Let it Snow!

As I watched the falling leaves drifting through the October sun, I had the privilege of quilting this fun Snowman and Cocoa quilt.

In keeping with the theme, the borders have swirls, snowballs and ...ribbon candy?  Not sure how the candy fits in, but it reminds me of an old fashioned Christmas. I remember by grandmother having hard candy in her pantry during the winter holidays and I loved the ribbon candy!

Almost every snow "person" in this quilt has a frothy mug of cocoa. 

This guy is here for the day with his thermos.

A fun snowflake fabric on the back. 

Wedding Quilt

Another fun quilt my client and her Mom made for a friend's wedding.

Boy, hate to let this one go--I love all these fall colors.

'Feeling Groovy' by Michelle Wyman and Terry Watson

I have had this pantograph for 3 years and only used it once or twice. Interestingly, it was requested for 2 different quilts this past week.

 Yummy dark chocolate Minky on the back.

This is going to be the perfect wedding gift!

Baby Quilt

My clients make the cutest quilts!

Don't you just love that one little brown block . . .

 . . . and the plaid border?

Waterworld pantograph by Jodi Beamish

Most of my quilting is done with 'So Fine' thread from Superior Threads. They ship it out the same day and usually it's only 2-3 days to get an order. I appreciate that. For my basics and neutrals, I always order 2 cones of each color, that way, I can fill my bobbins with one cone and keep the other cone threaded through the needle.

This was quilted with #403-Putty.  I rarely use white thread unless the fabric is bright pure white . . . and then I have 4 colors of white!  When you audition thread color for a quilt, if you pull out about 3 feet of thread from your cone/spool and lay it on the fabrics, you will get a better feel for what you want for your color selection. Usually, I choose 3-4 cones from my thread rack, then narrow it down to the one that is just right.

Here the thread looks light blue . . .

 . . . now it looks green . . .

. . . now it's beige . . .

Fun bumpy Minky on the back.

Black, White and Red

Two of my customers brought me these quilts on the same day.  They are very similar with identical minky backings.

Pantograph: "Feelin' Groovy" by Michelle Wyman & Terry Watson

They found this awesome black floral Minky to go on the back.

Quilt #1

Here is the twin:  Fraternal, not idenctical!

Pantograph: "Water World" by Jodi Beamish

This backing really reflects this outer border. 

Quilt #2 

Quilt of Valor

Pieced by the Inland Northwest Virtual Quilts of Valor Group.  This is the 7th quilt I have done for them this fall.  They are preparing for a stand down when an Idaho National Guard unit returns from Iraq in December.

This striking quilt was wonderfully pieced!

 I really like the different chunks of blue in the outer border.

McTavishing in all the Friendship Star blocks.

Pebbles in all the Churn Dash blocks.

Flag print on the back really completes the quilt.

Quilt of Valor

Pieced by the Inland Northwest Virtual Quilts of Valor Group.

I love all the flags in the block centers! 

 

Quilt of Valor

This is another QOV pieced by the Inland Northwest Virtual Quilts of Valor group.

Each center has a star with ribbon streamers.

I sprinkled a few random stars around the border.