A Very large quilt.  My new sewing friend Cynde and I each made this quilt.  Took us 9 months.  We did change the design a bit.  We left out the tiny pieces that were in the pattern.  This is a Lori Holt pattern called Calico Garden.  Used Lori Holt fabrics.  She has videos to watch for the construction of each square.  Super fun to make.  

 In my retirement community we started a Quilt group.  Four Season's Quilters.

Meeting once a month in the clubhouse.  10 women have signed up.  Our first gathering was January 4, 2024.  Super fun!  We each brought our own projects.  Some brought machines and some did hand work.  Very fun group of women!

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!!!