Scrappy Stepping Stones

Here is yet another scrappy quilt made by Reneta.  She often searches Pinterest for new ideas, and this quilt came from there.  There wasn't a link back to the source of the original photo, but another quilter loved the quilt as well and did the math and shared what she came up with. https://patchworknplay.blogspot.com/2017/06/scrappy-stepping-stones.html

It is always a lot of fun for me to see all the fabrics that went into one of Reneta's scrap quilts.  Sometimes there are even some pieces that came from my sewing room!

Reneta left the pantograph choice up to me, and I thought London Fog would look nice. This was the first time I stitched this pantograph out, and I know I will be using it often.

Thanks to my daughter and guest photographer Kendra who all the photos for this post!

Scrappy Trianlges

Tracy brought me this crisp quilt.  She made it with her sister for their niece's upcoming wedding.

We talked about many different quilting options, but decided on freehand wavy lines.  I love the modern feel that it gives.

If you love the look of the this quilt, but are uncertain about how to construct it, there is a tutorial from Film in the Fridge.called the Scrappy Triangle Quilt block tutorial.

A very cheery backing to finish things off!

Scrappy Triangle Quilt block tutorial from Film in the Fridge.

Western Blackford's Beauty

Jamie brought me this western themed Blackford's Beauty quilt.  The blocks were made as part of an exchange at her quilting group.  Jamie supplied the fussy cut centres and the white background fabric and participants added the blue, red and cream from their stashes.

Jamie wanted custom quilting on this one, and we worked together with her and ideas and my suggestions to come up with a quilting plan.  I used two colors of thread on this one, white in the background and a charcoal grey on the colored areas. Jamie suggested the charcoal color as some of the design elements reminded her of wrought iron which suited the quilt perfectly.

This mix of straight lines and freehand curls and loops came together nicely.

Sometimes photographing quilts is the hardest part of the job.  The wind was giving me a run for my money for a week, but I persevered and got some okay pictures in the end!

The almost solid backing shows off the quilting design so well and almost makes it seems reversible.

International Exchange Round #3

The photos of the blocks from the third installment of the International Exchange I am participating in with Kathy, Desley and Bronwyn are in!  It is always so exciting to see every one's take on the theme, which is Flying Geese this time around.

I made this Wild Goose Chase block.  At the 12" size it had some yucky quilt math, and I resorted to templates, but it was worth it in the end!  This time I chose to use the floral fabric as the background.

Desley made this lovely one with the flying geese going around the perimeter of the block with a beautiful fussy cut center.

Bronwyn made this block with a unique layout.  I love how she featured our fabric in the largest triangles.

Kathy made this circle of flying geese.  I have always loved this block and briefly considered making it too.  I am glad I went a different way so we didn't end up making similar blocks again!

Here you can see the focus fabric and blocks from our first two rounds - Log Cabin and Dresden Plate.  I love seeing the variety and am looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with for our next theme - curved piecing!

Meadowland

Amy is one of my clients who is always aware of the latest quilting trends and cool fabric lines.  She brought me this super sweet version of the Meadowland Quilt from Along Came June.  If you want to see lots of colour combinations search #meadowlandquilt on Instagram - today there were over 7000 posts!

Amy used a line of fabrics designed by Amy Sinibaldi for Art Gallery Fabrics called Paperie.  I love the little phrases in the print!

Amy chose the Pieces of My Heart pantograph and one of my Northcott backings. 

True North

Jamie brought this patriotic True North Quilt by Patchworks Studio. This quilt was specifically design for Northcott's Oh Canada Stonehenge line.  Jamie picked it up as a kit.

When Jamie saw the Maple Syrup panto she knew that was exactly what she wanted for the quilting.

Jamie brought this minkee type backing that had a sherpa backside, so I suggested so batting as the backing was thick enough on it own.

Catching Up!

I have been busy quilting, but have not kept up with posting so here goes!

Marilyn brought me this quilt that she made with all the leftovers from her Lug Nuts quilt that I recently quilted for her.  You can see the original here.  Super resourceful!  Marilyn chose the Ebb & Flow pantograph and a charcoal colored thread.

Eleanor sent me the autumnal colored Disappearing Nine Patch quilt.  I had the perfect Stonehenge wide back to compliment it.  I decided on the Mimosa pantograph.

Isabelle put together this cozy flannel top with a animal panel and some complimentary borders.  She decided on the Novaya Zhizn pantograph. 

Jamie brought this bright and bold top.  The border print is totally unique and she added a bold backing to continue the fun. 

I haven't used the Hall of Mirrors pantograph in awhile, but I love the calming modern touch it gave to the quilt.

Knowing that I offered basting as one of my services, Debbie asked if I would be able to help with her duvet project.  Debbie had been given some home grown wool batts from her uncle's specialty sheep.  She had made one duvet a number of years ago and tied it, but wasn't 100% pleased with the results as the wool did shift some as the wool was just carded and didn't have a scrim to stabilize it.  I was up for giving it a go!

I loaded the solid fabrics like I would for a regular quilt, and sandwiched the gorgeous wool in between. (Interestingly, the batts went by weight rather than size.)  I stitched horizontal channels every 4 inches with a hybrid stitch length - longer than my regular quilting stitch, but much shorter than my basting stitches as these were not to be removed.

We were both pleased with the final product.  Debbie was going to trim the batting and turn the backing to the front to finish the edges, and then sew some pretty covers to go over top.