Pricing
I am a long arm quilter with rates starting at $.018/square inch. Most edge to edge designs are $.021/square inch. My prices include set up, thread, needles, etc. I make commissioned quilts with rates at $20/hour.
Monday, November 30, 2020
Pink Baby Quilt for Charity
Friday, November 27, 2020
Scrappy Blue and Yellow Quilt
Quilt #9 found a home quickly for a mother/grandmother suffering from dementia. The fabric for the top was donated by Wanda, and the back was leftovers from the top, fabric donated by Trenna and from my own stash.
Monday, November 23, 2020
Green and Yellow Scrappy Quilt
Quilt #8. Pieced top and back from fabric donated by Wanda and Trenna. Binding has a faux piping or flange which I really like. I was proud of my quilting on this. Rather than simply following the pantograph pattern (Dave's Puzzle Border by Urban Elementz), I shifted the way the rows lined up. I learned some things about lining things up and if I were to do it again, I have some ideas to improve, but that's the point, isn't it? To improve and learn something new?
Saturday, November 21, 2020
Yellow & Black Construction Quilt
Thursday, November 19, 2020
A Dozen Bouquets Quilt
Here's the remake/update of the Flower Bouquets quilt I made in March 2020 that I promised to give you this week. I renamed it A Dozen Bouquets in November 2020 after the update.
The Story: A friend wanted this quilt for his mother, but needed it to be a California King size rather than a twin. Hmmm, an opportunity to learn a couple new things. OK. Let's do this!
I would have to unpick the binding and add 12" borders to all sides, plus add batting in the middle. After speed watching some YouTube videos and mulling it over for days, it came together in my mind.
One difficulty lay if matching fabric. Anyone who has bought fabric for a project, then changed what they wanted to do with the fabric they bought has probably encountered having to match colors that are no longer available. I had a little fabric left from making the quilt plus the stuff I trimmed off from the back after quilting it the last time, the binding strips I could used (no longer enough to do the new binding), plus about a yard of coordinating fabric that I never used. I found 1/2 yard of dark green that went with it and then added white to fill in the rest. I spent about 15 hours piecing and sewing those borders together and onto the quilt and adding more batting. Then it was ready to quilt.
Since this quilt was an opportunity to learn new things, I decided to try my hand at turning a quilt and matching a pantograph on the mitered corners. I then filled in the rest with echoes, lines and swirls. Threw on some white binding, a quilt label and it was done.
Note to self: It's is much easier to make a quilt in the correct order than change it after it's done. I'm glad to have tried and learned something new, but quite frankly, I don't think I want to make a habit of doing this kind of thing again.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Friday, November 13, 2020
Green/Pink/Purple/Gold Flower Bouquets Quilt
For the quilting, I did an all over pantograph design called "Bora Bora" from Urban Elementz. The batting is Warm and White.
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Mustard/Green/Pink, Flying Geese Pinwheel
Monday, November 9, 2020
Gray and White Charity Quilt
It took a bit to feel comfortable with it, but by the end, I was feeling much better (and wishing I could go back and fix the little wobbles at the beginning).
Fabric for the top was donated by Jamie, and the back was donated by Trenna.
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Quilt #2 for Charity - practice with rulers
Red and White Charity Quilt
Monday, November 2, 2020
First Practice Quilt on my Longarm
At the end of January 2020, I finally became the owner of my own longarm quilting machine. After the set up, I began practicing. I will begin posting pictures of the quilts that I have quilted over the last 9 months.
Many friends pass me their unwanted fabric. With it, I have been making quilt tops for the last 8 plus years as I saved my pennies, to be able to practice my quilting once I got a longarm. These, I plan to give to a women's shelter once they are quilted. This first one I played with free motion - a different thing in each square.