Sandy and Phoebe, Scrap Happy Beauties

The unexpected loss of our quilting friend just before the holidays really knocked the stuffing out of many of us. I know I did more quilts for Sandy but not finding the file this evening with the exception of the Library Quilt. Didn't post allot of pix during December because I knew many of these beauties were intended as Christmas gifts including this quilt. The downside of waiting to post pix... is finding the photo files. Just like everything else in my life... chaos that needs organizing!!!  😞

Sandy's Library Quilt

 Custom quilted with lots of fun ruler work. This was fun quilting to do for Sandy! 

Added a little steam coming off the coffee cup :0) 

The recipient of this quilt also loves Monopoly 

plus Sandy added DVDs and book set favorites. 

Love how Sandy made this scrappy ;0) 

and this is Star Blossoms for Phoebe... 

Scrappy as well! 

I know exactly what book this came from... Scrap-Basket Beauties 

by Kim Brackett. This quilt in the book is named Star Blossoms 

and I absolutely love how Phoebe did it in Kaffe. Well done Phoebe!!!

This book was one of Goldie's favorites 💖

 Custom quilting with a block design

Phoebe always picks a backing that's just as fun as the top! 👍

Thank you ladies... you are THE BEST! 

Tot ziens, Jo

Goldie Girls ;0) ASQG 2015 quilt show

Vintage Valentine by Sandra E

Vintage Valentine by Sandra E

Gorgeous work Sandy! Lots of love went into this one :0)
Thank you Sandy for your kind words

Sandy's beautiful applique!

Changing gears to Sandy's love of scrappy...

Scrappy Balls!
Quilted with Crazy Swirls as a custom e2e
laid out in the blocks/the negative space between the balls. 

Scrappy Balls by Sandra E

Plus Sandy's love for Australian fabrics... 

Aboriginal Spirit by Sandra E

Quilted as a custom e2e with the design, lined up to Sandy's blocks.

Two of Phoebe's quilts

Summer Breeze 

Summer Breeze by Phoebe W

Quilted with Zen Roses e2e

and Tilt-a-Whirl

Tilt-a-Whirl by Phoebe W

Also quilted with Crazy Swirls in a custom e2e 

this time lined up with the sashing intersections.

Thank you to my two favorite Goldie Girls!!!

More tomorrow... off to fire up the longarm.

Helena got a tune up, maintenance and a good cleaning yesterday

sew we can frost a few customer quilts for the holidays!

Tot ziens, Jo

"We will be known forever by the tracks we leave"

Saturday Morning Post ~ Kelly, Phoebe and Jill

This is Autumn Daze, a quilt made by Kelly for Honey Run Quilters that will be going to PIQF this October. Posted on a new Facebook page that is still in the works and now here on the blog. Kelly picked up this beauty on Thursday morning. 

Made good progress this month with one more quilt on my frame to finish out August. This will be the first month in about a year that there will not be any, not one! quilt on 'the list' carried over to the next month... Yea! It's a great feeling. 

Can't get too excited tho, the list is still booked until April of 2016 with September and October full to capacity with quilts that were 'put off' while I was taking care of my Mom. November is our guild's quilt show, lots of quilts to be finished for the show and quilts for the holidays. Busy, busy, busy! 

Ever so grateful for so many wonderful quilters 

that entrust their quilts to my care and quilting. 

Thank you!   

back to Kelly's quilt ...

 Love those little fussy cut cornerstones and the care taken for the layout

Great backing, all the fabrics are, of course, available at Honey Run Quilters :0)

 

 Quilting design is called Solar

using two colors of Omni thread from Superior Threads.

Vanilla Wafer for the top and Hazelnut on the backing.

Even the thread names say Autumn!

Thank you Kelly

A few more finishes... two for Phoebe

Phoebe is one of the Scrappy Queens from Goldie's Scrap Happy Days :0)

who must be pulling from her purple, teal and blue baskets to make both of these quilts!

Snowball Nine Patch which was fun to set up a repeated e2e in the blocks

One of my favorite options and layouts to set up these daze.

Creates a custom look at an e2e price :0) Win! Win!

Both quilts were quilted with Fantastico variegated threads

this one backed with an Omni thread in Blue Turquoise

Close up of Phoebe's first one... quilted with Rapunzel e2e

 Definitely a fun design and a favorite 

Thank you Phoebe! 

Also finished and picked up this week are quilts for Betty posted here
and Cool Beans quilted for Claudia posted here

Plus one for Jill whom I haven't quilted for in exactly a year this month.

