Kathryn's Labyrinth quilt

Wow, 10 days since my last post! Time flies when you are having fun quilting ;0) With a new month starting just as I got back from Sandy, Utah many quilts came in since the 6th, following the holiday weekend. Several are quilted and ready to be trimmed. Have allot of pix and posting to catch up on as all my time has been spent quilting.

Loving all the little tricks and details I learned from Renae at Quilts On the Corner. It's made my experience with my longarm sew much better and I am getting lots of customer quilts completed! 

Kathryn's Labyrinth is the first quilt I finished as soon as I got back to work in the studio. Already delivered, Kathryn was very happy with the outcome and I hear that Ryan loved it as well! Yea! 

This is the center of Kathryn's quilt... it's big :0)

Sorry about the out of focus pix, I am using a borrowed camera and didn't notice that the settings were changed until after the quilt was picked up :0( 

The quilt laying across my frame after quilting...

Quilted with a design named Peacock Feathers 

using a variegated thread from Superior that went from green to dark teal. 

Batting is Quilter's Dream Wool... love that loft! 

 The quilting pattern was chosen to pick up the shapes in the fabrics 

mimicking the same texture but using curves to add softness to the hard lines. 

For an all over pattern it worked pretty well and was a good option for a big quilt. 

I neglected to get a picture of the backing... it was a navy blue solid.
Using that bright green color in a solid thread really popped!

Thank you Kathryn :0)

I'll try and get more pix posted but for now, getting caught up is a priority...

as well as buying a new camera. Sew much to do!

Enjoy your weekend :0)

Tot ziens, Jo

Graduation quilt for Kathryn

Kathryn made this quilt for a close friend celebrating her graduation 

Great choice of fabrics and pattern for a friend that loves... purple! 

Quilted with Sugar Scull Flowers... a fav from Anne Bright 

also quilted for Donna on a fund raiser quilt that she made for her friend 

that is fighting Pancreatic Cancer. Always impressed just how amazing my friends are! 

 The center worked out great, I knew it was spot on horizontally but it worked out

vertically too. Love when that happens! 

 Thread is a newer one from Superior... Omni V 

... a variegated version of Omni that I absolutely love using! 

It shows up nicely for e2e designs when you want the design 

to play second fiddle to the quilt top. 

 Didn't get a full shot but it's a good pattern with a medallion center.

Kathryn did a great job of fabric selection and layout. 

Well done! Thank you Kathryn 

Tot ziens, Jo

Christmas Catchup and Friends

 Saturday Morning Post with quilts from the end of the year

A quilt made by Donna L

for a grandson at Christmas

A fun quilting design for a fun quilt!

Crazy Swirls by Donna Kleinke

Quilted with a bright green Magnifico thread from Superior

Batting is Quilter's Dream Wool

Two quilts were finished in December for Beckie. One was in Christmas prints with Cardinals in snow covered Pine Trees that was custom quilted and apparently I neglected to get any pix. Bummer, it's really pretty! Beckie made that quilt for herself, she loves birds. Beckie also made this second quilt for a family member for Christmas. This one features a wolf print with some Stonehenge fabrics.  

Quilted with a pine tree and pine cones quilting design by Thomas Schick

Thomas has really great wildlife and outdoor type designs available

on Jessica Schick's website ~ Digi-tech. It's a great site with lots of designers to pick from.

One of my go to sites for designs and Jessica is really helpful to fix format issues

Wool batting from Quilter's Dream. LOVE the loft!

One more, this quilt is made by Kathryn,

a Christmas gift for her mother

Shenandoah is the pattern, Kathryn picked some great fabrics

Quilted with a design I refer to as Hummers 

It has small leaves with humming birds. Worked really well with the small leaf prints,

especially the backing. Quilted with a Fantastico variegated thread from Superior

with, guess what... Quilter's Dream Wool :0) Love the loft!

Here is a close up of a humming bird...

Thank you Kathryn! Donna and Beckie too!!!

I am so pleased to call each of you friends, there are five of us that meet for lunch every Monday, Nancy too. Not a quilter per say, I have quilted a vintage Dresden Plate quilt for Nancy that was made by a member of her family. Some days we are joined by more quilters, Karen and Kathy W, customers as well. I have the best customers!

Donna, Beckie and I have known each other from Cathy's, before Honey Run made the move, many moons ago ;0) Kathryn, is new to the group and the 'office'. What is really amazing, Kathryn is also new to quilting! Karen loaned her one of her sewing machines, Beckie started supplying her with fabric from her stash and she has taken off from there. She made a second quilt as a Christmas gift for her MIL and quilted it herself! We are all pretty impressed by this very talented young woman! 

There are more quilts to catch up on. Between the holidays, a bug I caught and just trying to keep up with life. There are more quilts to post, for another day, some quilts in the works right now. Getting used to a new to me camera, a point and shoot of Michael's that is working out for now. Another challenge is taking pix indoors. We are getting rain... lots of it, which is a good thing, but not for taking pix outdoors. All good, we need the rain! Yea!!!

Enjoy your weekend!

Tot ziens, Jo