Wall hanging by Barbara

Barbara is an inspiration!

Determined to use up stash and finish projects despite physical obstacles following a recent stroke followed by rehab, Barbara is not about to set her love of quilting aside. Previously Barbara did her own quilting on small projects like this one and only brought large quilts in to be longarmed. She is working to get back to where is she able to do that again. For now, she asked me to quilt this little guy as she was anxious to hang this bright and cheery wall hanging up on her kitchen wall. So small, I decided to quilt this one on the Juki.

 I enjoyed getting in some FMQ again at a sit down :0)

It's been quite awhile, kind of like visiting an old friend, it felt good!

This was a project Barbara followed from a magazine. She asked me to quilt it as it was pictured which I did except the background. Pictured was a simple open stipple which I replaced with some McTavishing, kept the stitching small in order to make the center with Barbara's hand applique pop. Mission accomplished and it was fun! 

Enjoy your weekend!

Tot Ziens, Jo

Saturday Morning Post ~ Barbara's Applique

Glorious applique by Barbara H. 

This week felt more like Spring rather that the coming of Autumn

working on this beauty :0)

Custom quilted

with lots of outlining 

and a cross hatch fill behind the flower vase. 

Worked out great following the dots of the fabric's print!

Dot to dot crosshatch :0) and no marking!!!

Layered with two battings, a cotton with scrim base

with wool on top for a trapunto look.

Thread is Omni in Vanilla Wafer for the sashing and blocks.

So Fine 50 for all of the outlining and SID. 

I am loving the So Fine thread from Superior! 

A close up of the Friendship Star design

and the back that had a whole cloth look

The vase was not quilted on purpose. 

Barbara layered a piece of batting between her applique and the top

and added her own stitches in blue

It gave the vase allot of dimension

and if stitched thru again, could have looked like a blue pumpkin!

The cotton batting will give it enough stability 

for a wall hanging. Barbara plans to hang it in the entry hall where she lives.

This quilt will sure add a cheery hello to everyone that come in!

 Thank you Barbara!  

Cindy brought in 6 quilts and I have been busy working on those as well. Two are finished and one, on my frame is ready for a little SID and then it's a finish. Yea! Had allot of paperwork and mail to catch up on this week. Turned over my term's accounting for our guild to our new treasurer, Chris to begin a new term. Thursday's guild meeting was so cool with Joe Cunningham as our guest speaker. He was wonderful, talented and very engaging! Wishing I had singed up for his workshop, it was full with 20 participants! 

So busy, I didn't realize until yesterday that it's Labor Day weekend already and a long weekend, how sad is that! I am headed to Yuba City today to attend a Maintenance workshop for my longarm at the Sew So Shop and my Innova dealer. Looking forward to that and then... to enjoy an extra day off :0) 

Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend! 

Tot Ziens, Jo 

Finishes this week

A wall hanging made by Tess

 Tess' request was for a circular design in the blocks

 This wall hanging will go to a Mammography center.

I quilted a circle of hearts with echo stitching around them

and then repeated that design in the borders and corners.

Added a little ruler work in the HSTs

All quilted with two Glide threads in Pearl and Black

with two layers of batting ~ Wool to give it loft

with an under layer of cotton to help it hang nice. 

Thank you Tess

Tess also dropped of a wool applique quilt that I am anxious to play on.

Meanwhile got caught up on a few more...

This quilt is made by a new to me customer, Sally V

Love the fabrics!

Quilted with Williamsburg e2e

using an Omni thread from Superior Threads

on Quilter's Dream cotton Select.

Love the paisley backing fabric too!

Thank you Sally :0)

One for Claudia

 Quilted with Escargot e2e

Using Omni thread from Superior Threads

The backing fabric is the dark blue background with yellow flowers. I used two layers of batting for this quilt as well. A wool with a cotton layer. The reason for this quilt is because thru wool dark backing would shadow the light fabrics on the top. The cotton helps keep the top nice and bright white. Claudia also added some of the strips to her backing.

 Love the loft of the wool, you can see it in these pix taken early in the morning

 with a bit of sun as it rises.

Thank you Claudia!

Perfect piecing and good fabrics as always :0)

You are very much appreciated

 Christmas in July for Barbara H

Love her pieced backing altho it was a challenge 

to center the top with the backing

both horizontally as well as vertical.