A Baseball Baby quilt made with great baseball fabrics and a panel
Quilted with Star Bright using a Fantastico variegated thread in red, white and blue.
It worked!

and the perfect backing fabric!

Nice! Glad to see Jill is back to quilting. Jill's home was flooded when we actually had one big rain storm last year that flooded Los Molinos. She lost allot of fabric along with a king size quilt she was working on. After a summer of repairs and replacements for their home, she is happily back at her machine! In fact, she took up half of February on the list! 

Thank you Jill!

Speaking of rain, we have a weird little storm moving thru early this morning with just a little bit of rain, yes, just enough to muddy up the dust on the cars! It's just getting light out and the ground is dry again already. The clouds are keeping the heat in so it's also warm and humid. Chico hit triple digits again this week, hopefully the last for the summer as this system promises to bring some cool temps. Looking forward to that and the coming of Autumn, my favorite season! Yea!!!

Enjoy your weekend

Make some time to take some stitches!

Tot Ziens, Jo







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Quilting for Sandy and Phoebe

Today's catch up post with quilts made by Sandy E and Phoebe,

quilted in May. First is Phoebe's scrappy quilt...

made with her favorite block, pinwheels

 Quilted with Zen Roses

an e2e by One Song Needle Arts

 that complimented all of the floral prints and colors

that Phoebe put into her scrappy quilt

This second quilt is made by Sandy E.

using up pieces of her Australian print fabrics

Quilting design is an e2e from Apricot Moon

lined up and repeated within the blocks

I choose the quilting design

to work with these great aboriginal prints

with lots of color

Beautiful! Thank you Phoebe and Sandy

You are the best Scrap Happy Girls! 

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

Quilting for Phoebe, Sandy and Cheryl

November quilting ~ This one is pieced by Phoebe

 Very Modern!

 Love all the fabrics, all set in a white background

 Flamingo Sunset quilted with a variegated Fantastico thread

A fun digital quilting design from Anne Bright

If you look close you will see Flamingos!

The feather plume is the tail :0)

 Backing fabric is a green and white polka dot

on which I ran a different variegated Fantastico thread of green and white

Fun quilt! Thank you Phoebe

One for Sandy E

Sandy's piecing is absolutely perfect!

Beautiful fabrics in rose prints

 Quilted with a new pattern from Donna at One Song Needle Arts

This one is called Zen Roses

  Here it is on the rose print backing. Love the coverage,
soft lines and the roses are beautiful

This pattern is the perfect replacement for another rose design

that I loved to run on the Statler, however, that designer chooses

not to offer her designs in a format that will work on Auto Pilot.

Thank you Donna at One Song for going to Digi-Tech! 

Phoebe and Sandy are 'regulars' at Goldie's sew days

along with Kathy T, Judy P, Karen, Lauren and many more

Often I meet with them there.
Seeing how much fun they have, I joined in and spent the day with

The Goldie Girls!

We had the best day while I worked on Amaretto Cottage

They meet at Honey Run Quilters in Cathy's classroom, Chico, CA :0)

A little more catch-up, two quilts for Cheryl P

also a modern style with lots of colorful batiks

quilted with a design from Sweet Dream Studios
with a Glide thread ~ Verbena

 

 and Cheryl's 2nd quilt...

Lots of squares of Kaffe Fassett fabrics! 

 with this absolutely drop dead gorgeous backing!

Quilted with a Kaffe Floral quilting design
with Glide threads, gold on the back and yellow on the top

Thank you to all three really good quilters :0)
I enjoy and appreciate quilting for you!

Almost finished with Pam's Swoon and Debbie's Basket quilts

Coming up on my frame next is a quilt for Beckie

This one is For the Birds! 

A good use of my design wall is to put up the next customer's quilt top while I work.

It gives me a little extra time to get to know the quilt better

and I know exactly how this one will be quilted!

With a design from Kim at Sweet Dreams Studio

Little Tweet

and yes, it has birds!
When finished will post along with pix of Beckie's previous quilt, as promised.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. I, for one, have a flu bug and am a little 'under the weather'. Had plans to attend Sacrament's River City Quilt show tomorrow with Brandie, Karen and Lauren. Saw a few pix posted by Quilt Inspiration this evening. I will be missing a good quilt show! Went to last year's and it was really good. However, a day of rest will be good. We had some rain this week, also very good. Leaves are falling in earnest now and winter is coming. Actually it has arrived in most of the states already! How is it that time passes much too quickly these daze? Enjoy your Sunday. Thanks for stopping by ;0) Groetjes, Jo

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