This 36″ square lap quilt in the spools pattern is well pieced and has a pleasing colour balance. The quilting pattern is Anne Bright’s Origami Fan design which is done with a gold coloured cotton thread. The fan pattern gives a pleasing texture to the design. Doesn’t it look nice?
Carolyn’s Christmas tree wall hanging was quilted with and edge to edge snowflake design that echoes the print in the trees and border. Nice effect! The thread was a very fine cream coloured Bottom Line both on top and in the bobbin.
Emily saw this log cabin layout in a book and decided to try it with these blocks. Looks quite nice! I quilted it with a design called Naysa’s Feathers, an edge to edge pattern by Christy Dillon. The flowing design gives movement to the blocks.
Nancy brought this quilt to me for an edge to edge design. Considering the floral theme to the top and backing, I selected the design called Iris, which I believe is by Deb Geissler. This is the first time I have used this design and I like how it turned out. A lovely fresh quilt that will be wonderful for snuggling.
This lovely heart themed quilt was made from Kay’s scraps. Her granddaughter Sophia helped by selecting her preferred fabrics. Sophia also chose the backing, a pink-toned Japanese fabric from Lecien Textiles. Sophia chose Warm and Plush as the batting because she wanted a snuggly quilt.
The quilting design is called Rambling Hearts, a pattern from Australian designer, Keryn Emmerson. The thread is a deep pink tri-lobal polyester that gives a nice sheen to the quilting. Sophia is going to love this cuddly lap quilt!
Jean made this delightfully bright frog quilt for her grandson. The fabulous background fabric looks just like seaweed!
The quilting pattern is a frog border pattern that I adjusted to add reeds and cattails to make a full pattern. The thread is a lime green cotton covered poly. The batting is Warm and Natural.
Her grandson will be thrilled with this quilt!
This photo shows two production backdrops recently quilted for Television Francais Ontario (TFO). TFO has a TV show called Mini Spectacle that is designed to teach French language skills to primary grades. There are many episodes of this show on YouTube. I watched a few and brushed up some of my French skiils! I recognized the main characters from the YouTube videos.
The TV set designer designed the panels, had them made and sent them to me for quilting. TFO wanted a thick batting, so I ordered a roll of Warm and Plush, a new 6 0z cotton batting that gives very good stitch definition. The construction is very artistic, but tends to ignore the grain line, so it required quite a bit of stabilization and squaring. There were two panels to be quilted and they are to be used side by side, so I took extra care to ensure the horizontal design lines matched at the join.
Each panel measures 96 inches by 120 inches – quite large when it came to squaring them. Fortunately, I have an extra worktable that is 96″ by 96″ – perfect for laying out a large quilt.
The black twill tape was added after the quilting was finished to give definition to the wainscoting and chair rail features.
I used my 90 degree laser level and straight edge to ensure a square and accurate quilt. It was so large to handle, that I enticed a quilting friend with dinner to come help me with the squaring process. it was a big job!
After all trimming and squaring was complete, I added wide facings to the sides and secured them on the back to create a clean finish on each side. On the top, I added a hanging sleeve so the backdrops could be hung from the backdrop standards. On the bottom, I added another wide sleeve for a long board to be inserted to act as a weight to keep the panels securely in place during the performances.
The final quilts looked wonderful and will serve TFO well through many performances. Here is a photo of one of the finished quilts:
Kay made this nine patch snowball quilt as a gift for her sister in law’s cottage. The fabrics coordinate very well and create a perfect cottage mood. Kay chose Warm and Plush batting a 6 oz cotton batting that will be extra warm on cool cottage evenings.
The quilting design is Espalier by Anne Bright. The open design shows the texture created by the thicker batting. Kay did a beautiful job on this quilt. Her sister in law will be delighted!
Marsha made this quilt as one of two options for wedding quilts for her daughter who is getting married in May.
The top was impeccably pieced and pressed. The taupe, brown, cream and red fabrics create a harmonious textural array. Many of these fabrics are Japanese prints. Most are cotton, but some are linen. The overall effect is very graphic and pleasing to the eye.
The digital quilting design, Bubblicious by Lisa Calle, adds texture and contrast to the starkly geometic lines of the quilt. Marsha chose a dark taupe thread that blends well with the fabrics.
The backing is black with a dark grey textural print that looks quite good with the taupe thread on the back.
Marsha’s daughter is bound to like this quilt!
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