Quilts quilts quilts

Happy Summer folks! I have been busy quilting. This is a custom quilt for a friend on post. It was her first sampler quilt. I quilted all the blocks a bit different.

This is a Swoon quilt I quilted custom. I never get tired of that swirl!

This was a really large Irish Chain quilt that I used both the Statler Stitcher and freehand quilting.

I have wanted to use that big feather for a while and was excited to use it on this quilt.

This was a fun quilt. It is going on a boat, so it was to be nautical...but not too nautical incase they wanted to use in their living room. I custom quilted it with both the Statler Stitcher and free hand.

This was a MASSIVE  quilt. the background was osnaberg, which I have found has a tendency to fray. I think the quilting I did will prevent that.

This edge to edge is named "Modern Snails"I love it.

I quilted this big vintage quilt with infinity loops, or figure eights. Denyse Schmidt made this quilting design famous. I do wish I would have shrunk the design up a bit more. All the vintage fabrics were so fun to look at.

And since it is summer, I have a kiddo (or 3) down in the studio with me. This guy helps me with the pinning and unpinning of quilts. It is nice to hear him jabber on about legos while we works.

This quilt I quilted with an all over feather. I think it is really pretty and adds great texture.

OK, I have a bag tutorial I am putting together...so stay tuned!

xo,
Tia Curtis

My Swoon Quilt is Quilted

 I finished the quilting for this quilt yesterday. For some reason it seemed to take ages to quilt. It is large, but I have quilted larger much faster. I had many many thread breaks with it, but I think it was because my points were not super flat. I will keep that in mind for next time. But I don't think there will be a next time for me and making a Swoon quilt. I just really don't like to follow patterns.

 I am quite please with how the quilting turned out. I love the echoing swirl I used for the background and I could hardly wait to quilt another quilt with the same design. In fact, I only waited until I could load up my next quilt!

 This is the back, but not the best picture. I may put up another shot after I bind it.

I already have one side of the binding in place. My Bernina 820 is home again. Wish us luck.

Mary's Swoon Quilt

 Good Morning! How are you doing today? I sure hope you are good. Here is the fist Swoon quilt I have quilted! Isn't it wonderful? Mary made the top and sent it to me to quilt.  As you can see in the picture below the fabric is all sea related. Crabs, starfish, seaweed...I think the red dots are the suckers on octopus legs (maybe not). So I discussed with Mary making the quilting look like the sea. And she said "Go for it!" So I did.

 I think the McTavishing looks like sea currents. I put thousands of pebbles in the center stars to make them look like starfish and there are clam shells in the star burst part of the swoon block.

 Shall we take a peek at the back? Now that is a bunch a thread. I think it will be so very awesome when it is washed and dried. I used Quilters dream cotton batting in the quilt and it always washes so nicely. It makes everything drape so well.

 I don't know if you know this or not, but McTavishing is really fun. Karen has some really good books out if you would like to learn. Below is a Youtube of her doing her wonderful quilting...it will give you the movement idea so you can practice on your home sewing machine if you like.

Anyway, this was a great quilt to quilt. I had a blast doing it and Mary was a joy to sew for. If you have a Swoon quilt that needs to be quilted and you are thinking about sending it out, send me an email! I am pretty quick with my quilting.

I think I am going to quilt my Swoon this weekend, if time allows.

Swoon Quilting

 I have been quilting away on Mary's swoon quilt over the last couple days. I wanted the background to look like the sea...or the ocean floor. I am McTavashing the heck out of this quilt, and so far I am really thrilled with the results.

 The center stars are all pebbled so they look a bit like starfish in my opinion.

My quilts are starting to pile up on the hanging thing...everyone else's quilts are safely tucked in bags. OK, back to the long arm!

Have a great Monday!

My Swoon Quilt top

 I made my Swoon Quilt! I pretty much LOVE it. I used Echo by Lotta Jansdotter and a hand dyed grey as the back ground. O do not normally use quilt patterns. I am more of a piece with abandon type quilt maker, so when I read the instructions and it said I needed 5 yards of background, I said to myself that that was nonsense, so I pulled out my pretty grey and went to town cutting. I quickly noticed that there is no way I would have enough fabric to finish the entire quilt, so I pulled all my light greys and tried to make it work. I love how patchy it looks.

 I also had to add more fabric to Lotta's 2 tones. SO I added my own map fabric that I made last year with spoonflower. I began to really fall in love with it!

As I was working on the last block for the quilt I made quite a few cutting mistakes. But you know what? I LOVE how it turned out! I think this is my favorite quilt block.  I can't wait to quilt it!