Thread Tales From A Scrappy Quilter

Several pretty quilts with some all over quilting, some freehand and some using hand guided pantographs.   freehand feather swirl, sometimes there are fullness issues and you must work from the front of the machine to smooth everything out.  This one turned out fantastic!   Undulate, by Denise Schillinger.   Hand guided panto.   Ideal pattern to showcase some pretty fabrics   Rhapsody, hand guided panto    It's rare that I get a quilt that after quilting....it all fits back in the bag the client sent it in!   How cute it looks in there.    I really like this big star quilt.  Scrappy in fabric and a variety of sizes, my kind of quilt. This quilt could have gone a modern route with some major custom quilting on it.    But, it is yummy with a simple freehand spiral and easy on the budget.   Sometimes that makes you lov...

It's almost back to school time and I'm ready for a little more uninterrupted time in my schedule.  Here's a few favorites I quilted recently:   Quilters Dream Puff Poly batting used in the quilt above.             July was 4 weeks of Driver's Ed for my 15 year old, taking him there and 1.5 hrs later picking him back up.  Plus about 17 Doctor visits between myself, 2 boys, 2 cats and a dog!  I knew it was coming, most appointments were scheduled months ago and I scheduled my quilting accordingly.  No customs for July.   On top of that, I'm an officer in 2 clubs plus I am on the planning committee for our upcoming quilt show which is taking way too much of my time.  Oh, I also am trying to set up a .com website for my business and I also bought the quilter's software, The Machine Quilter's Business Manager but... I have not had the time to get them fully operational....