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

Dresden Plates, Pumpkins and more

Linda D made this beautiful Dresden Plate quilt 

Made with machine and hand applique with a gold sashing

Lots of color in 30's repros!

Great backing fabric, an Alexander Henry

Gina block is a digital quilting design from Sweet Dream Studios

A fun spiral design in the center with feather and swirl designs

quilted on the Dresden Plates

framed with a petite flower frame that complemented the 30's repro prints

and created a secondary design in the sashing and corners of the plates

Thank you Linda!

Finished in October, the second Halloween print quilt for Donna

Same prints as the first but we quilted this one very different

In place of the scull and crossbones, this one is more about the pumpkins!

 with a pumpkin border design in black thread

That spider web backing glows in the dark!

 1/4 inch outline stitches in the sashing

 and a big pumpkin with a carved face in each of the nine crazy quilt blocks.

Hard to see from a photo, it showed up really well quilted on wool batting

A few more finished and back in the hands of their creators recently...

A Photo Memory quilt made by Betty D

Pam and I love the star border Betty came up with surrounding the blocks

Quilted with a Star Banner in the outer border and SID around the blocks

This quilt is made by Melanie for her son. 

All organic cottons, cotton batting and cotton thread :0)
Quilted design is Flamingo Sunset by Anne Bright

Quilts for Delores... four of them!

Delores brings her quilts with her from Arizona

when she comes to visit her sister here in Chico!

These are Stack and Whacks! One of three, this one did not have borders

 The back of the quilt with a floral e3e quilted on Quilter's Dream Puff Poly batting

 A second, also in purples with a bright yellow and green border

 Fun to see the floral fabrics make a different kaleidoscope design in each block

Quilted with a different floral e2e, this one is called Escargot from Anne Bright

#3 in a hot pink floral fabric set in green

This one will catch someone's attention!

 Quilted with an e2e of Hibiscus flowers by Sweet Dreams

Quilt #4 for Delores was different from the first three

 Delores requested a design with borders
to make it special for a family member

We choose this floral pattern, also from Sweet Dreams

All four were quilted with Puff Poly

There are a few more but I'll save them for a new post.

One for Beckie that I just loved and had fun doing a custom design

Two finished for Cheryl P and one for Phoebe

and one with curved edges for Faye B that is in Goldie's hands for binding

I have another quilt for Beckie with the cutest birds waiting it's turn 

as well as one just finished for Debbie D, a sneak peek...

 of Debbie's baskets. Pam's Swoon is on the frame right now

Busy busy busy ~ Thank you, thank you, thank you

Love the diversity of all the quilts I get to 'frost' is amazing

Frosting, a term Mary uses

That would be Mary of Quilt Hallow, a longarmer that does amazing work

frosting (quilting) customer quilts on her longarm machine :0)

Check out her work as well

Thanks for stopping by :0)

Groetjes, Jo

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