Well it was either take a nap or quilt. I chose to quilt ! Lovely blue batik log cabin quilt.

Whimsical children’s fabrics are so much fun! I was able to use a digitized pattern that had zoo animals to go with the zoo fabric.

I started LongArm quilting in 2005 and as of February 2014 I have quilted 1000 quilts for customers – what a pleasure it is to see all the wonderful quilting projects and work with clients to enhance their finished product!

The colors and layouts of modern quilts is striking!  I just finished quilting a wall hanging for one of my clients that utilized bright hand-dyed fabrics and interesting piecing – I used a modern maze design quilting in the center and curved piecing in the outer border.  Love the effect!

 

I am a sucker for reproduction fabrics which are exactly what they are – fabrics with prints and colors inspired by fabrics used back in the 1800’s and early 1900’s.  When you want a quilt to have that old-fashioned look it’s repro fabrics that you need.  When I get these beautiful quilt tops full of reproduction fabrics I pair a traditional quilting pattern to finish that vintage look.  For this quilt I chose one of my favorite traditional quilting patterns called the “Baptist fan” = a series of evenly spaced arcs nested across the quilt.

 

I was able to spend a fair amount of time quilting this week for my clients.

It felt good to have a productive week!  I wanted to share a photo of some of the specialized quilting I did on a client quilt – very simple piecing pattern that is really enhanced by the paisley quilted pattern… can’t wait for her to see it!