Made this quilt with left over blocks from my Calico Garden quilt.  More Lori Holt fabric.  Maybe I need to ease into other fabrics...........But I really like how this turned out and it was fun to longarm quilt a smaller quilt for a change. 

 

 This snowball quilt was made with old ties.  The quilt was made by an 85 year old woman who can no longer quilt.  I believe she has arthritic hands.  She used to be a seamstress for the Atlantic City Miss America pageant.  Her daughter asked if I could finish the quilt for her.  I did an over all stippling pattern with my longarm and hand sewed the binding.  It was very big.......maybe even King sized.  Too much for me.  The quilts are too heavy at this size.  I will stick to smaller quilts from now on.  I did enjoy working on this quilt.  I think it turned out nicely.  

 Starry Cabin Quilt by Jessica Dayon.  I bought this bundle of fabric at the Quilting Bee in Spokane.  Love the fabrics.  Pattern was easy to follow and it went together quickly.  I haven't posted for awhile.  I've been working on a Lori Holt quilt that is very large.  I also quilted 2 quilts for others.  

 The pattern for this quilt is called Dusky Mountains.  Commissioned quilt.  Person wanted yarn dyed linen fabric.  The background color is called Nutmeg, Ivory for the mountains, Expresso and Indigo for the triangles.  Used stippling  for the overall quilting pattern.  The quilt was a challenge for me.  Linen is more difficult, it is heavier and tends to ravel.  Also, the colors requested did not match the pattern so I struggled a bit with the placement of the pieces.  I needed some advice from a friend and from my son ........then the pattern came out correctly.  I feel like the pattern is striking.  I was unable to make it larger though so may not be exactly what the person requested.  I did the best I could.  

 Daughter Jessi chose this  Helios pattern with coral and white fabric for a new quilt.  Went together quickly.  I knew I needed to quilt it with straight lines.  On the longarm, straight lines are difficult for me.  So I forced myself to use a longarm ruler.  Marked the lines in the squares first and then used the ruler.  It worked well.  I did get better as I went along.....practice!!!

 

Using up fabric scraps.  My scrap bins are overflowing.  Doubt if I live long enough to use them up!  This pattern is called Heart Blossoms.  Tried some new patterns in my free motion long arm quilting.   This quilt will go on my bed not on the wall.  

 

 This is called Breezy Day.  A baby quilt.  Pinwheels are so fun to make.  I especially like the border fabric.

 Baby Rowan likes the scrappy star quilt I made for her.  What a very sweet little girl.

A new table runner. Love a quilt that involves piecing and hand applique.  This pattern is called Treasures from the Scrap Bin.  Love the color combination of orange and blue.

 This quilt pattern is called My Happy Place by Lori Holt. Depicts all the different parts of sewing.  I found a friend who also loves quilting and we both made this quilt using Lori Holt fabric.  It was a new way to prepare applique using interfacing.  I really like this method.  So now my sewing room has a new wall hanging..........it is my happy place.

 Moda Love Charm Quilt pattern.  I used Lori Holt fabric instead of Moda fabric but used their free pattern.  I really enjoyed making this and I feel my quilting turned out well.  It is easier to quilt a smaller project.  

 This is called Art Square.  Wanted a quilt to hang on my dark orange wall.  The white squares look like pumpkins but they are actually pin cushions with needle and thread.  

 This quilt is called Swoon Sixteen..........sixteen inch blocks, sixteen blocks.

I used Lori Holt Fabrics.  I've bought 4 fat quarter bundles of her fabrics.  I really love the colors and patterns.  I imagine I will grow tired of making quilts from the same fabrics, but not yet!

This is called Coming Home by Sarah Fielke.  Took 2 1/2 months.  It was really fun to make........as I always say.  The pattern had pieces to trace instead of measurements to cut multiples so I had trouble lining them up.  Not the usual way to put together a quilt.  Also, it weighs a lot and was a bit difficult to move around especially on the longarm but I'm happy with how it looks now.  Want to do smaller quilts again.  

 

Hand applique projects from My Enchanted Garden book by Gretchen Gibbons.

This block is called Happy Bouquet

This block is called Fancy Flowers.

This block is called Bountiful Tree.

Love to have hand applique projects to work on while watching shows.  Also nice to do a smaller project.