Pam's Pacific Crest

Pacific Crest 

made by Pam B 

pattern by John Q Adams aka Quilt Dad

Flock Together fabrics by Kathy Doughty of Material Obsession

 plus Kaffe Fassett and silks added

Gorgeous fabrics and a great pattern from John's book Beyond Neutral  

 Flock Together fabrics

 Kaffe and silk sparrows. The background fabric is also a Kaffe

 Love the backing  too!!!

Pam pieced together Kathy's fabric with Grunge for the backing...

Quilting design is Quill 

A feather design that worked well with the fabrics! 

Top is quilted with a Fantastico thread with an Omni on the back in Indian Paintbrush 

my favorite red thread :0) Batting is Quilters Dream Cotton Deluxe

 Honey Run Quilters is putting the fabrics Pam selected together as a kit 

and will be available at Pacific International Quilt Festival

and the shop soon! Also signed copies of John's book Beyond Neutral

Pam's quilt will be traveling to PIQF as a sample quilt at Honey Run Quilters booth

Thank you Pam, you are the bestest! 

 Enjoy your Sunday

Tot Ziens, Jo

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

Material Girls at ASQG 2015 quilt show

Love this quilt designed and made by Pam B.

The inspiration began with the center bird fabric. Pam pulled together wonderful fabrics. We kept the quilting simple with a design called Peacock Palm 

Material Girls is one of the small groups in Annie's Star Quilt Guild made up with an incredibly talented group of quilters. Starting out with Pam's quilts recently shown at our guild's quilt show.

Swoon for Pam

The blocks in this Swoon quilt were made by each member in Material Girls for Pam. The first Swoon Pam made was displayed and sold at Sisters show in Oregon a few years ago. I had the pleasure of quilting both of them, each one getting better! Custom quilted with a wool batting. Thank you Pam! You are the best!

Cannery Row by Bev. A

Bev is a wonderful artist, our featured quilter at our last quilt show and does most of her own quilting. Once in awhile she asks me to quilt for her. This is one Bev had the vision, I simply guided the machine with her artwork ;0) Beautiful. It certainly took me out of my box! Thank you Bev

Missie's wildlife quilt

Wildlife and paw prints were quilted in the borders like this bear's face plus more throughout the quilt. It makes it fun to find the hidden animals both in the prints and the quilting. Thank you Missie

 Adding Missie's Quail Trails, quilted by Missie. Beautiful! Missie also does most of her own quilting and is quite the artist. Well done!

Judy with her A to Z

Judy is also a Material Girl :0) Both of her quilts that she asked me to quilt for her are already posted here on the blog. Thank you Judy

Donna Greenwald, also a member of the group was this year's featured quilter. Her work is amazing and I will feature more of her quilts in a separate post. For now, one of my favs as it depicts Tahoe, my sanctuary and favorite place in the world.

Donna Greenwald

Donna does all of her own quilting which is part of her art. One of my goals for the new year is to take one of her classes, or better yet, attend her Tahoe retreat! 

A few more pix from the Material Girl's quilts at the show

(not quilted at Moonbear, I love to see quilter's that do their own :0)

Sally Jo's, I did baste this one for her, it is completely hand done by Sally Jo!

Tot Ziens, Jo

Pam B

This week's posts are all customer quilts
that are quilted while I work on some custom quilts this week.

Starting off with two quilts for a very good friend and customer, Pam B. 

This first quilt is designed by Pam, 

beginning with the bird fabric in the center 

by an Australian artist.

Pam built on the quilt from the center.

I came up with this feather design

with a little swirl to add to the playfulness of the fabrics
keeping the quilting open as Pam requested.

Second, a spring quilt made by Pam

 trimmed and binding added, ready to be stitched down

 Quilted in April with a floral design, Escargot by Anne Bright
A favorite e2e and perfect for a spring quilt
with a nice swirl in the center of the flower

The perfect spring backing!

Thank you Pam
who has the best taste in fabric :0)

Also for the fabric heart on the card and lots of hugs

Sew nice! Love you, Jo

Tot Ziens, enjoy your week
Happy Birthday :0)

Swoon for Pam and Baskets for Debbie

Swooning over Pam's quilt!

This is Pam's second Swoon. Pam selected all of the fabrics and each block was made by members of her quilting group ~ Material Girls. I quilted her first last year, in the Spring. It was displayed at Sisters the following July and someone purchased it :0) Quilted on my previous longarm with a butterfly kaleidoscope design, completely different from this one. What a pleasure quilting Pam's new Swoon on my Innova longarm. Such a difference!

The beginning of the stitch out, LOVE my Innova! Quilted with specific designs for the 26 inch Swoon blocks with motifs to fit each of the shapes including a 'pebbles in a pod' design in the diamonds. Below is the secondary design that fills the shapes and sashing in between each of the blocks.

As well as the negative space which forms a block in the corners of each Swoon. Quilted with a Glide thread in the color Viking (who comes up with color names?!) and a wool batting, layered with a thin cotton batting under the wool for stability. Love the loft of the wool! It's so much fun to quilt on :0) Digital designs are from Sweet Dreams Studio

Below is Pam's gorgeous voile backing fabric!
(more pix at the bottom of this post)

Thank you Pam

Baskets for Debbie,

also a longarm quilter. This quilt is too large to fit her longarm frame, she added a berry fabric to three sides to hang down the sides and custom fit her bed. Debbie is a very talented longarmer in her own rite, it was an honor that she asked me to quilt for her...

Quilted with an e2e ~ Williamsburg
using a Glide thread in Sand (gold)
Also with wool batting

Here are the sides with the berry fabric

Love the colors and fabrics!
and a close up of the baskets... 

and the two backing fabrics

Thank you Debbie!

I even received flowers from Pam 💖

sitting on my side table next to my longarm while I work in my studio
So very nice, thank you Pam! 
and in the same colors of the quilt :0)

 A few more pix of the Swoon blocks
btw, Debbie is also a member of Material Girls
and make one of these blocks :0) 

A close up of the pebbles in a pod, the perfect shape for a diamond

I am finally feeling better today, that little flu bug I encountered last week had friends! A bit of a set back in my quilting schedule. I will be working tomorrow to catch up and happy to have my flowers from Pam to cheer me up! Enjoy your weekend :0)

Groetjes, Jo