Farmer's Wife

This amazing quilt was made by Kristine.  The pattern is the Farmer's Wife Sampler quilt. It contains 111 different 6" blocks! 

Kristine and I attend a retreat togethers a couple of times a year, so I saw her steady progress on this over 3 or 4 retreats. She started with a pretty fat quarter bundle and picked fabrics for each block one by one.  With patience and determination this masterpiece was born!

I asked Kristine how she felt about custom quilting on this labor of love and she said that she trusted me to make the design choices and go for it. 

I knew I wanted to add feathers to the outer border and setting triangles.  I stitched in the ditch by the sashing and cornerstones and added a simple petal motif over the blocks.

Kristine provided a taupe Fireside backing that shows off the quilting really well.

I was a pleasure to have this one in my studio.  One I won't forget anytime soon!

Pretty Peonies

Wanda made this lovely queen sized quilt for herself.  She said she was going for pretty and I say mission accomplished. The quilt is a generous size and covers my bed really well.

The focal fabric is a lovely peony print from Northcott's Blush collection.   It has a really interesting texture, you could feel lines along the mint and white stripes of the print.

Wanda requested a green thread (she felt she had enough pink already) and the leafy Novaya Zhihn pantograph.  She has acres of light grey Fireside for the backing,

Split Personality

 

Elaine made this striking quilt for her grandson.  It is made with the colours of his favorite sports teams in mind. The pattern is called Split Personality and is from the book by Sarah J. Maxwell - Fresh Quilts from Traditional Blocks.

Elaine added a row of blocks to the back to really jazz it up, and it really could be quilt of its own.  Elaine selected the Arrowful pantograph to add some movement and interest to the blender fabrics and a bold black Magnifico thread. 

Chilly Wind Chimes

Sherry brought this wonderful batik quilt.  The pattern is called Chilly Wind Chimes from 4th and Main Designs.

Many of the batik prints had a floral motif, so the Lilac pantograph ended up being a really perfect fit.

And some minkee dot fabric to make it warm (and heavy)!

 

Embroidery Flower Quilt

This beauty was made by Shelly.  The quilt is the Embroidery Flower Quilt from Tilda fabrics. There are 46 different fabrics and well over 2200 individual squares that make up this quilt!!

Shelly always leans to clean modern feeling quilting.  Organic freehand wavy lines was the order of the day and I was happy to oblige.

Shelly found a beautiful floral print for her backing,  It is from a few years ago and is called Garden Party from Riley Blake. I love it!

I'm glad this quilt came through my studio so I could appreciate it in person it is one to remember.

 

Shades of Grey

Sherry made this quilt for her granddaughter.  Grey isn't really Sherry's favorite colour to work with, but those are the fabrics her granddaughter selected so she ran with it.  I think it came together well!

Sherry selected the Tickle pantograph that added some nice movement to the top.

Cozy ivory Fireside on the back is perfect finishing touch.

Twin Quilts

Naomi made these lovely quilts for her twin grandbabies.  I love how they are totally unique yet totally coordinated.

The first has the star applique shapes and the blue coordinating fabric.

We used the Soho pantograph on both quilts as it played with with the polka dot fabric.

The second had the heart appliques and the green coordinate.  The other three fabrics reminded the same. So clever!