Fish swimming in the Deep Blue Sea for Sandra

Fishiness quilted for Sandy with Deep Blue Sea 

using the set by Kim Diamond that includes the borders, corners and e2e 

Cute fish swimming in the Deep Blue Sea! 

 Great prints to go with the great piecing and fabric choices by Sandra E.

Love the graphic piecing pattern as well... well done Sandy! 

A second graphic quilt made by Sandra, this one with cat prints...

quilted with Catrina, a design by Apricot Moon

This is the backing!... just as graphic as the front :0) 

Another for Sandy... these girls keep me busy! 

This one is quilted with a new design by Patricia Ritter named Malachite. 

Chosen for the stone look of the background fabric 

and a nice texture with the loft of the wool batting.

There was one more quilt that Sandy brought in with musical instruments 

made for a young man from her church (it left the studio before pix) 

Thank you Sandy. 

Good to see all your pix of the Grand Canyon and that you and Mo 

had a fun and safe trip to Arizona. Welcome home :0) 

Tot ziens, Jo

Modern Building Blocks

 3 Modern Building Blocks quilts have come thru my studio

First one was for Linda D and this week I quilted two more... this is Debbie's

Quilted with Woven Wind, a digital design from Apricot Moon

Thread is a Glide in Cool Grey

Batting is Quilter's Dream Wool

and this is Karen's

Quilting design is Lonestar by Kim Diamond 

We choose a variegated thread from Superior called Great Barrier Reef 

A SoFine40 with lots of teal, blue, greens and a bright lime yellow/green

Batting is Quilter's Dream Cotton Select

This shows the quilting as well as how the thread sparkled on Karen's!

and below, the sparkle of Glide on Debbie's

Love how she personalized her quilt too!

It's always so much fun to see the same pattern made sew different 

depending on fabrics and choices by each quilter :0)

Below is Linda D's Modern Building Blocks quilted with Rapunzel 

original post for Linda's quilt 

Proving that great minds think alike... check out the backings...

Karen's 

and this is Debbie's 

 How cool is that! I used the Cool Grey Glide on the back of Debbie's

quilt as well, it really sparkled on the Tula Pink backing fabric :0)

A couple of close ups of Karen's blocks with great fabric choices...

and a few of Debbie's... a different 

feel with the crispness of the white background fabric.

Karen has her quilt and Debbie's is quilted, trimmed and 

ready for it's binding... will be completed soon! 

I have fallen behind schedule again this month with unforeseen events, 

one being Michael's surgery. I am very happy to report that he is doing great! 

(and I won't have to mow the lawn again ;0) 

Have a wonderful weekend!

I am ready to get going on the longarm today to make up some time.

Tricky thing is time when you work in production, hard to make it up! 

Thanks for everyone's patience

Tot ziens, Jo

Kelly's Houses

The Red Door made by Kelly K

Pattern is by Bella Nonna Design Studio

Kelly used Shibori fabrics by Anthology, available at Honey Run Quilters

with a graphite for the background

 Quilted with a black to grey Fantastico thread from Superior Threads 

Batting is a new 100% cotton batting from Quilter's Dream 

Deluxe which has a little more loft compared to Select 

It's soft with a nice drape and great to quilt on! 

A really good alternative to Warm and Natural!!! I like it allot!

The design we choose for quilting is Woodland Path

by Apricot Moon. A great design for texture

Love how the light greys in the variegated thread sparkle on the background.

Good choices all around :0) Thank you Kelly! 

Enjoy your Sunday

Tot ziens, Jo

Happy Valentine's Day

Good to have a sweet Sunday Valentine's Day! 

following a productive week of quilting customer quilts for Leslie, Claudia, two for Carol, two for Cindy, plus quilts for the Goldie Girls including a new class quilt Goldie will be teaching at HRQ. They will be ready for pick up soon!

Among the quilts picked up this week...  

Peggy's family photo quilt 

It was pieced by her daughter, for a first quilt

she did a really good job! 

 Interesting was that this same block design

quilted on 2 different fabrics 

in the same thread looked different

Quilted with black Omni except on the white photo blocks 

with Quilter's Dream Cotton Select

Mostly using a p2p leaf design by Apricot Moon

plus a block design for the alternate blocks.

