Tilda Berry Wreath

This fabulous quilt was made by Muriel.   The pattern is the Berry Wreath quilt and is available free  on the Tilda's World Website.  The fabrics are from the Hibernation collection, and Muriel was able to purchase a kit from Needle Crafts and Studio in Beausejour, Manitoba.

Muriel did some great fussy cutting to capture as many full animal images as she could.

When Muriel first contacted me about this quilt she was considering custom quilting similar to the cover example on the pattern.  After seeing the business of the background fabric and the final use/home of the quilt we decided to try out some edge to edge options.  Muriel decided on the Oak Breeze pantograph which adds some really nice movement and compliments some of fabric motifs.

Muriel also added some coordinating Tilda fabric on the back of the quilt which ties everything together just perfectly.

Mushrooms for Rory

Reneta made this fun baby quilt using the mushrooms from Art East Quilt Co.'s Mushroom King quilt pattern and her own creativity for the layout.

My immediate reaction was to suggest the Oak Breeze pantograph.  Reneta agreed wholeheartedly.  I love the movement this pantograph adds.

I'm sure Rory will love his new quilt.

Nothin' Like a Puffin and more from Reneta

Reneta brought a pile of small projects for me to enjoy.  First up is her version of the Nothin' Like A Puffin pattern from Art East.  I have quilted a lot of quilts for Reneta so I have a pretty good handle on her likes and dislikes, so I sent her one picture with the Windswept pantograph as my suggestion.  She agreed and I do think it was the perfect fit.

Reneta also made a cute set of Highway 10 Designs' Roundabout placemats.  The forest themed focus fabric called out for the Oak Breeze pantograph. 

Reneta has 3 grandchildren, so she made 3 versions of the Pink Picture Frame quilt by Wood Valley designs for them.

Frist up is this Buzz Lightyear one featuring the Galaxy Pantograph.

There are two princess quilts - a blue and a purple and both feature the Ginger Heart pantograph.

 

Julie's Hexagons

Julie made this quilt for her granddaughter.  Julie's granddaughter was very invested in this quilt.  She helped select all the fabrics and placed all the hexagons in the layout she found pleasing.

As we were auditioning different pantographs, we both knew we found the right one when we looked at Oak Breeze.  Great movement and a motif that fit with the fabrics in the quilt.  Perfect!

Detour Placemats and Table Runner

I have wanted to have a large set of placemats to use at Thanksgiving and this was the year I made it happen.  I used the Detour pattern from Highway 10 Designs.  Instead of 4 placemats like the pattern is written for I made 16!

I stopped in to Kick Ass Country Store to visit Wayne last year and came across the fall leaf print that I recognized to be by designer Holly Taylor.  After a little research I have found out that it was from the Trail's End collection from 2012!  Wayne always have had a great eye for colors and he found the copper and green coordinating fabrics.

I didn't have a lot of extra time before Thanksgiving to get them quilted and bound (28 strips later), so I opted to put a panto on them instead of custom quilting them like I had in the past.  I used the Oak Breeze pantograph, and I love how they turned out.

I didn't quite have enough of the green binding fabric, so a couple of the placemats got bound in the copper.

I added more chevrons to the runner to increase the length to fit my table with the leaf in.  I have enough placemats for when have enough guests to require a second table.

Anita's Arrowhead

Sydney made this autumnal "Anita's Arrowhead" quilt from fabrics collected over the years.  The Anita's Arrowhead pattern is currently available as a free download from the Quilting Daily website.

There were many pantographs that looked good on this quilt, but we were both drawn to Oak Breeze.  I don't seem to stitch this one out very often, but every time I do I really enjoy the movement it adds.

Sydney added a little bit of interest (and width) to her backing by inserting a gold tone-on-tone stripe down the length of the quilt that compliments the backing print.

 

Woodland Baby Quarter Sections

This is the 2nd baby quilt that I made for my first grandchild.  I asked my daughter if she had any requests for a quilt.  She didn't know if she was having a boy or a girl, but had decided on a woodland theme.  She said that she would like me to use one of my Highway 10 Designs patterns.   I was surprised at this request but was happy to oblige once we happened upon a super cute fabric collection.  

Quarter Sections is a fat quarter friendly pattern that is available from the Highway 10 Designs website in both instant PDF download or traditional paper formats.

For the baby size, you only need 5 fat quarters and some border and binding fabric.  We chose three prints from Northcott's Woodland Adventure collection - two for the body and a directional print for the border.  I added three blenders from my stash to let the prints shine.

I decided to quilt it using the Oak Breeze pantograph.

I added two of the fabrics to the back to use up some extra I bought and keep things interesting. The top is the perfect size to fit on one width of regular fabric which is a bonus.

Here is Finn thoughtfully posing for a picture on his new quilt.    

Calico Mushrooms

 

This fun quilt was made by Lynette.  The pattern is called Calico Mushrooms from Lori Holt's Scrappiness is Happiness book.  

Lynette has done a lot of sewing, but this was her first quilting project at the urging of her neighbour Margaret.  Margaret also made a version of this quilt and the two of them had fun digging in Margaret's stash for find all the fun fabrics for the mushroom caps.

Lynette chose the Oak Breeze pantograph and I absolutely love how it looks in the wide border framing this quilt.