting design on this wall hanging by Diane.  I love it when the back looks as neat as the front!

 Oops, pictures out of order here.  The top is below and the back is on top.  Another quilt by Agnes.  Agnes likes her quilts soft, no tight and close quilting for her, so I always have to really control myself!

 This next quilt belongs to Diane.  She brought me the embroidered blocks and all the fabric and a picture of how she wanted the quilt constructed and asked me to piece it, quilt it, and bind it.  I don't get requests like this very often, I spend so much time at my LA that actually putting together a quilt was a fun change of pace for me. 

 A very modern quilt by Tenisha.  This fairly new trend in quilts has been on the quilting boards lately, discussions by other LAers talking about how to quilt them and how many are showing up recently.  I thought this was an interesting combination....the modern quilt with a beautiful old, almost Moroccan style design for the quilting.  Some of the fabric in the quilt had this feel in it.  I love it!

 This next quilt is a tied quilt by Crystal.  She just needed someone to bind it for her - another wrap the minke around from the back and machine sew it down.  I'm here to serve :)  This top was pieced out of bandanas!  How cool is that?  A super soft and cuddly quilt. 

 A sweet baby quilt by Kassie.  With the over-sized rick rack sticking out I had to semi-custom it.  Did an all-over swirl design in the center but then had to treat the border separately. 

 These next two baby quilts are by Louise.  She will be selling them at Shirley's if anyone is in the market to buy a quilt.  Louise's quilts are always beautifully done. 

 "Popcorn" panto

 ""Daisy Bounce" panto

 This last quilt is by Ruby, and it just came off the frame yesterday.  This was a fun one to design a custom quilting look for.  She wanted light custom (less expensive) so there wasn't any SID in it which would have been nice to anchor the edges of some of the pieces down, but over all I think it turned out really fun!

6 quilts

 Very soft baby quilt by Lynette.  She brought a photo of this same quilt that was quilted with circles all over it that she wanted me to do something similar.  Since I prefer to use pantos for E2E on an entire quite rather than freehand (I just think the look is better in the end...more uniform) I needed to buy a new pattern.  I think it's called Curly circles or something like that.  It's cute.

 This is a fund raising quilt by Lori, so I donated the quilting.  These are blocks that were donated the previous year to the Utah State Quilt Assn. for cancer research.  The blocks are voted on the first year, then made into quilts the second year, and auctioned off.  There are several ladies in our guild who participate in this each year so I usually get to quilt a few of them. 

 Another fund raising quilt by Barbette.  I don't remember the cause this one is for.  She makes the same quilt each year for this charity and so I try to come up with a different way to quilt it each time.  She always uses different fabrics, so each year the quilt has a different feel.

 This next one is by Brenda.  She was actually my 2nd paying customer when I first started to quilt for other people!  Her quilts are always so nicely done. 

This quilt is by Tracy.  I've gotten a number of these cuddly minkee-on-both-sides quilts.  I made a bunch for the local fabric store a few months back and those have been out on display - so I'm guessing that has spurred people to make their own.  (Make is a relative term....some times the tops come in pieced like this one, sometimes it's just two big pieces of fabric.  They pay me to envelope the quilts and then quilt them.)  Everyone has asked to just have a meandering stitch, so they work up quite quickly.  It's been great!  

 This last one is by Inez.  Again, a minkee fabric on both sides.  This time I was asked to make a pillow case to match it as well - how cozy would that be!