Becky's Princess Quilt is Finished!

Becky made this princess quilt for her 4 yr old daughter.  She will LOVE it!

Here's some detail of the fabric.

We just love Minke on the backs of Children's Quilts.  Becky chose a purple minke with spots.  The quilting design shows up on the back.  



Kyoko's Bloomin' 9 Patch is Finished!

Kyoko just keeps getting better and better!  It's hard to see in the photo's just how beautiful this quilt is.  It's BIG! 98 x 108!

The quilting design is called Gilded and it's from our extensive Ann Bright Collection.

There was some nice light the morning we snapped these!

I met this photographer once on a bike ride.  He called it " magic light".

  

Nancy's Dresden Plate Applique is Finished!

Nancy made this Dresden Plate Applique and I just love it!

It was custom quilted using Sew Fine Thread in Ivory. 

 

 

Carefully outlining each blade with Stitch Near the Ditch was the thing to do!



Margaret P took home a ribbon!!!

This quilt was so beautiful, I just knew it would take home a ribbon from the DOQ show.  And it did!  These pictures can't possible show the complexity of her piecing.  Of course, it was custom quilted.  I can't even tell you how many different designs and patterns were used.  It was difficult to choose a thread color for the quilting. I consulted with Diane D. from Thimble Pleasures.  She advised using a thread that blended with everything.  There was so much quilting that any darker thread would have been a mistake.  Thanks Diane!!!   

Margaret's Green and Brown Quilt is Finished!

Margaret also made this beautiful quilt of of greens/browns.  I think it's a gift, but I can't remember for sure. 

We chose  beautiful leaves and curls for the quilting design:

Here's a good example of using an all over quilting design to achieve a custom look:  We matched the thread to the beige background (King Tut Sands of Time).  It stands out on the brown border fabric.  Looks good, huh!!!!



Debbie's Baby Quilt is Finished!

It was great to meet Debbie Friday, a new customer.  Welcome to North Carolina!! 

We just love this bright and happy baby quilt.  Debbie and I chose tiny hearts for the quilting design.

This baby quilt incorporates one of my favorite combo's:
Minke on the back and silk for the batting!  Here's a photo of the back.  You can see how soft it is!

Pat's Heat Wave quilt is also finished!!

Pat also made this wall hanging called "Heat Wave".  She says it's for summer, but who knows..there's some chilly days and nights ahead.  It might just be the ticket to heat things up a bit!!

Some funky swirls made up the background quilting

  I love SID and use it often!!!  I think this narrow green border really does it's job by stitching all around it in the ditch.  

Lastly, the outer border was set apart with double wavy lines set 1" apart.



Pat's made another baby quilt!!

...............and it's adorable!!

 It was fairly densely quilted in a stars and loops pattern.  We used a gold color

on the top and a silver color in the bobbin. 



Another Quilt from the DOQ Show!!!

This is a quilt that I made for Johnny's sister Bonnie.  We called it 14 hearts.

It was a gift for their 40th Wedding Anniversary.  It was designed on EQ6.  I have not upgraded to version 7 yet.  Has anyone else?  Should I?  I heard it's mainly about working with photo's....

 Here's some of the quilting detail....



Joyce's "Rain Forest" is Finished!

Joyce made this beautiful quilt in a variety of Green Batiks.  The pattern is called "Kwik Shifted".  Beautiful!

 Joyce does a lot of things really well--but one thing she does really, really well is know how to use color.  It's hard to pull off tone on tone...notice how the charcoal sashing does it's job...



Here's one of mine!!!!!!

This is a French Braid Quilt that I intended to look like mountains.  In fact, it's called "Fall in the Blue Ridge".  I gave it to Johnny's son Levi and his wife Maria.  Enjoy!

 Each Braid was individually quilted.

 On the Long Arm Machine:

Mary's Zig Zag was also at the DOQ..

Mary made this striking Zig Zag Quilt with a jet black background.  It's a gift for one of her children, her son, if I remember correctly.  Mary, let me know if that's not correct...She used different scraps of fabrics from items that he may recognize.  It really is a stunning quilt!!!



Barbara's Quilt is finished!

Here's another quilt that I know was shown at the DOQ.  Again, I don't know if Barbara had it judged or simply  displayed it. I do know that  I gave this one a blue ribbon the second it was finished quilting!! It was custom quilted with lots of detail. We used Hobbs Tuscany Wool  batting for that really quilt-y look.  Beautiful job Barbara......

The borders and the basket blocks were crosshatched.  

My take on Quilt shows, big and small

Quilt shows?  Sure, they're great, and can be a lot of fun.....if.....you don't take any of it too seriously.  I mean really now, boys and girls, the only person that truly needs to love, or even like your quilt, is you.  It's helpful to get feedback from the judges.  It might confirm something you suspected was a problem,  or maybe point out issues that you thought were no biggies.  In any event that's my .02.  Oh, one other thing--I know quilters (myself included) that couldn't even get a sideways glance at show "A", and took home ribbons from show "B".  Try that on sometimes.  Kind of fun.  OK, back to more posts....

Diane's Quilt Won a Ribbon!!!

Again, I don't have a list of all the ribbon winners from the Twin Rivers Show, or the DOQ show, but I do know that this quilt was a ribbon winner at Twin Rivers in New Bern!!  Congratulations Diane!!!

The quilt was truly amazing, with (12, if  I remember correctly) paper pieced stars in beautiful jewel tones.  The quilt was all custom quilted with different quilting designs on each star.  The background was a "Galaxy" of lines and shapes that tied the entire quilt together.