17 in 2017

It has taken me a while to figure out how to get my photos on these blog posts. I used to use Picasa to upload all my photos, but with my IPhone, I don't use that any more.

Yesterday I quilted the 17th quilt of the year. The four I did yesterday were all small, baby quilt size, but they're still quilts.

There were 2 of these for a fundraiser in Crawfordsville. Shannon made them and will donate them.

Meander quilting with Pirate Green thread.

I quilted this scrappy squares quilt for Becky.

Bountiful Feathers quilting with lite tan thread.

Sharon made this redwork quilt and it's my one custom quilt of the week.

One more of Sharon's

This one is very similar to one I did a couple months ago. The size is different, but the blocks are the same.

 I chose Rhapsody panto for the quilting, Hobbs 80/20 batting and white Omni thread.

Very cute backing!

 I think it's a baby quilt and what baby wouldn't love it!

Sharon's Reproduction Quilt

Another quilt of Sharon's. Yes, I've been saving them for a while and decided it was time. I have several customers that bring a bag of quilt tops at one time and tell me to do them "whenever."

I guess whenever has arrived.

This is a Carol Hopkins Designs quilt and I just did a stipple in the background.

 A wavy line in the inner border.

Feather border with little loops inside.

 You can see the block quilting much better on the backing.
Hobbs 80/20 batting and tan Omni thread.

Sharon's Half-Square Triangles

Here's another quilt that Sharon made. Very colorful, don't you think? I'm not sure if she used a pattern, or not. She just called it Half-Square Triangles.

 Simple custom quilting, including continuous curves and elongated loops. Hobbs 80/20 batting and PermaCore lime green thread.

Just look at all those half-square triangles. Sharon presses her seams open and they match up perfectly. The few times I tried to press open, I had a hard time matching those points. I would rather have them nest up against each other, but sometimes that makes for a very thick seam. Maybe I'll try it again....

Sharon's Chevrons

Sharon made this adorable chevron quilt using half-square triangles.

 I wanted to try something different on this one and decided on some ruler work. Straight zig-zag lines in the white and elongated loops in each of the colored triangle pieces.

 I love how it turned out and makes me want to try a chevron with half-square triangles myself.

I used Omni white thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.
I got an email from her after she picked it up and she was so happy with it, she said she is making a twin size with the same pattern.

Sharon's Quilt

Sharon made this really cute quilt and I've had a hard time deciding, again!

I chose a meaner for the backgrounds, Continuous Curves in the blocks and Straight Angle Feathers (I just made up that name) in the outer border.

Omni white thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

I love her fabric choices, so you get to see a lot of the blocks.

Here's the backing:

More Quilts For Kids

Cathy gave me a couple quilt kits that had been assembled and included the backing and binding fabrics. These were made by Sharon and are oh-so-cute!

They just got a simple meander in order to get them done by the delivery date in July.

Here are a couple more made by Sharon also. A Meander and e's and o's on these cute little girl quilts.

I have been getting some new thread from Superior Threads and was excited to try some new colors. Lime Green on the boy quilts and Pink on these girl quilts.

Sharon's Elephants

Sharon made this adorable quilt and her inspiration was the elephant fabric. It is Marrakech fabric  from the Karavan collection by Free Spirit. She added the sashing, complete with stars.

 A freehand flowers and loops design in the outer border to emulate the flowers in that fabric. swirls in the sashing and Terry Twists in the cornerstones with some loops added into the star points.

The elephant itself is fused and then hand buttonhole stitched. The piece is pretty big so we wanted some stitching. Sharon suggested a blanket on the elephants back, so that's what I did, along with outlining the ears and eyes.

The backing is flannel using fabric from the same line.

 

I see one of these in my future!

Sharon's Raw-Edge Flowers

I really had to sit-and-stare at this baby quilt before I decided what kind of quilting. I've taken it out of the bag several times and just looked at it and then put it back.

I wanted to keep the definition of the flowers, so I just stitched close to her stitching and it turned out pretty good. A meander around the flowers, Ribbon candy in the sashing and inner borders, and swirl/feather/pointy design in the outer border. I can't for the life of me remember what I might have called this border before.

 PermaCore Lilac thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.

I like the back of the flowers too!

Sharon's Swoon

This beautiful quilt made by Sharon had me sitting and staring for along time. I searched high and low on Google for some ideas and finally settled on some of the quilting designs from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple. 

I quilted continuous curves and straight lines like she did, but did a curvy feather meander in the background.

I had a bit of an issue at the beginning. I'm not sure how, but the thread jumped out of the tension disk. It looked beautiful on top, but the back looked like this:

So, some stitching had to come out and be re-stitched.
Hope she likes it.