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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Shoji Screen

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I had a lot of fun quilting this wall hanging  It was fully custom quilted and I used two layers of batting: a stiff fusible one (so that it will hang flat and firm) and a high loft polyester.  It gave amazing depth to the peacocks and the flowers.   I took pictures today in the shade and in full sun.  Although the full sun pictures fade out the colours, they definitely show off the dimension created by the quilting and the double batting.

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I just love how the quilting shows up on the back of the quilt….such dimension.

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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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Patty and Peggy’s Charity Quilts

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Patty and her sister Peggy made these 7 beautiful quilts for the Little Warriors Be Brave Ranch.  They asked me to quilt them and I was happy to help out.  I tried to quilt each one with a design that fit with the quilt:

There were two Mickey/Minnie mouse quilts.  I designed my own pantograph and used it on these two quilts:

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For the hockey themed quilt I used a pantograph called Baptiste Swirl:

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On this beautiful, green animal themed quilt I used a pantograph called puppy paws:

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For the baseball themed quilt I used a design called bumpity:

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