Five in Five

Five quilts quilted this week!

First up is a quilt Betty D made in a guild workshop

Batik Blast with Judy Sisneros

Wonderful paisley batik quilted with a Paisley design

with a Rainbow variegated Fantastico thread

The black fabric are strips folded and pieced into cut blocks

A challenge for many longarm machines but the Innova did just fine :0)

Same applied to the set in folded fabric Cindy G added to this quilt

 The stripe with stars fabric is the folded flange set into the inner border

This is a quilt Cindy made for the Wounded Warrior project posted on Facebook

with Morning Star Quilt Shop in Paradise, CA

Pattern is Steppin' Up the Squares by Mary Kay Davis

Also made in a guild workshop this month

Quilted with Star Spangled Banner e2e with a Red thread

matching the red backing

This is another quilt made by Betty D

Quilted with Raindrops

that played with the water drops in these cute duck prints

and check out the yellow duck backing :0) ...

A wedding gift quilt made by Alice C

Hawaiian prints for a couple that love Hawaii

 Quilted with an e2e of Hibiscus Flowers

by Sweet Dreams Studio

The fifth quilt finished up this week is completely different

This is a vintage quilt made with 1930's prints

Real ones, not repros. 

I consider myself honored to see and work with a few vintage quilt tops. As much as I would love to see all hand pieced quilt tops hand quilted, it's not always affordable and maybe not every old quilt top should be rescued. This top was not in the best shape with many of the blocks falling apart that had been repaired by machine. Parts of the quilt were faded and the piecing was very puckered. Linda D brought this quilt in to be quilted. Rescued from a neighbor whose wife had passed away, Linda and I decided to use a wool batting for two reasons. It's a natural product and it would help fill in the puckered areas of the piecing. 

When Linda came in to pick up this quilt she brought me another top she finished. I can't wait to quilt it! Modern, we already settled on a great design from Digi-tech. Really nice quilt, very similar to Kelly's style. Love it! and so did Kelly! 

Rose, a customer brought an old quilt into my studio this afternoon. Made by a family member it had red and white nine patches alternating with white squares and it had a pink border and cornerstones. It was hand quilted with a cotton batting. The backing was made from some sort of feed bag or flour sack fabric. Well worn and loved, it was really special to see an old red and white quilt. (didn't think to take pix :0( it was a long day)

Thank you Betty, Linda, Cindy and Alice!

My quilting time is donated for as many Community Service quilts for the guild as I am able as well as Quilts of Honor and the quilt above that Cindy made will be donated to the Wounded Warriors project.

This is a Community Service quilt for Annie's Star Quilt Guild

Pieced by a guild member, now quilted and will go to another member for binding

 Quilted with Feathered Leaf e2e

 Wonderful backing!

The Houses Quilt was submitted to KIXE for their auction
Link with pic on ASQG website

One more, also quilted for the guild is a small quilt

made in like fabrics as our Opportunity Quilt

Brandie organized this project, purchased the fabrics and worked with volunteers to piece and applique the blocks. This little guy will be given to the person who sells the most Opportunity Quilt tickets. Quilted on the Innova as close to the same quilting done on the big quilt, I made one change and used a wool batting along with a layer of cotton to add loft.

 Brandie did allot of the applique, love her fussy cutting!
The quilt is back in her hands for binding and will be presented to the guild soon :0)

Even the little corner blocks were quilted as the big quilt

pictured here...

Happy I was able to make good progress

Today is also the one year anniversary for Helena and I

The day my Innova arrived and was set up in my studio

It doesn't feel like a year, but it also feels like I've always quilted on this machine.

Enjoy your weekend

Tot Ziens, Jo

Feathered Leaf

Feathered Leaf is a new machine quilting pattern that I started quilting on my longarm. I really like it. For an e2e it is a very nice design. Here it is quilted on Beckie's quilt...

Beckie loves to use wool batting. I do too, it really shows off the quilting!

 The quilt pattern is Chocolate by Theresa Wright @ Honey Run Quilters

Beckie's beautifully mitered corners with great borders :0)

Wonderful colors, prints and a little Radiance fabric to make it shine. This quilt is a Christmas gift for Beckie's mom, colors that fit her decor... and it is big! Beckie also added the border design to the backing. Well done Beckie!

Feathered Leaf e2e

Feathered Leaf also quilted on a quilt for Bev. Loved the batiks and colors that she put together in this beauty. These are the best pictures as I didn't get the whole quilt before Bev picked it up. It's been way too cold to go outside to take pix and no room in my studio to hang big quilts. 

Last night was another cold one here in California. The puddles left over from Friday's rain are still frozen! A flannel sheet I laid over a bed of strawberries is frozen stiff. Burr! Time to head out to my studio where the heater has been on since 5 this morning. Still have more quilts to finish for the holidays and then it's going to be time to start taking down my longarm. If all goes well, I will be starting out the new year with a different machine! I'm on pins and needles! 

Enjoy your day, stitching away :0) Jo

Fall, flowers and butterflies

Fall came to an abrupt end this week. Freezing temps and a frosty white Sunday morning. Despite covering plants and adding lights we lost a few. We haven't been out to check this morning but it doesn't look good from the windows. Burrr!

In my workroom there are flowers and butterflies that are not going to freeze on these quilts :0)

This quilt is made by Takako. 

Her quilts are made with embroidered blocks and sashing, this one is all roses.

This is Beckie's quilt. Quilted with an e2e of Butterflies.

Still fabricating a few window treatments every now and then. I finished four valances for a residential care facility. This is what my workroom was all about before I began longarming.

Another two quilts went out the door without pix. I did get a partial pic of this quilt for Bev A. using a new quilting pattern ~ Feathered Leaf. I have another quilt on the longarm for Beckie with the same design. I really like it and am considering it for one of my Civil War quilts.

and flowers in our yard before the freeze...

Glad I took a few photos before this cold front came in because these beauties are gone now. Bye bye flowers and Fall, hello winter! Hope you all are staying warm and toasty, under a quilt :0) curled up in a chair like I am right now or while working on one. Enjoy your day, Jo