Marilyn's Strip Batik and Applique Circle Quilt

This is Marilyn's quilt where I used her piecing as a guide and picked six different quilting motifs to fit within each block.  For each new row, I shifted the design over one block so that the different designs cascade down the quilt.  For the appliqued circles, I did a swirl feather type design.  I love how the different quilting designs showcase each strip as an individual piece of the quilt.

Marilyn's Pink and Orange Quilt

This is Marilyn's quilt where I used an edge to edge for the center of the quilt, and then three separate border designs.  The center has a cool swirl pattern.  The first border has pebbles, the second is a simple wave and the outer most border is a single sided feather.  I kept the quilting simple and it really showcases the piecing.

Alice's Batik Strip Quilt

This was a semi-custom quilting job for a customer named Alice where I did an edge to edge wishbone design in the center, and then two separate border designs.  The thin orange border got orange circles with orange thread that really pops.  The outside border has organic random feathers on the wider portion and a switchback feather along the thinner section.  I love it :)

 

Holly Holiday Table Runner





So I know the holidays are over, and, well it's already February, but I just got around to blogging about this cute holly themed table runner that I made for a friend.  She loves, loves hollies so I kept it real simple and chose some fabric that had hollies in it and did a freehand holly loopy pattern for the quilting.  I love how the cream fabric has sparkles in it, very holiday cheer-y!!

 

Ghost of Projects Past

Since this blog is pretty new, I figured it might be worthwhile to do a post about some of the sewing creations that have come to fruition over the last couple years...

The very first sewing project I ever made was about two and a half years ago when I found a giant pile of old tshirts in my fiance's stuff that we were packing up before he was deployed to Afghanistan.  He said he'd been saving them for awhile and wanted to send them away to be made into a tshirt quilt.  Being naively confident, I said, well I can make it myself.  Turned out he had enough for a queen sized quilt (OK, so maybe naively ambitious as well) and I didn't even own a sewing machine.  So I borrowed a machine from a friend and somehow I managed to get through it with my share of blood, sweat, and maybe even a few tears.  All that being said, it think it turned out relatively nice: