LibbyG 1,020 Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 My customer just won First Place, favorite quilt from the guild members and People's Choice at her local guild. I used So Fine and Bottom Line. Hobbs 80/20 and Dream Wool. This is a picture of Shirley and her grandaughter who will eventually receive the quilt. Spring Basket 031 by Libby G, on Flickr Spring Basket (7) by Libby G, on Flickr Spring Basket (5) by Libby G, on Flickr Spring Basket (9) by Libby G, on Flickr Spring Basket (10) by Libby G, on Flickr Liam, Gail O, gardenslug and 10 others 13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
T Row Studio 1,576 Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Very well done Libby. its defiantly a winner LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pat C 204 Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Oh my, that's luscious! You and her make a great team of talent. Congratulations to both of you! LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yankiequilter 283 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Libby, so beautiful! Congratulations on your contribution to winning the ribbons. Lucky granddaughter! LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tootsquilts 292 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 How Beautiful. Congratulations to the both of you. I love it. LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
srichardson 241 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Very well deserved. It's a beauty! LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gail O 203 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Congrats! Definitely a winner. LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dlnewell 468 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Very beautiful quilt and quilting! LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sheila S. 78 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Libby, I am amazed at the beautiful quilting you did on this quilt. You are so talented. LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anniemueller 332 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Beautiful quilt and quilting! What a lucky young lady who gets to keep this one. LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mamaahma 50 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 So great - it must've taken months! LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GMALKB 368 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 The quilting detail is amazing............absolutely gorgeous ! LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mary Beth 840 Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Well done, congratulations!! LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zora 317 Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Absolutely beautiful! LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LisaC 569 Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Libby, congratulations to you and your client on a beautiful quilt. Job very well done. LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cagey 769 Posted May 3, 2016 Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 All I can say is, it is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing. Cagey LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LibbyG 1,020 Posted May 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2016 Thank you all for the wonderful comments. It means so much when it comes from such a talented pool of quilters. I spent 70 hours quilting and twice as long to decide on a design. I wanted to use Nemeshing on it, so I contacted Bethanne Nemesh. She said the space was too big for that technique and I needed to divide it. She suggested an oval with lines from the sides, but I didn't like that design. I asked Valerie Smith for another one, which I liked better. The problem, for me, in dividing the space, was the flowers cascading over the side of the basket. Finally, I laid it on the floor and placed a large sheet of plastic over the center. (Shirley wouldn't allow me to use any marker that had to come off with water, so I was trying to use a design that would be very easy to make using a square ruler.) I drew the design from memory, and then went to the computer to check with Valerie's design. They were different. So I started texting Heidi and Vickie to get their input. Finally I let the customer decide which one she wanted. She chose the one I made by accident. Since I already bought NEMESHING, the book from WHITE ARBOR QUILTING, the center was ready. My next step was to figure out how to do the swags in the border. Linda Hrcka, the quilted pineapple lady, uses them on a lot of her quilts. I have DeLoa Jones boomerangs and Linda's curved rulers. They are basically the same rulers, but I bought some of DeLoa's when she first made them, before she extended the sides, so I used some from both of their sets. I tried to find videos on making the swags, but the ones available were for using other rulers. My problem was how to turn the corner and keep the swag the same size. I drew and drew and kept sending pictures to Heidi Merrill so she could tell me which size looked better. You would think that was an easy thing to judge, but it wasn't for me. Finally, armed with all my information, I knew I had to load the quilt. I measured the inner borders and decided the swags would measure around 10 inches each. That meant that five inches on each end would be used to make the first turn, which turned out beautifully. When I tried to turn the next swag, I couldn't get it to work, so I made a template of the first one and used it for the rest. I'm sure there's an easier way to make it, and I'd love for someone to tell me!!! One other design mistake turned out to be a good decision. When Valerie drew the division for me on the center part of the quilt, she put feathers in the design. They looked gorgeous, but were going to be hard on the lower right hand side where the applique cascaded. And, they were going to have to go around the butterflies, where Vicki Maloney suggested some swirling to look like they were in flight. When I was working on the upper left hand corner, I simply forgot to put in feathers. Once the Nemeshing started, I knew they would have detracted from the look. So, with the help of all my forum friends, SPRING BASKET turned out beautifully. Thanks again. InesR and Quilting Heidi 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quilta93 374 Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 It's a beautiful quilt and your quilting is spectacular! Congratulations. Deb. LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam 434 Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Beautiful Quilting Libby!!! LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
judyday 167 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Thank you for sharing your process. That helped me a lot. Your quilting is absolutely beautiful. LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robin 64 Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Today I mowed literally all day and I took my bath and decided I would see what inspiration I could find on the APQS site. I was not disappointed again! I love to find new Libby heirloom quilting pictures to devour after a hard day of work. Of course I look at the current one which is outstanding...and then I keep going back and back and back through all of the pictures of the gorgeous quilts on her Flickr site. Amazing! Thanks for the quilt show again, Libby! You are so inspiring! LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Busy Quilting 442 Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Libby I saw this on my FB feed and didn't realise it was you. It looks even better now LibbyG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LibbyG 1,020 Posted June 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 Spring Basket has won a total of seven ribbons in our three local shows. Three first places, a viewer's choice, best machine quilting, her guild's favorite quilt, and finally Best of Show. Plumpurple, dbams and NHDeb 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SWall 153 Posted June 29, 2017 Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 Congratulations on all the awards!! It is an absolutely beautiful quilt!! Talent like yours inspires me to keep working on my skills. Thank you SO much for sharing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mary Beth 840 Posted June 29, 2017 Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 How did I miss this one!?! I love it. Beautiful job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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