Machine Quilting

I finished two of my own quilts. It was so cloudy when I took the pictures, I will wait for a nice, sunny day and retake the pictures.

I have been very busy quilting customer quilts. This Moda Charm Square quilt was pieced by Carol Ann from Calico Cats and will be displayed next week at the Houston Quilt Show/Festival. I used the pantogragh "Hearts a Flutter" for the quilting.

Cute pink backing with flowers.
Rhonda made this pink and green Basket quilt for her sister which I quilted with "Meandering Dasies".

Small Star cornerstones between the green sashings.

Green backing.

This is Glenda's very first quilt she pieced. She saw the pattern in a magazine and went for it.

Red border. I used the panto "Hyacinth" .

She did an awesome job for a self-taught quilter.

Blue backing.

Happy Quilting until next time!
~Millie~>

Quilting

I quilted two quilts pieced by my friend Sally. This first quilt has different blocks pieced by several quilt shops. The fabric is the new Fall line for Three Sisters by Moda coming out in October. Sally designed the layout herself. The quilt will be displayed at the October Houston Quilt Market.

The border is so interesting.
This batik quilt was a group project. Quilters made half square triangles and shared with each other. This is how Sally turned her triangles into a quilt.

I used the Bubbles panto...I love to quilt circles or swirls.

Batik border.
Scrappy batik backing.

Happy Quilting!

Here's a little reminder: I'm thinking of having a one day giveaway for my Fall quilt on Wednesday. I was too late to enter my blog in the Fall give away.
~Millie~

Go Cutter Winner + Log Cabin Quilt

A huge thank you to AccuQuilt for giving me a chance to try out the Go Cutter and for allowing me to give one away.

Now for the drum roll and the winner of the Go Cutter is...

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Maggy, Congratulatations. She said, "I would love to be entered!!! It would make quilting sooo easy!!! I LOVE the Drunkard's Path, Circle, and 2.5 inch dies!!" Please e-mail me with your information by Tuesday. I know you're just going to love the Go as much as I do.

Besides playing around with my Go, the last few weeks I've been working with grey and yellow 2 1/2 inch strips. I made this yellow and grey Log Cabin Quilt for Karen.

This is where I started with the quilt...2.5" strips and a test block from Karen.

The top definitely needs a yellow border.

Quilting is the best part of making a quilt for me...besides picking and cutting the fabric .

Yellow backing.

It is always a good feeling when I am all done with a quilt.

Happy Quilting until next time!
~Millie~

Stretched Stars To Go Quilt

I just finished the Stretched Stars To Go Quilt. I used a green and orange/yellow fabric pack from JoAnn's. You can find the free AccuQuilt Go pattern over here. This is a great way to test out your 4.5" die that comes with the AccuQuilt Go Cutter. You can also make the entire quilt with a rotary cutter and ruler.

I used a Stars panto from Debra Geissler for the machine quilting. I used a very light yellow quilting thread and Hobbs 80/20 bleached batting.

I love the stretched stars with quilted stars. This is such a fast quilt to make and definitely a beginners friendly pattern.

I used this old green checked fabric from my stash for the backing.

I made the two borders wider than the pattern said. I decided to use the same fabric from the outer border for the binding.

Binding is all done!

I am so pleased at how this simple and fast little quilt turned out.

Here is another blue pack of fabric from JoAnn's. Wouldn't a two colored blue and white Stretched Stars To Qo Quilt be beautiful?

Thank you so much for all the comments on my Go giveaway. I am so sorry for not coming back to all of you. I will use a random number generator...so anyone can be the winner. The Go giveaway will close on Saturday morning. I wonder who the lucky winner will be!

Happy Quilting until next time!
~Millie~