Cat Lady Quilt

Cat Lady Quilt made by Pam B

How cute is this! Pam pulled together several fabrics from the 

Cotton + Steel Cat Lady collection by Sarah Watts, 

also the designer of the pattern.

 Fabrics and pattern are available at Honey Run Quilters :0)
update, the pattern in FREE and you can download it from here

 This sample quilt is up at the store. Come by for a look, but don't wait too long, 

this quilt will be traveling to shows and is going to Sister's in July!
 The quilt has already traveled to a show in Redding

Honey Run Quilter's booth set up in Redding this weekend
It will be back in the store soon and then it goes to Sisters
Pam has it posted on her blog as well :0)

btw, if you click on the link for HRQ's Facebook page you will also see

 some of the new Kaffe fabrics that Kelly just put up on the shelves.

 30 new bolts!!!  

Some close ups of Pam's Cat Lady Quilt...

Quilted with Mid-Century Modern only in the background.
The appliqued cats are outlined plus some 1/4 inch stitching.
I added some wool batting behind the balls of yarn
as well as the cat's embroidered faces for a little dimension.

HRQ had the purrfect fabric that Pam choose for the backing!
Well done!!! Thank you Pam :0)

Studio is open again. Micheal is making great progress each day. Last night I was out at Honey Run for Kelly's Toes in the Sand BOM. Felt really good to get in some girl time working on a quilt project! Back to work on the longarm with some catching up to do because Mach 3 is out and I can't wait to get that loaded onto my system! 

Tot ziens, Jo

A Quilter's Mixology

VERY NICE!

Wonderful perfect curved piecing by Linda D

from a quilt in A Quilter's Mixology

by Angela Pingel

We both zeroed in on this quilting design

Mid-Century by Patricia Ritter

I changed it up a little for Linda's quilt by elongating the design and making the circles oval instead of perfectly round. Quilted with Superior's So Fine #50 thread in a medium gray. Just the right value to add texture to Linda's quilt but not interfere with the prints and graphic nature of this quilt. Batting is Quilter's Dream Blend. I recently tried So Fine #50 and like it much better than Bottomline. Both have their advantages, the latter if you want the thread to disappear the most, it's as thin as hair! 

It curves at the bottom only because of how it is hanging here.

Linda's plans for this quilt is a wall hanging in her living room. I was very careful with the direction of the warp in the backing and batting to make sure this will hang nicely :0)
Yes, most batting has a warp just like fabric as well as a front and back!

Kelly fell in love with this top when Linda brought it into Honey Run Quilters for backing, which I just discovered I forgot to take pix of, will have to add that.
Added is a pic of Linda's quilt with the backing folded over the top...

It's a great fabric, perfect for this quilt. If you are interested in the book, Kelly ordered it and it will be IS available at Honey Run. Linda's top has some of the same fabrics, from Moda's Persimmon from Basic Grey that Kelly used in The Big Wedding quilt she made. This is Kelly's quilt hanging up at the store...

completed with binding. Kelly does the best binding!
If you are looking for someone to bind your quilt, Kelly is your go to person!
Looking forward to seeing Kelly's next quilt and it will be a class at Honey Run!

Thank you Linda :0)

Make the time to take some stitches because...

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

Enjoy your weekend, tot ziens, Jo

Scrappy Kaffe!

Three quilts for Cheryl are quilted and ready for trimming. Cheryl loves Kaffe Fassett prints and has been using them for some time. She used lots of her scraps to make these guys... 

Wonderful way to make a scrappy Kaffe!

Quilted with a modern geometric design ~ Mid Century by Patricia Ritter. I followed the flow of the triangles to line up to the flow of the circles in the quilting. Lots of circles on the back too. Quilted with two Fantastico variegated threads (love!) Rainbow on the front and a pink to coral variegated on the back, with Quilter's Dream Blend batting.

More printelicious fabrics...

 Another fun scrappy quilt Cheryl made with one of Theresa Wright's patterns

 Quilted with a new to me pattern with lots of swirl and pearls

Rapunzel is a design by Anne Bright

 Quilted with three different Fantastico threads from Superior :0) Fun

and the wonderful backing! Yumm

The third is a great mix of color and fabrics. The deep gold, magenta and dark brown all played well together. I had the perfect Fantastico variegated magenta thread but opted for an Omni thread ~ Vanilla Wafer. There was so much print going on, a dark thread would have only gotten in the way! The gold thread was only quilted in the center field. In the dark brown border I used a light variegated thread, Lava, another thread from Superior. It's a thread they are discontinuing. It takes a larger needle for the 3 ply and a bit of fussing with the tension but it was well worth it! Love my Innova!

Quilting design in the center field is Quill b2b, also from Anne Bright

 and a border design ~ Quill with Flower that is part of a set 

(there are 4 different borders designed to frame her Quill b2b)

 The two fabric backing is folded against the front altho hard to see. 

There are allot of prints going on in this beauty!

Thank you Cheryl!

Make the time to take some stitches because...

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

Tot ziens, Jo