Thimble and Thread Wonky Log Cabin Charity Quilt in Blue

Another quilt I quilted for my quilt guild. The Wonky Log Cabin top was FPP (foundation paper pieced) by another guild member, though they left all the paper on for me to take out. 

 

I quilted it with Glide's invisible thread, Essence, on the front and white Glide 60 thread on the back using a new pantograph I designed that I am currently calling "A Side of Clamshells" though I may modify that name if I think of something better.

I have found that any time I take a picture of white fabric when it's in shadow, it always ends up looking blue, but as you can see below, the back is white.

And here's the front.

Thimble and Thread Charity Quilt in Yellow, Green and Tan

Charity quilt I quilted for my Quilt Guild. (Think I used the word "quilt" enough times in that sentence?)  The top was made by another member.

I quilted it with khaki Glide thread on the top and cream Glide 60 on the back using the Argyle pantograph from Urban Elementz. I like how the pantograph went with the honey bee theme.

 

Emerald's Scrappy Pinwheel Blocks Twin Quilt

This quilt top and back was made by my sister, Emerald for me to quilt and donate to the refugees.  I decided to do custom quilting on this. There are 20 different patter combos repeated throughout.

 

Ideas were taken from several different books and YouTube videos (Thank you Angela Walters and Natalia Bonner for most of them.

The thread is white Glide (and Glide 60 for the back) and I used a variety of rulers and marking tools.

The border with narrow ribbon candy, swirls and circles.

Pieced back above, front below.

Family Name Wall Hanging Quilt - Christmas Present

This is the second half of my Christmas present for my brother and sister-in-law. This is a quilted family name wall hanging.  I looked for ideas on other family name wall hangings, but all the ones I liked used different media, often wood, so I had to make it up.

This is appliquéd; the big G has the raw edge turned under, whereas the green is all raw edged appliqué and then stitched around with cotton thread to match.  For quilting, I used Essence invisible thread to stitch in the ditch around everything. Then I did a small fill on the entire background to let the letters pop.  There is a hanging sleeve on the back.

 

Falling Flowers Charity Quilt

This charity quilt I made with coordinating Michael Miller fabrics I had cut into 5" squares back when I taught after school enrichment sewing classes at my kids' elementary school each spring.

I quilted it with White Glide and Glide 60 threads using the Rebekah's Rose pantograph from Urban Elements.

The back (shown above) and the falling flowers front (shown below), though I guess it's reversible, so the recipient could choose which was which.

Maia's Christmas Present - Octagonal Table Runner

For this coming Christmas, I give to my brother and his wife in our gift giving rotation. One of the things Maia said she wanted was a table runner like some of the other ones I have made, that doubles as a hot pad. However, they have a 36" octagonal table, so the space for the runner was limited to about 12" and I wanted to make those few inches count. Here's the front and back. I stitched in the ditch and quilted an 8-pointed star in the center octagon.

 

Fat Quarter Throw Quilt - Bingo Quilt #2

This charity quilt is made using the rest of the fat quarters I won at our guild's bingo night, and then adding black and a couple other fabrics to make a nice sized quilt. After cutting it out, I gave it to my mother to finish piecing.

 

I quilted it in Glide Military Gold thread in a few alternating designs, some freehand, some with rulers.

The back is scrappy and unique enough to make the quilt reversible.

Dane's Labyrinth Star Percussion Quilt

This quilt I made for the percussion teacher at our HS that had been there forever. He taught my brother and was teaching my son. For some reason, he decided to retire and I wanted to do something nice for him. I knew he would appreciate it because his wife is a quilter. I found a fabric that had drums and other percussion instruments and based the colors around that.

I chose a more simple pattern (I've seen it called Labyrinth and Labyrinth Star, maybe has some other names as well) so I could get it ready to quilt sooner than later. I then designed a pantograph that was based on the border percussion fabric, but when I tested it, it needed an overhaul. I debated spending another week on remaking the pantograph or spending that time on quilting it, so I opted for really time consuming (at least 52 hours) quilting.

It's a mixture of ruler and free-motion quilting. Lots of marking and going for it.

I can't even tell you how much I LOVE the way it turned out. I debated redoing the center star, but those I asked, said I should keep it.

It's a shame that the feather quilting on the border is not very visible, I was super proud of what I did.

All in all, I was very proud of the way this turned out. So glad I did custom work instead of a pantograph, even if the panto would have been percussion instruments.

Gayle's Charity/Refugee Quilt

This quilt top was made and donated by Gayle. 

I quilted it with pink Glide thread on the top and  Bottom Line It's a Girl thread on the bottom using the Urban Elementz Bourbon Street Baby pantograph.

 

Pat's T-Shirt Quilt

This t-shirt quilt I finished with a simple freehand loop design.

I used MonoPoly Smoke on the top and Glide 60 navy on the back.