BIG NEWS COMING!!!

I am so very excited - ecstatic - thrilled - OVER THE MOON - to share with you all that Patricia Ritter of Urban Elementz has offered me the opporunity to co-design a few pantograph quilting patterns with her!!!  The first design she is working on is based off of the concept I recently doodle-quilted onto Laura's quilt (pictured below).  I am so excited and grateful for this amazing opportunity and cannot wait to share more with all of you!  STAY TUNED!!!  :)

I'm a Guest Blogger on APQS Quilting Blog!

I have fun news that I wanted to share!  APQS offered me the opportunity to be a guest blogger on the APQS website blog!  My article on quilting feathers is up - have a look!

Click here to read it!

http://www.apqs.com/blog/2014/02/11/how-to-quilt-feathers-2-methods/

Laura's Quilts - Free Hand Allover Quilting

Just sharing a few shots of Laura's quilts!  She requested a medium density all over E2E design similar to what I've done in the past for her.  Here is what I came up with to coordinate with her quilts.  I will try and get a couple full shots when I pull the second quilt off the frame today!  :)

These are both all over edge to edge free hand designs.  ;)

Beginner Free Motion Quilting Video Series

Hello!  Here I am!  I received an email from Chris this morning asking if I was still alive as the blog has been a little quiet.  Yes!  I'm here!  I'm alive!  I have been working on some projects that I cannot share with all of you just yet, but I will have some fun things coming up soon.  Today I'm working on Pats quilt, but in the mean time for those of you who are interested in free motion quilting - I made a video!

Lisa, a Home Economics teacher who lives only a few hours away from me contacted me recently about classes.  I LOVE teaching small classes but at the moment my life is not set up to teach as I would like - but I thought videos might be a fun alternative!  Over the next several months I will be uploading videos to my YouTube Channel on learning to free motion quilt.  I uploaded the first video today!

These videos will share my own personal preferences and recommendations for FMQ.  I hope they are helpful to Lisa and others out there!

I hope you are all getting some quilting done out there and I will be back soon with progress pictures of Pat's quilt!

Kitty Quilt - Finished! :) Prepare for a Photopaluza!

I have to say I'm thrilled with how this turned out!  It is hard to part with!!  Here is a little photo-paluza of Pamelas Kitty Quilt...

 

I hope you are all getting lots done out there in quilting blogland!  Up next is a quick project and then Pats/Chris quilt!

Linking up with Nina!  :)

Just a note, due to a customer who had to reschedule for another month I do have an opening for a light custom/edge to edge for the dates of February 11th through 15th!!  Leave a comment or send me an email if you'd like me to put you in!  :)  FILLED - THANK YOU!  :)

Pamelas Kitty Quilt - In Progress

Just a few photos of Pamela's kitty quilt!  I am loving all of those little patches to play in.  I am looking forward to see how this triangle/striped border looks when finished.  I think when the binding is applied it will almost be like a prairie point border...but with texture!

This block isn't finished but I think it is turning out cute...

Alright, off to make dinner then back to work!  I'm really loving thow this is coming out...Pamela was sweet enough to let me do what I please with this quilt so I'm just going to town and having a good time!  :)

**Linking up at Freshly Pieced WIP Wednesday!

Deanna's Quilt and a Zentangle

I finished quilting Deanna's Swoon quilt yesterday - perfect for the below zero temperatures we've been having lately!  This week is to be bitterly cold here in Ohio...but boy do these bright colors make it feel a little warmer inside...

We decided on a light/medium gray thread as it blended the best with the fabrics on the front AND the back.  There is some contrast in the white, but the neat thing is the gray reads more as shadow than thread so you still see texture.  I really like how this turned out!

I am keeping this post short and sweet tonight...because it's almost 3 in the morning!!  It's so hard to force myself to go to sleep when I've waited ALL DAY LONG for peace and quite.  LOL!  Everyone is snoozing away and I have been...zentangling.  :)

I created this zentagle-ish drawing useing my Wacom tablet and Corel Painter.  Just doodling.  Doodles are wonderful because they translate really well to quilting...and ANY form of drawing seems to help not only create designs but improve your free motion quilting skills.  Plus - it's really really relaxing.  I had been tooting around in the painter program to start learning some of the functions...I'm artsy by nature so I thought I might goof around with some graphics.  This is what I ended up with!  :)  Ok...now I must sleep!!!  :)