Thank you Peggy!

Also picked up were two quilts by Rose and Gloria

made to give to grands for Valentine's Day, sweet!

Thomas the Train panel and border print quilt made by Rose

 Quilted with Catrina e2e also by Apricot Moon

A second panel quilt with alphabets and animals

made by Gloria

Quilted with Animal Crackers e2e design by Patricia Ritter

Both with Omni thread and Quilter's Dream Green batting

Finished for Gloria with machine stitched binding

Cute backing fabrics too, this co-coordinating print for Gloria's

and a bright stripe on the back of Thomas the Train. Perfect!

Thank you Rose and Gloria

Fun little quilts and how perfect to give to grand kids! 

Enjoy your Valentine's Day with your family

Tot ziens, Jo

Changes for the New Year

First, some catch up from the end of last year. This is an Asian inspired quilt made by Betty D. for a member of her family going off to college. Betty chose a beautiful panel that inspired the fabrics for the Disappearing Nine Patch blocks. Quilted with Woven Wind from Apricot Moon with a gold Glide thread to add to the gold accents of the Asian fabrics. 

Betty added some very nice accents with a tiny gold and black inset border with flange. Very well done! We were also happy with how the quilting played with the panel print. 

Backed with a soft gold flannel backing. Well done Betty, thank you!
Looking forward to the wedding quilt and the little quilt is quilted :0)

A baby quilt made by Linda E.

Love how Linda used French Braids for the borders. Made from scraps with allot of pinks, it is quilted with an Antique Rose Omni thread color. We settled on a fun idea for the quilting... Fireworks and it worked! IMHO. Linda will cut the corners with 45 degree angles before added the binding for a different shape too. Well done Linda! Thank you

I am currently working on another quilt for Linda. It's made with blocks from The Farmer's Wife book and it's gorgeous! Pix soon. A close up of Fireworks quilting design...

I am very happy with my customers, which brings me to the subject of changes and making a difficult decision. I am no longer taking new customers with the goal of scaling back the time I spend quilting for others. I have such a wonderful local client base, a second decision is not to take internet quilting orders. The website will remain intact for the purpose of information and inspiration for both clients as well as fellow bloggers.

There are plans to add tutorials to the website. My goal is to give tips to other longarmers and quilters. Resources and links. It's a great business to get into and I would love to see up and coming quilters make it a success!

 Looking forward to what the New Year brings and the path it takes.

Tot ziens, Jo

"We will be known forever by the tracks we leave"

Native American proverb 

Saturday Morning Post ~ Beckie and Claudia

On my frame this week ~ 

the Autumn Medallion Sampler for Peggy pictured in the previous post.

Birds for Beckie and something different for Claudia

Birds for Beckie

LOVE the fabrics Beckie put together for this quilt! 

The colors and a great pattern to showcase the prints. 

Quilted with a sweet little pattern ~ Bird in a Nest

Omni thread in Verbena

Quilter's Dream Wool batting

Just like the Autumn wedding quilt, the fabrics are the star.

The quilting is there for the texture

Beckie used the focus fabric for the backing as well

Absolutely gorgeous!

Thank you Beckie, see you later today :0)

Beckie and I are starting a new quilt project together ~ Moon Glow

and plan to work on the second block today.

This one is quilted for Claudia

again, the quilting is the texture that adds to the quilt

Quilted with a cotton thread from Signature in just the right shade of blue

and a wool batting to make the quilting pop

On the frame where you can see the texture of the design

Woven Wind by Apricot Moon

Also made with great fabric choices. And made well!

Borders are the most common problem area for longarmers. When borders are cut too small or too long and/or just added to the edges of a quilt top without measuring thru the middle, it makes for a challenge to keep the quilt square without quilting in tucks. Making a quilt like this one is is a good challenge in getting borders right and Claudia always does a beautiful job :0) So does Beckie. Sew nice to have good quilters as these two women for customers. Thank you Claudia and Beckie!

The backing fabric.

Almost finished is a sample quilt for Honey Run that will go to PIQF.

Checked in a couple more quilts this week that will go into ASQG quilt show

coming up in November, the weekend of the 7/8th

Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico
You all are invited!

Have a wonderful weekend
Tot Ziens, Jo