Yellow Brick Road

Susan made this fun Yellow Brick Road quilt.  This is very popular pattern from Atkinson Designs, but I have never made one myself.  Have you?

After looking at the different prints and cool border fabric, Susan settled on the Lilac Pantograph.  I think it complements the floral shapes well.

 

Cats on Cats

Julie made the lovely quilt for one of her granddaughters who requested green and yellow and cats.  The pattern is called Cats on Cats and is a free tutorial from Birch Fabrics.

Julie included a number of fabrics with a floral print.  The Lilac pantograph seemed like a nice fit.  Julie selected a lovely gold thread that pops on the solid green fabric of a few cats.

Julie added a cozy green flannel backing for a perfect finish.

Karen's Pansy Quilt

Karen brought this lovely medallion quilt.  She said she bought it as a kit at a quilt show on a whim.  The fabric collection is not a current one, but is called Accent on Pansies by Jackie Robinson of Animas Quilts for Benartex.    

Karen mostly followed the pattern but did substitute some blocks for ones she wasn't particularly fond of.  The center design really sits nicely on my queen size bed.

Karen chose the Cassava pantograph which is a little feathery and a little leafy but not specifically one thing.

Karen usually adds a little something to her quilts backs.  This time is was some strips of leftover fabric which adds a nice amount of interest.

Mountain Mist

Susan made this serene quilt with a collections of Northcott's Stonehenge 2 1/2" strips.  The pattern is called Mountain Mist from The Quilted Button.

Susan selected the Mimosa pantograph and shiny Magnifico thread in color 2078 called Bay Leaf.

More Stonehenge fabric on the back!  I can imagine this quilt fitting into to so many different homes.

Reneta's $3.31 Quilt

Reneta followed along with a mystery quilt that was sponsored by the Canadian Quilters Association in 2023. The pattern was free to members.  The pattern is called the $3.31 quilt and was designed by John at Art East Quilting Company.  The name comes from the fact that the images are those depicted on the Canadian coins that total $3.31.

Reneta dug into her stash to select the fabrics for all the blocks in this quilt.  All the animals just pop off her pretty background color.

Reneta originally thought that she wanted a maple leaf themed pantograph, but in the end the less busy Bora Bora pantograph felt like the right choice.

 

MPQ 2025 Raffle Quilt

Earlier this spring I had the pleasure of quilting this jaw dropper!  This quilt is the 2025 Manitoba Prairie Quilter's Raffle Quilt.  The draw will take place at the Quilt Reflections Quilt Show in Winnipeg that is being held April 11-12. (I do have tickets to sell to anyone local.)

The fabric used in this quilt, including the back is from the Whale Song collection from Northcott fabrics.

The makers of the quilt left the quilting plan up to me, but they did say overall they preferred less dense quilting to very heavy quilting.  This quilt definitely required a plan before I loaded it up as it had so many uniquely shaped areas.

I had to dig deep into my bag of tricks for this one.  All of the quilting was hand guided with rulers and freehand designs like the curls and feathers on my Innova longarm.

I'm going to include a ton of photos as you can take in all the different areas of the quilt.  I tried to repeat as many motifs as I could to bring continuity to the quilt, but the list of what is included is quilt long! 

The outer border contains a widely spaced bead board design, followed by curls in the inner border,

I mixed straight line and curved lines, petals and curls, clamshells and some angled lines.

The larger plain areas got some curly feathers to add some nice movement around the centre block.

I will have to be sure to buy some tickets on this quilt, because it looks pretty great on my bead don't you think?

Ghost Party

Reneta made this Ghost Party quilt using the Sweet 'n Spookier collection from Art Gallery Fabrics.  The Ghost Party pattern is from Wooly Petals.

None of the pantographs that I initially suggested were feeling quite right for Reneta, so she asked if I could do some freehand quilting instead.  She suggested handwriting the word "Boo" and then the idea was born.

In the background squares I used a hot pink thread and added loops and wrote the word "boo" every so often.

For the ghosts, I stiched around the perimeter and the eyes and then filled in the rest with a simple stipple.

I love all the different expressions that these cute little ghosts have.  A really fun Halloween quilt!