Gail O

Love it!  Awesome quilting; fits the quilt perfectly.

I dislike Moda fabrics for exactly that reason. Rather than being dyed, it appears that the fabric is "painted" and the back side is very light colored.  When you sew on it, some of the threads roll over showing the light color of the "wrong" side.  The "pokies" aren't really the batting showing through but a problem with the under lying fabric.  Jim 

Once in a while a quilt comes along that is just special. "I Woolly Love Ewe" was one of those, I love the design and the title, and I was thrilled when Wendy asked me to custom quilt it for her. Isn't the black sheep super cute? I am really happy with the way it turned out, and it looks even better now that it is bound and washed. I love the picture Wendy sent me of the finished quilt, the little girl seems to agree with me on the black sheep (I have permission to share this picture online.)

Thanks Gail, My husband and I looked at it again this morning,  we noticed one side arm was tilted slightly forward, so just realigning the side arms, allowed the ruler base to slide with ease under the quilt top bar.  Such an easy fix, as usual, it ended up being our error. Thanks again for your input, it’s always very helpful!

Jaw dropping_ingly gorgeous!
 

This is a small version of the butterfly quilt pattern drafted by Sherrie I love orange and I am making most of my quilts this year with orange in them. 
anybody have a killer name for this quilt....it is always funto play with one of your own quilts.... I hope you enjoy , many of the designs I have not done before
but have found a couple I will do again for sure
 

back of the quilt

close ups of the background

this one I have named bubble wrap

 rulers and freemotion  oops I see a thread....



more thread that will get cleaned up

 

Thanks everyone.  I'm still learning but I've quilted 3 of my own.  And 5 for charity.

Maybe that's not quite on topic, but have you considered a donation as an option? If you have spare quilts you don't like/don't know what to do with them, you can give them a second chance this way. For instance, the Quilts of Valor is currently my favorite charity quilting at this time. And also it will be a very rewarding thing to do. 

Got to see it up close yesterday.  It truly is a work of art!

Thank you Ladies. This is so far out of my comfort zone, but I am trying to stretch myself with regards to my quilting
...you just never know when you are going to find something that you are passionate about.  

That piece is amazing Terry. Very excited that I will get to see it in person later today.

Hi Connie This is one of my own images I offer in my Collage classes i teach. The panels are fun to do. I would love to meet you also connie we need to have a apqs reunion one day so we all can meet.
Terry

Beautiful.   I love looking at the backside of quilts, this one really shows your talents.  I'm thinking about doing one of the "Dream Big" panels.  I need to retire so I can quilt more!

I made this collage Butterfly and did not know where I was going to use as a back ground then remembered I had a dream big panel...and the rest is history .
I would like to see your Dream Big panels you quilted. Please

 
 
 

Beauty!
 

I did a bit of thread work to enhance the printed panel of these dahlia flowers. The customer had added flange border around all the blocks so first off I sewed that down so it did not catch. then did loops and leaves in the narrow areas and feathers in the center thicker areas. this was fun to do.



 



 

Yes, Ron and Sharon are transferring ownership to Patricia Ritter. Ron is still making the boards but has stepped away from order fulfillment personally. The owners of Miracle Chalk have also sold their business to her. She is a force of nature and deserves all the success she has achieved. Surprisingly, both R&S and Miracle Chalk owners are here in Olympia---and members of my quilt guild. I'm rubbing shoulders with quilt legends!

no Connie it was not to bad when I got lost It was a design opportunity
LOL

I really like that! And it's for you.

Wow oh Wow, you are soooooooo talented. It is always a treat when you show your quilting, thank you for taking the time to post.  Viewing your art gives me a mental boost. Sharon

front view of the quilt Lighting was not great but the close-ups are better.
Pattern is by Sew Colorful and the pattern is Sizzling Summer.
I use 80/20 cotton/wool for the batting and backing is a plush Costco Blanket in bright hot Pink. an allover freehand quilting motifs to add texture and interest I just love my new quilt.
Thanks for looking and have a great Monday

Part of the back it is a Costco Fleece Blanket with 80/20 cotton Wool batting supper warm quilt
Picture on my millie framehere are pictures before quilting

Love the grid work Terry.  Nailed it!

Contact the manufacturer.  There is probably a serial # on the machine.  With that info, they will tell you the age of the machine and possibly have a downloadable manual that you could access.  They could also possibly give you a resale value.  Just Google A-1 Quilting.

Finished the first of Three Dinner Plate Dahlia’s.  This color way is called “Summer in Cabo”. 
Although it takes almost 56 hours to quilt they are amazing.  I don’t have a computer on my Millie so they are hand guided Enjoy the photos.  I will post the second of the three in another post.  

This is the second of three Dinner Plate Dahlia’s that I have quilted.   This one I tried to keep the quilting contemporary. There is no feathering on this quilt.  Unlike the Summer in Cabo quilt with many thread changes.  This quilt I only used the one color of thread.  It was a blue/grey and perfect for this quilt.   Again, there is about 56 hours into the quilting.