I just quilted a quilt for a client who used Christmas fabrics with Lemoyne Stars cut in ‘stack and whack’ method to create repeating pattern in the ‘blades’ of the star. It feels like Christmas in July! I used Glide thread for the first time and really liked the way it quilted.
I previously mentioned I had collected beautiful red batiks to make a quilt to celebrate the 40th Anniversary Vermont Quilt Festival – well I found the background fabric I will use for the quilt.
It is a beautiful modern deep blue fabric – my original plan was to use an off-white fabric but after ‘auditioning’ various fabrics at Yankee Pride Quilt Store last week all of the light colored backgrounds would have had the potential for the red to show through which would have ruined the look of the quilt. No worries with show-through with this fabric!
Here is a picture of snips of the various reds against that deep blue –
Next step – figure out cutting and method for the quilt – I have a pattern in mind…. will post updates as this project comes together.
I just completed quilting on a Signature Quilt for one of my clients. This is the prettiest Signature Quilt I have seen – her choice of colors and fabric variety is stunning! The finished size of each block is 5 inches with the inner section for the signature at 2 1/4 inches – there are 117 of these signature blocks on the quilt. I used custom continuous curves and loops on each block and a leaf pattern in the borders using teal thread. It came out great – she left a few unsigned blocks so family members who did not get a chance to sign a block can do so at her family reunion next month.
Purple Sampler Quilt
I just completed a lovely sampler quilt yesterday with a great overall design called Damask fern which is one of my favorites.. I wanted to use a light purple thread and had a spool of Signature thread that I thought had enough thread to do the job. Well it was a very close call and I watched nervously as the last row was stitching out… was so relieved when there was still a little thread left at the end!
Just Enough Thread
I am back in my quilting studio after a long week of working as Registrar at the Vermont Quilt Festival. I didn’t have time to take pictures of the amazing quilts there but if you go on to the Vermont Quilt Festival Facebook page you will see many quilts and highlights from the show. (and while you are there ‘like’ their page and you will get news updates from VQF)
Below is a picture of me and my friend Teela Dufresne who is Volunteer Chair along with her daughter Trista who posted a lot of the pictures on the Facebook page. This picture was taken after the show had ended in the middle of all the clean-up required to shut down and pack up.
After a long week at VQF
Next year is a BIG YEAR for VQF – it is the 40th Anniversary (another good reason to like their page so you can get updates as we prepare for that show – it’s going to be the best-ever! – Forty and Fabulous!)
The theme color for 40th anniversary is Ruby Red – I purchased this new mug at the show for inspiration and also a bunch of beautiful red fabrics to make a red and white quilt for the show…. I will post updates as the quilt progresses!
