Fabric Friday/Sew & Tell

Michelle over at Rosebud Quilting is having a Fabric Friday and there is also a Sew & Tell Fridays over at Amylouwho. It will be so much fun to visit all the other quilting blogs. I just finished the Quarter Log Cabin quilt and it is all washed and crinkled up.

Showing some of the blue backing of the quilt.

Max, my Quilt Model!

I also quilted this Queen white Wholecloth quilt for myself. I cheated and used a panto called Feathered Flowers by Linda Lawson. More than 2 years ago I made the same quilt for my younger sister and could not wait to make one for my bed.

Quilt on the quilting frame.

This is a Block of the Month quilt pieced and taught by Sallie from Lake Jackson,TX.

I quilted her quilt with a panto called Antique Lace.

Showing some of the soft flower backing of the quilt.

So this is my first Fabric Friday. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Quilting!
~Millie~

Finished Waverunner quilt and more

I had a great weekend of quilting...hope you all had a good weekend too!

My Waverunner quilt is quilted and washed. I add a grey border to frame all the blocks. I used a panto called Big Bubbles from Ellen Munnick for the machine quilting.

I used this green fabric for the backing and it was not one of my favorite fabrics...but I am very pleased with the finished quilt.

I LOVE washed and wrinkled quilts. My Roman Stripe quilt is all washed and crinkled up.

Showing part of the green backing.

A close up of how nice the quilt crinkled up.

Blue is my favorite color, but I have more red quilts than blue quilts. I started this blue and green quilt over here. I just finished the machine quilting and used the Featheraration panto.

Close up of the Quarter Log Cabin blocks and they are so easy and fast to sew.

Last week I finished the machine quilting on Sally from Katy, TX Block of the Month quilt. I used Kerryn Emmerson's Field of Flowers panto.

Close up of one of the blocks.

Sally used a plain muslin backing and the quilting shows up so pretty.

Happy Quilting!
~Millie~

A finished quilt and 2 tops done

My pink and green Roman Blade quilt is all done...just have to wash the quilt to get the crinkled look

The Waverunner top is done. I flipped a few blocks, but I am not going to take one seam apart. I think I like to add one border in maybe a grey color. Victoria at Bumble Beans has a great tutotial on how to make the Waverunner top.

My daughter's Turning 20 quilt is all squared up and ready for the binding. I cut the leftover batting up in 6" blocks for a rag quilt.

The same time when I was making my daughter's Turning 20, I was also working on a second Turning 20 from my Christmas stash.

I made a scrappy backing from the leftover fabrics.

On Monday I quilted the blue and yellow quilt for Margie with the Field of Flowers panto.

Yesterday I had Lynette's Dinosaur quilt on the frame. Another quilt with the Bubbles panto.

The backing of the quilt is this flannel dot fabric which is the same as the cotton fabric on the borders.

Happy Quilting!
~Millie~

Batik Turning 20

I got my oldest daughter's Batik quilt pieced and quilted. If you are looking for a fast and easy pattern...the Turning 20 is one of my favorite patterns. It took me just over a week to piece and quilt her quilt. She did ask me why the blocks are so big...it had to be big blocks or no quilt at all. LOL

My daughter picked out her own fabric for the top and the back of her quilt. She also decided on the Sunny Daze panto and a thick poly batting. My youngest daughter prefer the thin cotton battings, but the oldest likes the really thick battings.

Showing some of her blue backing. Blue is both my daughters and my favorite color and all 3 of us are lefties!

Over the weekend I also finished the machine quilting on this Fish quilt for Linda.

The Fish panto turns out so nice on her Fish quilt.

Linda pre-wash all her fabrics and here you can also see her blue backing.

Happy Quilting!
~Millie~

My Roman Stripe quilt is quilted

In the beginning of this year I made 4 Roman Stripe quilt tops. 3 of the quilts I gave away and this one is all mine. I finally got it quilted with the panto Pentas.

I really like this green fabric for the backing...just have to square up the quilt and get it bounded.

I quilted the next 2 quilt tops for Ardy in Yerington, NV. She is new to quilting and a beginner, but she did such a good job.

Her green and pink Pointless Wonder Star quilt got quilted with the Peacock Palm panto.

Look at the cute backing...perfect with the bright pink and green blocks.

This is such a striking quilt in green and blue.

I quilted this quilt with Bubbles and I am so happy at how the machine quilting turned out.

Showing the backing of the quilt.

Kathy from Lake Jackson, TX made this t-shirt quilt for her daughter...she used her daughter's old Baylor t-shirts. This is Kathy's very first quilt.

Close up of the Deb's Swirl panto on one of the t-shirt blocks. Kathy did an excellent job on her first quilt top and I think her daughter will be so happy with her quilt!

I changed the quilts on the wall behind my quilting machine...I finally got these 2 Fall quilts out and on my quilt hanger which is a curtain rod.

Happy Quilting!
~Millie~

First Waverunner blocks are done!

My first Waverunner blocks are done and I am so happy at how they turned out. I did use a lot of spray starch to get the blocks flat and without any puckers.

This is the first time I am trying to cut strips without using a ruler...and I was so nervous of making a mistake. But after a few slices... I had so much fun cutting these wavy strips!

Right now my ironing board is a mess. There are fabrics for 2 new projects and then all my strips for the Waverunner quilt. Do your ironing board sometimes looks like this too?

One of my next new projects will be a batik Turning 20 quilt for my oldest daughter. Everyday she is asking me when I am going to make her a new quilt.

And as usual I did a lot of customer machine quilting. This first pink and green quilt was pieced by a 10 year old girl from lake Jackson, TX. Her mother did all the cutting, but she pieced the top.

Her quilt was quilted with Deb's Swirls panto.

The backing of her quilt.

Another pink quilt, but with brown. Carolyn from Yerington, NV pieced this quilt.

Here is the quilt on the machine showing the machine quilting. I used a panto called Pentas.

This Thimbleberrie Sampler quilt was made by Dianna, from Gardnerville, NV. The blocks are 9". The Groundcover panto has small leaves which I used on her quilt.

Showing some of the back of her quilt.

It is Friday and I just like to relax like Max. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Happy Quilting!
~Millie~

Chinese Coin Quilt and more

I just finished the machine quilting on this lovely Chinese Coin customer quilt pieced by Mary from Yerington NV.

Alfresco is a favorite pantograph of mine which I used on this quilt with a purple/lavender thread.

Showing some of the purple backing of the quilt.

I usually schedule one customer quilt a day, but this huge quilt (over 120") took me 2 days to quilt. I took the pictures late at night and the quilt looks so much darker than it really is.

Peggy, also from Yerington, NV pieced this lovely quilt. I quilted her quilt with one of Debra Geissler's pantographs called Flower Swirls.

Close up picture of some of the blocks and first border.

My Top Hat Christmas top is pieced. Another dark picture I took late at night! I am not an early morning person and do most of my work later in the day or early in the evening...my 13 year old daughter asked me last night why I took the noisiest job in the world!

I got a package in the mail. I won Kathy's give away! Thank you so much Kathy for all the nice goodies...I am going to add the dyed fabrics to my Waverunner sew along.

Sometimes when I am so tired or just stressed I like to take my box of scraps out and make string quilts!

I started another String quilt with navy blue strips.

Happy Quilting!
~Millie~