Quilting on Amaretto Cottage

Kansas Troubles block in Amaretto Cottage

and one of the setting triangles

Janie loves butterflies and the sparkle of Glide so we are quilting feathered butterflies on this beauty using three different colors ~ gold, burgundy, a lavender plus a fourth thread, a Fantastico from Superior in a dark variegated purple.
Wool batting from Quilter's Dream for that wonderful loft :0)

At day's end yesterday I am about halfway and ready to start the medallion center. Not planning to share more of this one or any of the quilts quilted for customers that will be going into the quilt show. Come to the show and see them! 

(There will be lots of pix after the show)

There was one customer quilt this week not going in the show. Karen made a quilt that will be a Christmas gift. I neglected to ask her permission to post pix. With permission I hope to post pix later because it's a wonderful quilt! I had fun looking at all the different fabrics and blocks while I was quilting it. Every block is different, just what I love to do :0)

After shutting down my longarm yesterday, I made a block for Honey Run Quilters Seasonal Block challenge. Ronda gave me a packet with the oak leaf focus fabric in September, due at the end of this month and now I can check it off my list. Way too much going on this month. 14 Birthdays!!! (I have a biggie coming up soon) all family and close friends, plus customer quilts, guild & quilt show meetings. Too much and I have noticed that I am having trouble staying focused! Doing my best, anyway here is the block I made yesterday. Thinking of cutting up the little scraps to add leaves falling from the tree.

Enjoy your Sunday

Hope you have a fun project to work on!

Tot ziens, Jo

Roses for Janie

Framed Roses made by Janie. 

Soft pastel colors, all rose print fabrics
framed in solid greens. 

   Quilted with Zen Roses, an e2e from One Song Needle Arts and Digi-tech

with wool batting and a variegated So Fine #40 thread in soft greens,
#707 Wagga Wagga, funny name :0)

The wool batting has such nice loft.
The binding will also be a darker green to create a frame around the
entire quilt. It's actually not as dark a green as it looks in the pix.

After binding is added, this quilt will be ready for Janie

when she returns next week to work on Amaretto Cottage,

a quilt we have been working on together for a year. 

We are almost ready to add the final two borders and then quilting this beauty.

Also in the works are the Snowman quilts

Two customers worked on and finished this block of the month
Merry Merry Snowmen

with machine applique and hand embroidered details.

It's really cute and fun to work on :0)

 There are several snowmen peeking out of the blocks.

 This guy is up in the cornerstone of the border and will have beads added for eyes

and more embellishments will be added once the tops are quilted.

I am very happy with my Innova and how nice it handles hand guided

as well as doing ruler work. 

Enjoy the weekend

Make the time to take some stitches, Jo

 "We will be known forever by the tracks we leave."
Native American Proverb