Sandy and Phoebe, Scrap Happy Beauties

The unexpected loss of our quilting friend just before the holidays really knocked the stuffing out of many of us. I know I did more quilts for Sandy but not finding the file this evening with the exception of the Library Quilt. Didn't post allot of pix during December because I knew many of these beauties were intended as Christmas gifts including this quilt. The downside of waiting to post pix... is finding the photo files. Just like everything else in my life... chaos that needs organizing!!!  😞

Sandy's Library Quilt

 Custom quilted with lots of fun ruler work. This was fun quilting to do for Sandy! 

Added a little steam coming off the coffee cup :0) 

The recipient of this quilt also loves Monopoly 

plus Sandy added DVDs and book set favorites. 

Love how Sandy made this scrappy ;0) 

and this is Star Blossoms for Phoebe... 

Scrappy as well! 

I know exactly what book this came from... Scrap-Basket Beauties 

by Kim Brackett. This quilt in the book is named Star Blossoms 

and I absolutely love how Phoebe did it in Kaffe. Well done Phoebe!!!

This book was one of Goldie's favorites 💖

 Custom quilting with a block design

Phoebe always picks a backing that's just as fun as the top! 👍

Thank you ladies... you are THE BEST! 

Tot ziens, Jo

Donna's Linda Ballard quilt plus a few more...

You Need a Rita! ~ pattern and another workshop by Linda Ballard 

This is Donna's quilt

Cool colors in brown/gray and teal prints

Donna and I both attended this workshop with Linda Ballard.

My top is finished however, not quilted! 

Donna's quilt is

quilted with Quilter's Dream Wool batting 

  Kim Diamond digital pattern 

with an Omni thread in teal. 

Thank you Donna

A couple more to catch up on that I don't believe pix were posted...

Another quilt for Tina 

And a bargello for Goldie. I may have posted this one, 

however am thinking of Goldie as she has not been feeling well. 

Get better soon Goldie, your girls miss you!!! 

Enjoy the weekend 

and don't forget to Fall Back on Sunday! 

Tot ziens, Jo

Saturday Morning Post

Star quilt made by Linda E

I am always amazed at the quilts that venture into my studio, and Linda's are no exception! This is a Mariner's Star quilt Linda made. Linda also made the Farmer's Wife quilt posted earlier this month. This is a better pic of the entire quilt...

 Farmer's Wife by Linda E

With the change back to dry weather I had a chance to take some whole quilt pix outside. The Schedule is updated with a few more to finish for February, still happy with the progress made. There are several custom quilts in progress, one is Beckie's French Braid pictured in the previous post. 

A couple more that went out the door...

 A quilt Carol F made in a Linda Ballard workshop at Honey Run Quilters

  A Tilted Nine Patch Carol made using up stash fabrics

 The back is pieced as well...

Love :0)

 Two for Goldie ~ A Bargello

also with a pieced back

This quilt is a sample for a class Goldie plans to teach at HRQ

Let's Begin by Goldie 

A beginning quilt class Goldie taught at HRQ, many moons ago ;)

Ripple made by Linda D

This is a quilt Linda made in a workshop with Kelly at Honey Run Quilters. Snack Time is the newest workshop with an encore on March 20th at HRQ. Will blog more details about these finished quilts next week. Meanwhile, taking the weekend off with plans to attend a quilt show in Auburn, CA today! One more pic of a quilt with a whole quilt shot...

  Star quilt made by Leslie

 Love the fussy cut border! Great quilt

Thank you to all my customers! 

Enjoy your weekend

Tot ziens, Jo

Two for the Goldie Girls

This beauty is made by Sandra E

Another scrappy treasure, love how Sandy pieced the border :0)

This second quilt made by, none other... Goldie!

It's been awhile since I've frosted one for Goldie. We have another in the works plus a third that I will be picking up this week. Goldie's Stash Buster is coming up this Thursday 10 to 4 in the classroom at Cathy's and Honey Run Quilters. To see more of Goldie's work... Goldie as our featured quilter at one of our guild's past quilt shows.

