Thread Tales From A Scrappy Quilter

Quilt Festival was so much fun this year!   Actually, it is still open for one more day but I'm done for the year.   I had Monday - Thursday there.   Fun classes with Dusty Farrell, Irena Bluhm and Laurie Ceesay.   Lunchen program with Judith Baker Montano about fiber arts and then the Winner's Circle Awards night which is amazing seeing ribbon winners accept their awards.   Their pieces have the  curtains drawn and spotlighted for each event.    Long days and nights.  Monday my only class was 6-9pm, Tuesday 9-12 and 2-5 all day long class, 12-2  luncheon program with less than 1 hour free then the Winners Circle from 6-8 followed by meeting the quilt artists and viewing all the winning pieces up close and personal.  Wednesday I went light with only a morning class from 8-12.  Then of course Wed @ 5pm anyone with classes also gets pre pre-viewing from 5-7 as the vendors and...

A very pretty pattern that my client requested I quilt it like the original.  She had the pattern included for me to review.  I changed the feathers and swirls just a little.   Plus her version had 2 borders.   I "ghosted" the design into the first border and added beadboard to the outer border.   Quilters Dream wool batting.  This is going to be so pretty after washing and will be a nice bed quilt.   Backing uses 3 WOF in coordinating prints.

This is the 2nd one of these that I have quilted with the tops being made by friends.  Quilting requested in a style similar to the original designer's version quilted by  "The Quilted Pineapple".  Lovely wool applique!    

What a fun custom to quilt!    This was made by the Wanna Bees of WAQG as a donation to the MDAnderson Ovarian Cancer Quilt Project 2015 .   I have since found the pattern name to be called "Squedge 22.5".   It's a free pattern that comes with the wedge ruler purchase.   I also found a you tube video showing how to cut this out.   Really fun!   I may have to order one of those, a quilter always needs more rulers right?   But on to the quilt, lots of feathers and lines - oh my!   Back         Busy border, doesn't show quilting.      This quilt and others will be auctioned in October of 2015.  You can follow this quilt on their facebook page OvarianCancerQuiltProject .  If you are at Quilt Festival this year, stop by their booth (not vendors but on the other side of the quilt displays you ...

Another fantastic quilt by Karen.  The fabrics are gorgeous and I tried to let those be the focus of the quilt.  I knew she wanted the cranes to appear like they had been trapunto quilted so I needed to quilt densely in the background of that panel.  Thread embellishment, background fill and some border treatments finished this off nicely.   I really like the way this turned out.  My husband like this one so much he tried to buy it from Karen!      

These cute quilts were quilted by me using 2 of my favorite designs.  It's amazing  sometimes how that panto or all over design really creates unity across scrappy quilts plus you get more quilting overall than a light custom treatment.  I love these and would enjoy snuggling with them any day.   Hand guided panto.  Undulate © Denise Schillinger       Hand guided panto.  Feathered Curls © Irene Steele  

I only recently completed setting up things into what was one of the teens' bedroom, he had moved out and I need the space.   We have other sleeping arrangements for short term visits so we were all OK with taking that room over.  Then he made the decision that he should be home.  After thinking through all options for our home, we decided the most comfortable arrangement was to re-set up that room as his bedroom again and put all my stuff back into one room.  I had finally emptied all my boxes after almost 3 years!  Now I had no space for all that stuff.    I'm crowded but it's workable.   We see photos of all these wonderful studios but I know there are many like me, wishing for more space.  So, I thought I would share my limited and not so pretty workspace.   My design wall on one side of the window and  I took my TV down from the right side to add a free standing closet.     I c...