Holly's Baby and Queen Quilts

Here is Holly's baby quilt. Though I made the tops for both the baby and queen sized quilts some 7 months before she was born, I designed the quilts 12 plus years before that. Then I found the border fabric and knew it was the perfect fabric for my design. If my child would have been a girl, this would have been her quilt. Instead, it goes to my first grand daughter. We named the design "Dream Wave."

I quilted it with Glide Tabriz Orchid thread on the top and Cream Glide 60 on the back. I loved the pantograph from Urban Elementz named "Time Warp" and wanted it to have that same feel, but I also wanted it to fit exactly in the diamonds.

This shows a close up of the quilting from the back. You can see the border pretty well.

Front, above. Back, below.

Just so you know, centering a design on the back like this is SO HARD on a longarm. After promising this, I regretted it so much! It looks great, but a huge pain in the battooty to do.

This queen size quilt matches the baby quilt and will be given to her for her 8th birthday. You may think it's crazy for me to be this far ahead, but actually it's much easier to do them at the same time/back to back. Even with a few months between doing the two, I lost the groove/muscle memory of how to quilt it and it took some time (and unpicking) to get it back. 

Close up of the front and back.

With the border being wider, I had to add a little something in the middle of the ribbons. My sister suggested holly leaves since her name is Holly. Perfect! I like how it turned out.

A matching pillow case is to store the quilt in. This keeps the dust off and still lets the quilt breath.

Front, above. Back, below.

Linda's Purple Butterfly Quilt

Linda commissioned this quilt for a dear friend who was retiring. The butterfly had an inside symbolism for them, so butterflies on front, back and I designed a butterfly pantograph for it, which I call, "Beautiful Butterflies."

I quilted it using Grape Glide on the top and Purple Micro Quilter thread on the back.

Front, above. Back, below.

 

Dorothy's Pastel 4-Patch, Yellow Sashing/Border

This quilt by Dorothy looks similar to another one she did - same color scheme, I think.  I quilted this one in Glide Celery on the front and Glide 60 Military Gold on the back using the Diamonds are Forever pantograph by Urban Elementz. 

Front above, Back below.

Dorothy's Coffee and Woodworking Quilt in Brown, Orange, Blue

Dorothy made this quilt for a particular nephew that enjoys woodworking and coffee. She found the perfect fabric for him! 

I quilted it with Glide Light Tan on the front and Glide 60 Mocha on the back using the Hall of Mirrors pantograph by Urban Elementz. I put the quilt on sideways so the design would run top to bottom instead of side to side.

 

Above is the scrappy back where she uses up all her leftover fabrics from the front, which is shown below.

Cynthia's La Passacaglia Quilt in Tula Pink Fabrics with Teal Border

Pictures just can not do justice to this beautiful quilt.  Cynthia EPP (English Paper Pieced) this large King sized quilt. The pattern is La Passacaglia, a Willyne Hammerstein pattern with Tula Pink fabrics. 

I custom quilted it using rulers, and freehanded quilting with Essence invisible Thread on the top and light pink MicroQuilter thread on the back. It took me hours to plan how to quilt it, then a good 52 hours of quilting, but boy, was it fun! Here's a close up of the quilting.

I chose 6 basic ways to quilt the medallions, then decided which medallions to do with which design (photo below, plus the six design plans that I labeled with the name of each color), but then mixed and matched, or totally changed it to fit the fabrics, but bore in mind what designs would be next to it, so they wouldn't repeat too closely. 

The borders have feathers and piano keys.

 

Elaine Lap Quilt for Veteran

Elaine made this lap quilt to gift to a veteran. 

The pantograph "From the Heart" from Urban Elementz seemed the perfect way to quilt it, with the words, bravery, honor, courage and valor covering it. 

I used Navy Glide and Glide 60 threads to both blend and contrast.

Jeanette's Country Pastel Scrappy Quilt

This scrappy quilt by Jeanette turned out beautifully! I quilted it with white Glide. 

 

This is custom quilted. She didn't want it to be too heavily quilted where it would lose the loft. I drew out several different ideas for her and this is what she chose.

This type of scrappy quilt is on my to-make-someday list.

Thimble and Thread Charity Quilt - Deco in Black, White, Gray

This charity quilt for my guild I quilted with white Glide on the top and white Glide 60 on the back.

 This pantograph is another one I designed myself and I currently call it Double Clamshell on the Side. What makes this pantograph different than other quilt designs like it is that it is done with the quilt loaded on the frame sideways, even though it looks like the design goes top to bottom.

I'm really pleased with the way it turned out.

Thimble and Thread Charity Quilt in Black, White, Red

This charity quilt for my quilt guild I quilted with white Glide thread. 

 

I quilted it (hand guided) with the Espresso pantograph from Urban Elementz.