Jane's Border Creek Station Mystery Quilt

I finished Jane's Border Creek Station mystery quilt late last night and I'm so very pleased with the outcome!  I was a little nervous with the density of those pebbles but I think with the striped/piano key border quilting it turned out very even.  I love the texture this gives - Jane sent her own Tuscany Wool batting and it always quilts up beautifully.

The back is so pretty - almost a whole cloth in itself!  I really love neutral backings that show off the pretty quilting...they also show off the mistakes too...but let's just pretend I live in a world where I never ever EVER make those!  :)

Above is the full view photo that Jane sent me - along with a bare bones mock up I sent her.  I had an idea of what I wanted to do - and I wanted to get her opinion on pebbling before I went through and drew pebbles all over this quilt!  Luckily she is a gal who enjoys pretty pebbles just like me!

I did one border with this flourish so that it looks as if the quilting is traveling out and around and framing the quilt from this one point.  I really love it!

I used darn near a full 3,000 yard cone of Bottom Line thread on this quilt - fresh and new from the package!  There might be enough left on the cone now to fill two or three bobbins...those pebbles take up a lot of thread.  

I'm so happy with the way this one turned out.  I've got the feather itch now though - and good thing too as the next quilt is going to be full of them!

Cindy's Quilt Quilted with Deja Vu Pantograph

I think I missed sharing this one!  I quilted Cindy's beautiful Fat Quarter Shop sampler quilt with one of my all time favorite pantographs - Deja Vu by Patricia Ritter and I.  This awesome top has hints of Lori Holt's Farmgirl Vintage...which is on my Christmas list!

Below is a shot of the top pre-quilting.  I love the difference the texture of quilting makes.  I truly believe that old saying that "the quilting makes the quilt".  It really does bring a beautiful top to life.

 

 
Love this panto so much - it's a pretty easy one to follow and it just gives such great movement and is so classic and elegant on anything it goes onto.   I believe I used Glide thread by Fil-Tec in Wheat and Hobbs 80/20 batting -single layer.

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...and a view from the back below...doesn't my new stitch regulation make all the difference on the back?  Loving those tiny stitches!  :)

I'll leave you with a sneak at the quilt I currently have on the frame for my client Jane.  It's a Bordercreek mystery quilt from my understanding...and I adore everything about it.  I'm a bit behind where I wanted to be at this point with it but I still think I'll finish on schedule.  Football and cheer are over for the season so that frees up a significant amount of time three days out of the week!

Summertime Quilting! :)

I don't know about you, but summer has been flying by for me!  I cannot believe it's almost July!  It feels like my kids were just let out of school and the weather just started to resemble the warmer months...but in reality, my kids summer break is already 1/3 of the way over!

Quilting has been slow going with my children at home.  I have been making an effort every day to take the kids outdoors and get some exercise in which has been wonderful for bonding and talking with my sweet girls.  My oldest daughter has decided she wants to play soccer for her school this year, so I anticipate lots of traveling to games and fun times this fall.  We were practicing last week for try outs and don't ya know...I fell and sprained my ankle!  I spent a few hours in the ER making sure it wasn't a break - and my ankle swelled up like a baseball!!!  An athlete I am not - but - we have a story to tell now!  LOL  :)

I am back to work today and making efforts to finish up the quilts this week that have been waiting some time to be finished.  Here are a few progress pictures of Jane's sample quilt that is currently on the frame...

I hope all is going well in blogland today!  I know the blogs tend to seriously slow down during the summer, but I hope everyone is having a great time and getting some good family and sewing time in!