Tina & Cathy's American Flag Quilts, Americana, Red, White, Blue

Tina and Cathy fell in love with the same quilt design, and made matching quilts.

Cathy made one.

Tina made two.

I quilted them all with white Glide thread using the Starlet pantograph from Urban Elementz.

Tina's Hearts and Rabbits Baby Quilt in Salmon, Peach, Cream

Tina made this charming quilt top for an upcoming grandbaby. I quilted it with white Glide and Glide 60 threads using the Urban Elementz Dear Heart pantograph.

Kelly's Forest Quilt for Carter's Graduation, Fox, Moon, Crow, Birch Trees

I have to post Kelly's quilt next. So many things to love about this! This is her son’s graduation quilt. He chose multiple elements from different pictures online and she put them together into this. The moon, crow, and fox are pieced and then appliquéd on. The rest is pieced.

She requested quilting to match each thing - something flora in the green (I did leaves), something to match birch bark, like horizontal lines (I looked up pictures and tried to imitate),

and something else in the night sky (how about swirls?), with outlining the fox, bird and moon with minimal quilting.

Each area needed a thread change in my opinion. Mossy Glide 60 is on the back. The front has mossy, navy, warm gray 4, black, cool gray 3, and lava, all Glide.

Finished product is AMAZING, Kelly!!

And how about that binding?! She brought it to me to sew on already measured, to match the color along the side so the picture on the front goes all the way to the edge! I used an invisible thread for that.

Mini Spinning Star Hot-Pad-Table Runner in Blue, Teal, Aqua for Megan

Just finished binding this small, insulated table runner to give to a friend. Last September we had a service auction at church to raise money for some local charities. I volunteered to make a hot pad/table runner, winner provides the supplies. After this friend won, we discussed patterns and such. She really liked the one I made for my brother and sister-in-law a while back. The next step was for her to bring me some fabrics. Then I forgot about it and I’m guessing she forgot, too. One day in May, I happened upon a note that reminded me that she had not received her promised table runner. Then I happened upon a table topper like this only bigger, too big for her table.

So, in typical Virginia fashion, I figured out my own pattern to be the size I wanted and used fabric from my stash to make this. It was not exactly what she had asked for, so I guess there’s a chance that she won’t like it and I’ll have to make a new one, but I don’t think that will be the case.  (It wasn't - I gave it to her and she said it was perfect.) Freehand quilting in cool gray 3 Glide thread.

Leslie's Pastel Squares and Triangles Original Quilt

Leslie’s original quilt in blues, greens, pinks, and oranges.

I quilted it in cream Glide thread using Urban Elementz’s Time Warp pantograph.

The texture really shows up on the back. I think it was the perfect combination.

Marilou's Crayon Quilt in Primary Colors, Red, Yellow, Blue, Black

Fun, colorful quilt for Marilou’s grandson. Choosing the thread color took a little more thinking.

The red threads showed up on the blue and the blue thread showed up on the red. But then, , purple would blend with both! Yep. Success.

Lilac Glide thread on the top and Sterling Glide 60 on the back. Pantograph is Urban Elementz’s Bourbon Street Baby. The framed fabric on the back makes the quilt reversible.

 

Charity Quilt - Scrappy Pinwheel with Cream Sashing

I taught a demonstration at my quilt guild about sewing on borders correctly and binding by machine. For that, I needed 4 quilts that I could have ready for the 4 groups that would rotate through. My sister, Emerald quickly finished up four quilt tops in June so I could have them ready in July.

This is one of the quilts (along with the last few). This pinwheel quilt I quilted with Warm Gray 4 Glide on the top and Cream Glide 60 on the back, using the Bebop pantograph by Urban Elementz.

Charity Quilt - Scrappy Rail with Sashing in Red, Blue, Cream

Another quilt top made by Emerald for charity.

This one I quilted in Valentine Red Glide thread on the top with Candy Apple Red Glide 60 on the back using the hand-guided Easy Orange Peel pantograph from Urban Elementz.

Scrappy 16-square Blocks Baby Quilt

This little beauty was made by my sister, Emerald, to give to charity.

I quilted it using the “Zing“ paragraph from urban elements and used (appropriately) the emerald Glide thread on the top with Irish spring Glide 60 on the back.

 

Bremen Town's Musicians Quilt Panel Charity Quilt

Another charity quilt for my guild. When the person in charge of the charity quilts gave this one to me, she said that the first person she gave it to for quilting gave it back as the quilt didn’t speak to her. When I looked for an edge to edge patterns, I didn’t find one that I thought went well with the quilt, so I understand the perceived silence.

I decided to custom quilt it simply and I think it came out just fine. Quilted with Blue Jay Glide thread in the front and Pacific Glide 60 on the back.