Color Play

I love my work as a longarm quilter as I get to be up close and personal with quilts that I know I would never make but love.  This quilt made by Solange uses color, value and print in only a way that someone with a natural artist's eye could.

This quilt is a gift for Solange's sister who was present at our drop off appointment and help to select the pantograph design and thread color.  The Bora Bora pantograph flows effortlessly over the quilt top and a murky So Fine thread #516 called Gondola Gold, blended in perfectly across the rainbow of colors.

Surprise!  Look at the fabulous red backing to top this masterpiece off.

I can honestly say I never would have considered brown as the backdrop for a rainbow colored quilt top.  My head usually goes to black or white or maybe grey, but I need to expand my horizons!

Floral Rhapsody

This lovely quilt was made by Reneta.  The pattern is called Floral Rhapsody by Down Grapevine Lane.   This is a fat quarter friendly pattern and Reneta chose the True North collection by Kate and Birdie for Moda.

Reneta's daughter suggested she continue the Canadian theme with the maple syrup pantograph and I was happy to oblige.

Three Quilts for Lucky Kids

I had the pleasure of quilting three lovely quilts destined for children special to my clients.  The first is this cute monkey themed baby quilt made by Tracy.  She asked for custom quilting to highlight the stars.

Swirls in the border and some continuous curves in the background did the job.

The second quilt for Tracy contained some "vintage" fabric so she asked for an all over design for added strength and stability.  We chose a freehand "3 an E" design that I could quilt in a scale that suited the size of the quilt.

This last quilt was made by Inez for her granddaughter.  Quilt'er's Dream Puff batting and a minkee backing made for a very cuddly quilt.  Inez chose the Raindrops pantogrpah which sets the simple piecing off very nicely.

Bonnie & Camille Log Cabin Variation

The fresh and pretty quilt was brought to me by Reneta.  She participated in a block swap on Instagram a few years back.  Participants made large log cabin blocks in fabrics designed by Bonnie and Camille. 

Once you received your blcoks the layout was up to you and Reneta decided on this on point layout which was worth the extra work.

Reneta chose the Wildflower pantograph which finishes if off just right.

And I had to try to get one of my flowering crab trees in a photo. The blossoms looks so beautiful for such a short time! 

Panel Quilt

This quilt was made by Christine from a kit she purchased a number of years ago from a shop in Alaska.  I have to say that is might be the nicest use of panels that I have ever seen.

We decided on my free hand wood grain design and I used a mid green coloured So Fine thread.

The interesting framing of the squares and the simple and yet effective border really make this a lovely quilt.

Two for Christine

This cheerful quilt was made by Christine. She chose the Curl and Swirl pantogrpah for this one.

This fun arrows quilt was made as mystery project in her sewing group.  no waste in this one as the scraps from the arrows were used in the border!  Christine chose the popcorn pantograph for this one.

Christine found the a flannel backing that complemented the top perfectly.

Global Migration

This unique quilt was made by Christine.  The pattern is called Global Migration and was published in Issue 20 of Make Modern Magazine.  The pattern was designed Anne who is a fellow Manitoban and friend and guild mate of Christine.  Christine was open to quilting design ideas, and when I emailed her a scribble outlining this idea she was as excited about it as I was.

Even though Christine said she dug into her scrap stash to make this quilt it had a very modern feeling to me.  I decided to do a mix of modern and traditional quilting.    The four quadrants of the quilt received straight lines running in the same direction the geese were flying.  This quilt had great math as I was able to quilt 1" spaced lines and they fell symmetrically on all the rows of geese.

The corners received flowing feathers to fill the space outside of the circle of geese.

Chrstine's pretty ice blue backing shows off the quilting really nicely.

I think the effort of making all those flying geese was worth it, don't you?