Two for Tina

Tina brought two fun quilts.  The first is the wolf quilt featuring fabrics from the Wild at Heart line from Northcott fabrics.  The pattern is called Family Album and was designed the The Sweet Tea Girls and is designed for 24" wide panels.

Tina selected the Breath of the gods pantograph for a simple finish that does not take away from the graphic on the panel.  It was bound by Marion and ready to be used and loved.

The second quilt is perfect for the chocolate lover.  Tina chose the Cinnamon Swirl pantograph which looks fabulous on the cuddle backing.

We found the perfect thread that is a bit hard to describe - purpley brown?  It is Superior's So Fine #527 Piazza Plum.   I love having access to my huge thread collection for times like this!

Once again bound by Marion and ready to be loved.

Two for Ann

Ann brought two lovely quilts.  The fabrics used in these quilts were originally selected for a different project, but the intended recipient preferred purple, yellow and green so Ann pivoted with that project.  These two quilts will be sent to Ann's daughter to be used on her living room couches.   One person's loss in another person's gain!

The first quilt features a paper pieced star pattern from Carol Doak’s book 50 Fabulous Paper Pieced Stars called the Maryland Star.

Ann selected the Breath of the Gods pantograph and we ran it vertically to match the layout the quilt.  A lovely Northcott Canvas Wide Flannel backing is the perfect cozy touch.

The second quilt is a block called the Eyes of March that Ann found on the Quilter's Cache website.  Again this is a paper pieced pattern which Ann loves to do.  She also added the wonderful square on point border for some extra interest.

Ann selected the Fascination pantograph which adds some nice movement across the quilt.

Two for Carol

Carol brought two lovely quilts for some quilting.  First up is this lovely evergreen quilt.

Carol chose the Soho pantograph and provided green Fireside backing which shows off the quilting so well.

The second quilt is this classic Attic Window.   The bird print that Carol chose for the windows is just lovely and this setting really showcases it.

The Breath of the Gods pantograph was Carol's choice and I think it adds a nice light touch to the quilt.

 

Butter Tarts - New From Highway 10 Designs

Kathy and I are excited to announce the new Butter Tarts pattern from our shared venture Highway 10 Designs.  It has been more than 2 years since we last had an idea we were excited enough to work up into a pattern.  We are so excited that we are having a sale - more on that later.

The Butter Tarts pattern is Fat Quarter friendly and includes 6 sizes ranging from Baby to Queen.  One of the best parts of the pattern is that there are no HSTs or Flying Geese to make, so no trimming!

My Canadian friends will understand the great Butter Tart debate - raisins or no raisins?  (I sit somewhere in the middle of this, and prefer a few dainty currants in mine.)  And as Kathy and I were working on pattern the border or no border question came up.  We could see the benefit to both so we included both options in the pattern.  

On the left you can see Kathy's version that uses 30 Fat Quarters, mine on the right uses 20 Fat Quarters but has the border added - these quilts turn out to be almost exactly the same size!

For those who know my quilting style, you will be surprised to learn that made this quilt entirely out of solids -Art Gallery Pure Solids to be exact.  I had purchased the Swatch Set from Sew Curated and had a lot of fun pulling this pretty color palette with the help of my daughter Kendra.  It really came together like I pictured it in my mind's eye.

I quilted it with the Breath of the gods pantograph and added a Cuddletex backing to make it extra cozy.

The next few pictures are of our cover quilt that Kathy made out of some Fabelism Wovens in an Autumn-y/Butter tarty color palette.  You can find more details on her blog here.

In celebration of our Butter Tarts pattern release we have put the whole store on sale!  

Enjoy 20% off any of our patterns from now until end of day Saturday November 2nd.

www.highway10designs.com

or 

https://highway10designs.etsy.com

I have a couple more samples to share this week so stay tuned!

 

Sophisticated Space

Julie made this quilt for her granddaughter who is currently working on her PhD in Chemistry.  Her granddaughter’s request was "space" and Julie wanted to create a sophisticated quilt around that theme.  I think she succeeded! 

Julie began with the Let's Play Ball pattern by Lee Grover, but added some elements to make it her own.  She changed the borders and added paper pieced Ohio Star blocks from Carol Doak’s star collection in the corners.

To continue with the sophisticated theme we added a simple pantograph called Breath of the gods.

Flower Pot

This beautiful quilt was made by three friends as a gift for one of their daughters.  The pattern is called Flower Pot by Kim McLean for Glorious Color.

There is an immense amount of hand appliqué all done in an amazing collection of Kaffe Fassett fabrics.

When Leslie booked the quilt in she told me they were interested in custom quilting.  After some discussion and looking for other examples, and discussing their likes and dislikes, we came to the conclusion that an allover design might be a better fit for this quilt.  I had done a quilt with hand applique earlier this fall that received an all over design so I was able to share pictures that helped us all visualize this choice.

My clients weren't concerned about the cost, but the choice to go all over, vs custom stitching around all the applique and filling all the irregular areas resulted in a bill that was about 1/4 of what it would have been.

We decided on a simple pattern that was repetitive and would recede into the background allowing the fabric and appliqué to continue to be the star of the show.  The Breath of the gods pantograph fit the bill perfectly. 

We were all thrilled with the final product.