Close up of the back 

with my Points and Berries e2e

Quilted with Omni in Indian Paintbrush

Its a wonderful red! 

 This baby quilt was quilted yesterday for my good friend Janie

She is so creative and loves to challenge both of us!

Top fabric is a knit, that when washed, created the crosshatch pattern

The batting is wool and the back is Minkee!

Kind of like trying to quilt three sponges together! 

Janie raw edge appliqued all of the fabric squares onto the white knit fabric

using a decorative feather stitch on her machine.

That was a challenge in and of itself :0)

Really cute fabrics with Fox, Owls, a squirrel and a hedge hog

Stitching is added to the animal block prints

with Omni and Glide threads

and an extra square of wool batting

 behind the blocks

 and this is Little Tweet on the Minkee backing...

Thank you Janie! 

Took a break this morning to post pix, now off I go to add the binding! 

See you soon! 

Enjoy your weekend

Tot Ziens, Jo

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

A little Ketchup

A new month and a good time to post a few of the customer quilts not posted that were quilted in May and June while I was in Ketchup mode :0)

This is a quilt made by Barbara H.

A kit she purchased from Morning Star Quilt Shop in Paradise. I was very happy to see this quilt top as I made the same kit purchsed from Marsha when Morning Star was a vendor at Annie's Star Quilt guilds quilt show. Custom quilted on the Innova. She also brought along this quilt to my studio for quilting...

made from a Kim Diehl pattern which I was also familiar with because I am making one too! We have the same taste in quilts! I spent some time on both of these quilts and they are the very first custom quilts quilted on the Innova. Here are a few close up pix...

 This is Petit Fours from 2009 :0)
Heirloom Roses and a Williamsburg border design quilted in the borders
 and below the back...

 Barbara's Kim Diehl quilt

Surprise, I found another that Sandra E made, a Tessellations style quilt...
Sandra is a prolific quilter! 

 Also quilted with Jubilee. Love this Anne Bright pattern!
Another gorgeous batik used for her backing...

Check out this fun quilt made with Mickey Mouse and 

Nightmare Before Christmas fabrics

Made for the quilter's sister, a true Disney fan!

Quilted with a geometric design that she picked that was perfect!

This is a Breast Cancer Fundraiser quilt made by members of the 

Embroidery Club at Cathy's Honey Run Quilters

The project was spearheaded by Carol and the quilt pieced by Beckie

Custom quilted on the Innova, 

each of the blocks were machine embroidered

so an e2e was not an option for this one! 

Following are close ups of some of the embroidered blocks...

A wonderful collaboration!

Three Four more, these are all baby quilts...

This one is a very cute panel quilt made by Janie

Quilted with Stars in a Bright Yellow Glide thread

Two made by Janet M

This one is quilted with Dragonflies

with a very cute backing fabric

and last but not least...

 These fabrics and prints were a mix of baby animals

 Quilted with Aussie Babies and a Minkee backing

 very cute!

 Found one more, made by Rosie

 Also with a minkee backing and quilted with Jubilee
Love this quilting design!

I had a hard time taking pix of this one, it was a very bright, sunny and hot day so I laid down a sheet and took photos out in the grass in the shade. Not the best photos, but the best part is that this is one of Rosie's first quilts. I now have a second she made already, waiting to be quilted. She is getting ready to retire and plans to spend some of that time learning to quilt. Well, she has gotten a pretty good start on that! Yea! 

Thank you Rosie, Janet, Janie, Carol, Sandra and Barbara! I appreciate each of you very much! If I have left anyone out, my apologies. Every once in awhile a quilt gets past me without a photo or a customer did not give written permission on my work order to post their name and/or quilt on the internet.

It is so nice to be caught up from the back log. Not a fun situation, especially in the summer time! Recently finished two for Judy J and a class sample for Honey Run Quilters that Goldie will be teaching in September, it's still on my longarm and will be posted... stay tuned! Today it was cloudy all day. Lots of rain up in the mountains, a good thing with the fires but not so good with mudslides in SoCal... in August! Very weird weather! 

Stay safe and cool and take a few stitches whenever possible! 

Groetjes, Jo