 Goldie's is quilted with New Wave, my favorite design to stitch out on a Bargello

 Quilted with a cotton thread from Signature

Close ups of Sandy's...

Quilted with a new 2015 design by Jessica Schick at Digi-Tech named Ornamental Webs. I love how she sets up her designs as point to points. It makes using the designs so versatile. They can be flipped, mirrored and then linked together to run like an e2e. Once laid out on the computer and lined up with the blocks, it's a great option to give a custom look, especially when coupled with a border design. 

This pic without the flash shows the quilting better. The very first pic with flash is a better example of the true colors. Beautiful Sandy, I love this one! Didn't get a pic with the backing, it's the same fabric at the inner border. Batting is Quilter's Dream Wool. Love the loft! Note: Good that we are getting lots of rain here in Northern California. Not good is that I have not been able to take pix outdoors. That is OK, we will take the much needed rain!

Thank you Sandy and Goldie

and all of the Goldie Girls who pitched in with a gift certificate for Goldie.

Very nice! See you Thursday :0)

Tot Ziens, Jo

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

Native American proverb

A couple of Finishes

The stars on Linda E's quilt shine!!! 

Perfect piecing in great batiks, 

dark to light neutrals with a splash of deep red and purple

Quilted and on my worktable. Still raining so no outdoor full view pix :0(

Linda's quilt has a great layout. It is 87 x 87 square.

What you can see on the table is a mirror image of the other side

The backing. Top and bottom thread is Glide in Viking, a medium purple

The same thread quilted on Pam's Swoon, different look but just as effective!

Quilted with a Swirl and Feather block design repeated

creating a secondary design at the intersections of the blocks

Love Linda's pops of red and purple and gold

Thank you Linda! 

For a big change of pace...

Check out this fun cat fabric Cindy G put togther

with this fun cat border fabric. 

If this quilt doesn't make you smile... well!!!

 Quilted with a design from Apricot Moon
named Catrina, cats and curly swirls!

Fun quilt! 

A second for Cindy

 A cozy flannel quilt in all sorts of flannel prints!

 Scrappy!!! with a leaf print flannel backing

 Leaf e2e quilting with a cotton thread from Signature called Wheat

These two went home with Cindy after our guild meeting last night.

Cindy is a fellow Annie's Star Quilt Guild member and made one of the 

Challenge quilts displayed at our December meeting

Cindy's is the arm chair with the Golden Book

in the upper right corner

The theme was reading and Cindy's is great! 

More about the Challenge here on my blog ~ Ramblin' Rows

One more quilt for Cindy G quilted on my Innova
 last week, this beauty is all batiks including the back

 With allot of ocean and water inspired prints 

Cindy choose Under the Deep Blue Sea e2e by Sweet Dreams Studio

 The movement of the pattern with swirls and pearls

just works really well with batiks

Thread used is a lime green variegated thread, Fantastico by Superior

Love this thread as well as Cindy's quilt and choices! Well done :0)

Thank you Cindy!

One more done previously. It's been in the hands of Goldie for binding

and is now back in my studio ready for it's maker, Faye

 Goldie did a beautiful job of binding!

As discussed with Faye, I kept the quilting very simple. Faye requested a 1/4 inch stitch which is perfect for this era of quilt style and the fabrics. Her Baseball blocks, she calls them, also known as Apple Core, are all hand pieced by Faye since she was a young girl. She kept adding to it over the years and is now (I believe) in her 80s. Her daughter drove her to meet with me and recognized many of the fabrics from dresses Faye made for her as a child. So these fabrics are the real deal, no repros! Here are some close ups of a few...

This last one is an example of one of the 'newer' fabrics

Faye added in more recent years :0)

Thank you Faye for trusting your well loved quilt 

to Goldie and I to finish for you! 

We are getting more rain! All good but a little break would be OK too! 

Our parched soils are starting to slide and all of the leaves are wet and gooey

The upside is that my truck is clean! :0)

Enjoy your weekend. Make some time to take some stitches!

I will be working on Frozen Quilts for a pair of sisters

Here is a link to the start and layout

Groetjes, Jo

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