Category Archives: Custom quilting

High Tea

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Another very densely custom quilted finish.  First I just did this design in pink and I was happy with it and moved on to quilting the sashing.

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Once I finished quilting the sashing I decided that I needed to add a little more quilting.  I came back in with orange thread and added the inner petals filled in with pebbles. Still not satisfied I added the inner orange loops.

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Then I decided to fill the orange loops with thread to give it more dimension. I was happy with the final design so I advance the quilt and moved on to the next section.. Then I got the bright idea to do some dense quilting in the background to allow the design to really pop forward. I lost track of how much time I put into the FMQ in the 15 white squares but it was substantial.

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The Quilt that keeps on giving

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Batik Beauty

Batik Beauty 109″ x 109″

I donated this kingsize Batik quilt to be used at a silent auction fundraiser for The Bockman Foundation. It is a non-profit charity that helps people with spinal cord injuries.   I got a email informing me that the quilt sold for $600. I then found out that the people who bought the quilt re-donated it to another silent auction fundraiser for a family with 3 kids that just lost their father.  I couldn’t be happier.  I hope that my quilt brings at least another $600 for that family.

I just did a free hand edge to edge swirl design in the body and some custom quilting in the set in triangles and border.

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Jana’s Wedding Quilt

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This is large kingsize quilt with full custom quilting. It is comprised of forty nine 12 inch blocks and 3 borders.  There are 24 house blocks with lots of stitch in the ditch around the houses and then a fairly densely quilted background.  There is an additional 25 plain blocks with intense custom quilting.

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Here are close-ups of some of the blocks:

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Four Sisters

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My friend Susan has 4 beautiful grand-daughters.  The girls love to spend time with her and the two oldest like to help her sew and quilt.   She let the girls go through her stash and pick the fabrics they liked best.  They cut them into small strips and then they sat on Nana’s lap as she sewed them together to make a string that was as long as they were tall.   When they were finished that had four very colourful strips.  As a Christmas surprise, Susan incorporated the strips into a quilt design.  She was running out of time to complete her gift so I volunteered to quilt it for her.  I made a few suggestions to personalize the quilt by having Susan write their names on each strip and then I quilted over her markings so that it was her handwriting.  She gave me the freedom to FMQ it as I saw fit.

We used a polyester batting with lots of loft that allowed me to quilt designs into the background.  Susan has a dog and a cat that the girls just adore so I thought I should add their foot prints.

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