Monthly Archives: April 2014

School’s out and my Official Website is Launched!

Whew!  It’s been a hectic year so far…  but I’ve survived:

1) Starting a new part-time job (now Technical Recruiter for Keurig since 1/27) – love it!!

2) 1st year as Registrar for Vermont Quilt Festival  – >550 Class Registrants since end of Feb!!

3) Taking 2 college classes (Web Development and Internet Marketing at CCV) – enrolled when I thought I would ‘only’ be quilting.

4) Participating in Machine Quilter’s Exposition  – both by entering a quilt and taking MANY classes to learn more about my IntelliQuilter system

5) Quilting 70 quilts for Clients so far this year….. should be able to pick up the pace now that my college classes are DONE!

I handed in my final projects for my classes today and now my website is officially launched!

Please visit my website: Machine Quilting Services of Vermont:  www.machinequiltvt.com  and let me know what you think!!

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Lessons Learned at MQX

Back to the quilting studio! I completed the IntelliQuilter Master Class plus additional IQ classes.  If you ever have the opportunity to take IQ classes from Cristyn Merry or Crystal Smythe I highly recommend it!

I am ready to take it to the next level on what I can deliver to my clients! 

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My Show Quilt for 2014

I don’t have a lot of time to work on my own quilts these days but I do try to do at least one quilt a year to put in a show.

Detail of Quilting

Detail of Quilting

For this year my quilt is a log cabin quilt based on a Cozy Comfort pattern by Phyllis Paul of Cozy Quarters  http://designsbycozyquarters.com   It’s the second log pattern quilt design of theirs that I modified the borders on and I love their designs!

When you put quilts in a show you have to name them – for this quilt I had picked out fabrics during the 2013 VT Shop Hop and worked on piecing the quilt through the quilting retreats I did in 2013.  The day I started quilting it I received a call with a job offer from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (now known as Keurig Green Mountain) and in a flash the name came to me…. the colors of this quilt are the colors of the GMCR logo…. hence the name “Coffee in the Cabin”.

This is the first show quilt I have done using my new computerized system IntelliQuilter (IQ) and it is about 55% computerized and 45% custom free motion for the quilting.

Here I am with my Coffee in the Cabin quilt at MQX.

Here I am with my Coffee in the Cabin quilt at MQX.