The colors and layouts of modern quilts is striking! I just finished quilting a wall hanging for one of my clients that utilized bright hand-dyed fabrics and interesting piecing – I used a modern maze design quilting in the center and curved piecing in the outer border. Love the effect!
I am a sucker for reproduction fabrics which are exactly what they are – fabrics with prints and colors inspired by fabrics used back in the 1800’s and early 1900’s. When you want a quilt to have that old-fashioned look it’s repro fabrics that you need. When I get these beautiful quilt tops full of reproduction fabrics I pair a traditional quilting pattern to finish that vintage look. For this quilt I chose one of my favorite traditional quilting patterns called the “Baptist fan” = a series of evenly spaced arcs nested across the quilt.
I was able to spend a fair amount of time quilting this week for my clients.
It felt good to have a productive week! I wanted to share a photo of some of the specialized quilting I did on a client quilt – very simple piecing pattern that is really enhanced by the paisley quilted pattern… can’t wait for her to see it!
Several years ago my quilt guild’s show ( www.CVQG.org ) had slips available for people to leave comments for the quilter. I was so touched by the following from a longarm quilter from Queensbury, NY:
“Love your choice of quilting designs on all the quilts I’ve seen in the show – this year and last. I’m a LAQuilter myself.”
This meant a lot to me to receive this message and I still have it posted at my desk in my quilt studio…..
Here’s to new adventures in quilting! Quilters learn by sharing their work along with tips, tricks and lessons learned…. I’ll be sharing my quilting experiences and some of the awesome quilts my clients bring me to quilt for them!