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Hi all. I'm not sure I have ever shared my blog on the forum. So, I just wanted you to know that I have one. I try to post once or twice a month. Sometimes I include a tip or technique, a "wish I'd invented that", and a life learning. It's located at Quiltniques blog I hope you can see the picture I attached. No drooling please.

I have been busy for the past two months quilting for customers and myself. During a lull in customer quilting I pieced two identical quilts. One for my daughter and one for myself. She picked out the focus fabric last year and I went back to the store and purchased the rest of the bolt so I would have enough fabric for 2 quilts. I used the Happy Trails quilting pattern from Keepsake Quilting. I stopped quilting customer quilts a week before Christmas and loaded both quilts on my Millie at the same time. One after the other because they were too wide to fit side by side. I freehand quilted both of them, mostly without the stitch regular on. Vickie, (Beachside Quilter) came over and we brain stormed quilting ideas until we came up with the design. A big thank you to Vickie. I finished the binding on my daughters quilt at 11:00 on Christmas morning, wrapped it and went to her house for the day. She was totally surprised. It was the first time I was able to quilt something for her that she didn't already know about. I finished binding my quilt a few days later. I used Glide thread in Military Gold top and bottom. Here are the pictures. Thanks for looking. Untitled by Heirloom Quilter, on Flickr Untitled by Heirloom Quilter, on Flickr Untitled by Heirloom Quilter, on Flickr Untitled by Heirloom Quilter, on Flickr

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Hi everyone, Here are some photos of my daughter's Christmas quilt that I finished last week. Her birthday is Saturday so I'm giving it to her then. It's not a surprise. She picked out the fabric two years ago and made one 9 patch block in a class I was teaching then never touched it again. After 2 years I decided I was tired of looking at it on my counter so I told her was going to finish it for her. She hasn't seen it quilted yet. I used Dream Poly batting and Glide thread top and bottom. This was my first pantograph. It is called Holly Bells. I'm using the same pant on a customer quilt now. I'll post pictures when I get it finished. Untitled by Heirloom Quilter, on Flickr Window Pane Disappearing 9 patch Untitled by Heirloom Quilter, on Flickr Close up of stitching Untitled by Heirloom Quilter, on Flickr Border Stitching Untitled by Heirloom Quilter, on Flickr Backing