Three for Leslie

Leslie brought in three quilts in the Fall to be quilted for the holidays 

This one was gifted to a family member at Christmas 

Leslie loves to work with 30's fabrics :0) 

Blue backing, same fabric as the cornerstones. 

Second quilt pieced by Leslie quilted with a custom e2e set up :0) 

Number three below with a little different layout 

this one the nine patch is straight set while the one above is set on point. 

The blocks for the last two are the same all in 30's fabrics. 

I used a number of different designs, some I came up with. 

All of the feather designs are from One Song Needle Arts via Digi-Tech.

The beginning stitch out of the first quilt for Leslie that was done custom. 

Thank you Leslie! 

I am headed for Road to California to spend all four days at the show! 

Hope to see some friendly faces there. I will be in Innova's booth 826

answering questions and playing on the longarms!

Studio will be closed until next week Wednesday, the 25th.

Michael will be here making sure nothing floats away 

and holding down the fort with the next storm system coming in :0)

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

Phoebe, Leslie and Donna's Quilts

Phoebe's graphic quilt

 Quilted with Crazy Swirls lined up with each block
LOVE my Innova!

using a gold Magnifico thread from Superior Threads

The backing, a hand dye with just the right colors :0)

It's bright!

Quilted during the week along with Leslie D's Star quilt

Quite the variety of quilts come thru my studio! 

This beauty is quilted with a new design I am playing with

 Another e2e design that I am able to set up to look like each block

 is quilted individually. Did I mention... LOVE my Innova!

A little hard to see the quilting especially with the busy prints

but aren't the prints gorgeous!?! Love
Lots of French General

And a toddler bed quilt Donna made
 for her firstborn grandchild

 with a very cute Pooh fabric!

 Great fabric and color selection Donna!

Quilted with Ginger Hearts that worked well with the backing too

using a Glide thread

Also finished were two community service quilts for our guild.
The houses are in the previous post and the second I haven't
taken photos of along with Kathy W's quilt which is almost finished.

Great weekend with lots of needed rain
Enjoy your Sunday, take a few stitches!
That's where I am headed for the rest of the afternoon, Jo

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

First quilting finished for 2015

First quilt in 2015 is quilted for Leslie

A beauty! 15 inch blocks set on point. Wonderful fabrics!

A paisley print is the medium with a dark silk cornerstone in the sashing.

The background fabric is all scrappy, love it!

Even the inner border is all scrappy pieces of background fabrics!

Borders, corners, 2 triangles and the blocks are a set design by 

Apricot Moon called Charlotte. 

finished with SID borders and 1/4 inch straight stitch in the sashing

More contemporary than my usual feather motifs.

It worked well with Leslie's fabric choices.

Thank you Leslie!

Two more for Cindy for her total of seven

 This is a quilt made by Cindy with a Linda Ballard block design

Quilted with an e2e ~ Starburst using a Signature cotton in the color Wheat

 Great fabrics and colors, set on point blocks! Good job Cindy!!!

and a quilt Cindy and Tess are known for using

The 10 minute quilt pattern...

 Completely made of squares with one folded into the seams
and pressed down for folded edges

 to form the center square on point

 Definitely a challenge to quilt down the free floating folded edges!

Not something I could do on my previous SOB (some other brand) longarm

However, on my Innova... No problem! 

Quilted with a Geometric e2e

and the bright and cheery backing Cindy chose for this quilt. Perfect!

Thank you Cindy :0)

And to wrap up the week, a quilt for Linda E

A baby quilt made with flannels...

for a baby boy. We thought the Friendship Stars and Pinwheels
could be propellers

so it is quilted with the Airplane e2e

because it needed those propellers!

Wonderful piecing! Thank you Linda :0)

Have a great weekend

Tot Ziens

(RU picking up any Dutch yet? :0) Jo

Wedding Quilts, for Leslie and Kathy

Two more wedding quilts finished. This one is made by Leslie D

Love these fabrics! Reminds me of French General Cali girl Sue :0)

 Also of Claudia, two of my wonderful customers

btw, I noticed Sue is working on a quilt similar to one that Claudia had me quilt for her

made in MidWinters Red fabrics. Great minds (and quilters) think alike! 

This fabric is wonderful! The backing 

fabrics with a light background are too
Leslie often pieces extra blocks and fabric in her backing

Quilted on my Innova with a panto called Williamsburg

A second wedding quilt...

I love my job because I get to see and play with so many different quilts!

This is a wedding quilt made by Kathy for a family member...

Quilted with a border pattern in the pieced rows...

and following the print, hand guided on the Innova.

It's quilted with two different Glide threads in gold.  

These pix do not do it justice, this one is best in RL to appreciate

the sparkle in the thread as well as the blue and gold fabric Kathy chose.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. 

Take some stitches, I plan to do just that

and spend some time working on my projects.