QOV #3

  Hey there!How are you doing? So very much has been going on around our house. So many quilts, so many birthday parties and some sewing days tossed in. Jennifer sent me this QOV top to quilt. I adore Jennifer. I made some bags for her years ago, but before that she sent me coffee while we lived in Australia and were getting ready for our Quiltathon.  What a treat that was! You never know how much you miss things until you just can't get them. Anyway, I have felt like I have know her for ages...even though we really didn't in real life. But then we got to real life meet up in Dallas when we both attended a workshop with Gwen Marston. I love Gwen Marston. Really I do.

OK, I have been trying to type this blog for almost an hour and I just keep getting pulled away from the computer. How about we just look at some quilting pictures?

 I am pretty excited about this fern-swirl. I taught myself how to quilt it after seeing it on Pinterest.

 I wanted to incorporate feathers, but I wanted it to be masculine too. Since it is a QOV odds are that it will go to a man. So, feathers, spikey swirls, organic lines, pearls and loops are on this quilt.

This is the one thing I am not wild about...all the thread play in the feather on the red background. But in a way I love it too...I love all the shadow it creates. Anyway, I hope it brings some comfort to a wounded service person. Keep them in your prayers. Each day dawns on life-changing new injuries for our young soldiers and marines. Even if it is not in the news, it is still happening.

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!

QOV #2

 Hey there! This is the second Quilt of Valor I have quilted. This top was also assembled by Judy Modlin of Kansas. I decided to quilt this one with swirls in the red and blue blocks and wavy line things in the white blocks. I am pretty thrilled with how it turned out.

 Won't this be AWESOME  and packed with texture after it is washed and dried? Part of my wants to go ahead and bind it and wash it just to see, but that is not my role in the QOV line up, so I will mail it and it's brother back to Kansas tomorrow.  I sure hope these 2 QOVs provide a bit of comfort to the soldiers returning from Afghanastan.

This is a courtesy shot of the back. You really can't see much of the quilting (yet...after it is washed it will be a different story and the texture will shine) because I used a light bobbin thread that blends so well with the back fabric....but it is pretty stitching, if I do say so myself.

xo,
Tia

Pin wheel quilt by John Adams

 Good morning! This is my latest quilt I have quilted for a client. You may know John Adams from QuiltDad, right? Well, this is the last of 4 quilts I have quilted for him over the past several months. It is a baby quilt and I love the pinwheels, as well as the fabulous fabric. John wanted simple quilting, so I quilted the white background triangles and left the vivid triangles bare so they would pop all the more. I quilted loops around the first green boarder and there are swirls in the ruler print. I love how it turned out! I hope John does too.

Right now I am working on a top for one of my upcoming quilt classes. I have quite a few classes being offered at the Local Quilt shop, so if you are in town I hope you can come by!

Have you Heard????

A Modern Quilt Convention!!!!!

I want to go.

What is a Pantograph?

Here I am explaining a bit about the difference between custom quilting and using a pantograph to quilt a quilt.