Embroidery quilt

King size quilt for a customer. The embroidery was challenging to quilt without going over the stitched pattern.  The client wanted the preprinted quilting but it wasn't going to be enough quilting so I echoed the lines to make the octagon pattern and added the pattern around the flower insert.  An added challenge was the thick batting and the prairie points already seen on. I'm really pleased with the final result.

Quilt show kept me busy!

Hi all, I've been very busy quilting this past month and more with customers who wanted to have quilts finished for the MRQG quilt guild show this weekend.  I just got back and it was as great with lots of quilts, vendors, raffle baskets, and a vintage quilt bed turning!  

Here are some of the quilts I worked on.  Enjoy!  

Spring 2013 brings lambs!

Here are just a few pictures of my 2013 baby lambs. Dr. Pepper had 2 girls, Freckles had 2 boys. The 2 girls are solid black. The black boy has white tips on his ear and head. the white boy has nice brown blotches on his back. If you want to see them all , check out my picasaweb album.. scroll down just past the picture of the pen made out of pallets to see the 2013 pictures.

Freckles' boys

Dr. Pepper's girls

 Sheep album in picasa

Supernova in GREEN

Here is my supernova quilt done with a jelly roll and lots of green kona solid. I practiced some new quilting on this piece doing different types of feathers and straight ruler work for the first time. It was easier than i thought it would be. I also did some texture with pebble. It's very green! here is the tutorial if you like it. http://freshlypieced.blogspot.com/p/supernova-quilt-along.html

awesome way to finish quilt binding

I usually join my binding in the middle of an edge but I recently found this neat way to do a mitered binding corner. I originally used this because i had different colored bindings for all 4 sides of my supernova quilt. Cyndi commented that this might be a neat alternative to joining binding on the edge. SO, I tried it yesterday and its a DO AGAIN! Great idea Cyndi!

Take a look at this method, its pretty neat. Sew each end to 1/4" from the end, making sure you don't catch the other binding. Fold one end down and measure 1/2" over and 1/2" down and mark a dot. Now sew on a line, connecting the two bindings, with a seam from where the two bindings meet(at that 1/4" seam, down to the dot we made, and then back out to where the seam line would have met. Here are better instructions. http://jovaliquilts.blogspot.com/2009/02/stitched-in-corners-binding-tutorial.html

See my pics (which may or may not be in order, Blogger is kinda funny about that). It makes a nice corner! it's easier than it looks!

Name the ram contest

In case you hadn't heard, we bought a ram! He is 1/4 Dorper (the black part) and 3/4 St. Croix. He has a nice hair coat which was a major factor in choosing him. He was born in 2010 and his given name was 'Thing 1'. His twin was named 'Thing 2'. Randy has tentatively named him Captain Jack( because of his black pearls, says Randy), BUT, we already have a Jack so I'm soliciting other suggestions. Come on, send in your name ideas!

Ben is home and came out to watch Fly and I practice. Here are some pictures he took of the gang. This small group is Captain Jack in the front, then Caroline (waiting to see if she will give birth in the next week), Marshmallow, and then Jack.

And here are the rest of the sheep including this years three babies, 150 is Soda (girl from Dr. Pepper), 151 is Rosemary (from Freckles) and 101 is the boy PoP (from Dr. Pepper).

enjoy!

Two borders at the same time, Xs and Os.

This was an awesome border design I found in a book. I quilted both sides at the same time by alternating from inside to outside. I also quilted a fun leaf design in the Xs and Os to set them off.