Thread Tales From A Scrappy Quilter

Photo overload on this but I do have some step by step processes on this one.  This was my most bold thread attempt I think I have ever done.  I wasn't even sure if it would work but I was willing to try out one set of rays and rip it out if I did not like it.     Lou Ellen is a good friend of mine, fellow WWIT bee member and a master at piecing anything.   She had a vision for this quilt.   Diane Phillips "supernova quilt"  had caught her attention.  She wanted to do something a little on the wild side and play with crystals.  She requested long extended points behind the compass rays.    I thought, those all look like crystals added to that quilt.   What if I quilt in thread colors to match each rainbow section?   I had not done this before, wasn't sure I could pull it off but I was intrigued.  I pulled my threads.     But first I ditched and was able to do some f...

I went to the Quilt Guild of Greater Houston's quilt show... Joy of Quilts today.   It was a lovely show and I had a few quilts hanging with my name attached as my own or quilted by me.   A couple of these have not been blogged about yet so this is the first you will have seen them. Let's just start with the best.   1st place!  Pieced Wallhanging - Large.   Lou Ellen Hassold's "Star Bright quilted by me!   Lou Ellen had a vision for this quilt and thankfully I was able to step up to the challenge.       2nd Place - Group Quilt - Pam Heine  Double 4 Patch.   This one makes me really happy as this is an e2e design.   I think our shows need to include a category for e2e quilts because they may be impecabbly pieced and have great color composition but if they are not quilted to death they lose points to those more elaborately quilted pieces.     ...

I quilted this beautiful Glacier Star quilt for the Colorado Valley Quilt Guild, LaGrange, TX which debuted this week at their quilt show.  Lots of detail in the lights where quilting really shows, non competing designs in the colorful batiks letting the piecing shine.  This could be YOUR quilt!  Contact the guild to purchase tickets for their 2016 fund raiser.                   Even with 14 spools of gold bobbin thread... it's very hard to see the detail on that beautiful batik backing!  Details stitched in the ditch with Madiera Monolon, Glide threads used for the main quilting designs.   Hanging @ the LaGrange Quilt show: