Spring Quilting

I am now three weeks without my computer. I miss reading my favorite quilting blogs and communicating with my blogging friends. With all the extra time per day, I got so much quilting done. I could do more housework, but that was definitely not on my list to do. 

I just finished the machine quilting on Willeeen's Scrappy quilt. This is such a pretty quilt and an excellent use of her scrapbasket. 

 This Scrappy quilt has a bleached muslin for the background and the backing.  Just beautiful!

 This is another Tulip Time quilt I quilted. This beauty was pieced by Cindy. All the appliqued flowers are so cheerful and so springy.  You can tell she is a purple girl.

 Cindy is going to use this quilt on her bed.  With all the lovely batiks she can use any color of decorations with this quilt.

  Cindy's mom is going to help her with the binding.  This quilt is huge, 106" long and the handsewing of the binding will take forever.

 This is a Spring panel I quilted for Marinel. There is absolutely no piecing in this quilt. Aren't panels great for those lazy non-sewing days?

 I am working on a t-shirt quilt for Shannon.  The quilt will have around 30 t-shirt blocks.  All the blocks are cut out and fused with fusible webbing.  For the next few days I will be working on sewing the t-shirt blocks together.

 Hope you all are enjoying Spring. 

 Happy quilting until next time,

Quilting Fun

A few days ago my computer died so now I'm writing from my DH's laptop. The kids will be home this week for Spring Break so I'll be busier than normal. I've downloaded a few photos from my camera on this laptop so I'd like to show you some pretty quilts I've been working on.

Lately, I've quilted a lot of sampler quilts. This one here is pink and green with a very funky, interesting layout pieced by Nancy. I love the way it's twisted. It brings a fun element to a traditional sampler.

She picked a white backing which shows off perfectly the quilting. The only problem is it will show off perfectly every quilting mistake as well.

I quilt at least one t-shirt quilt a month. This t-shirt quilt was pieced by Sally.

The next two baby quilts were by my friend Carolyn. This one is a blue and green start quilt with a polka dot background! I love it.

A zig-zag blue and brown quilt for a baby boy who hasn't been born yet.

My most favorite quilting pattern of all is a Stipple. A tan backing. (Another close up of the lovely polka dots)

Another baby girl quilt, pieced by Carolyn's sister, Sally. I love the pink embroidery heart with the cute curlies.

Little Payten, whose not born yet, has her name embroidered. Polka dots everywhere! In the pink backing

 and background this time.

The last quilt is a red scrappy Bear's Paw quilt pieced by Janice.

A very eye-catching border treatment.

Thank you so much for stopping by and Happy Quilting,

Picnic Quilt is Quilted

 Finally, I've finished quilting my Picnic Quilt!
 I added a white border which I think makes the blocks look like they're floating.

 When I first picked out fabrics from my stash I thought that the red and white polka dot fabric would steal too much attention. Now that everything is together I think it works well with the other fabrics.

Sometimes when I see fabric on sale I will buy it no matter what.... Even an ugly fabric like this backing that I've had around for 7 years. At first I thought I would never end up using it but it's found a place in this quilt.

I quilted the first sampler quilt for Janet who has a cute British accent that I adore.

 This quilt with needle turn embroidery came from Judy. The colors in this quilt make me think of Spring. It's already warmed up a bit in Texas which makes me even more anxious for spring. 

 The quilting shows up very well on the white backing.

Happy Quilting,

Postage Stamp Quilt again

 My Postage Quilt is squared up and the binding is on. I am busy hand sewing the binding down.

I love sitting next to the window with a cup of  tea or coffee and working on bindings.

 I got this pretty tea cozy from Madame Samm. It is so beautiful and keeps my tea or coffee warm for a couple of hours. Thanks MS.

I quilted this Postage Stamp Quilt for Cathy. She made the top a few years ago and used her scraps. Isn't it a lovely scrappy quilt?

 Last week I had the opportunity to quilt this old top pieced in the 1930's. This quilt has the real 1930's fabrics and  the fabrics are in such a good condition.  Even the bubble gum pink fabric is so bright and did not fade over all these years.

 All the fabrics in this beauty is old, except for the new muslin backing and batting.

 Happy Quilting until next time,