Thursday, March 28, 2013

Sometimes, meandering is all it needs...

 
 This is my spring quilt. The pattern is Abby Road's Ob La Di; the fabric is Heather Bailey's Nicey Jane. I wanted to compliment the vintage look by keeping the quilting super simple. I quilted a medium/small meander throughout the entire quilt. I love the results! I catch myself just staring at this quilt. I love it when a quilt turns out just the way you imagined it would.
Here is a close up of the quilting. Let me clarify the difference between meander and stipple. (This is just my opinion, not necessarily every quilters opinion.) A meander is a very basic quilting design... a stitch that "meanders" across the quilt. The only difference between a meander and a stipple is the size of the quilting. A meander is the design pictured above or bigger. Stippling is a meander stitch done very close together, tight and small. I will post a picture of stippling... eventually. =) 

Monday, March 4, 2013

Quilting Patterns (Tossed Hearts, Swirled Hearts, Pebbling and Echoing)

This quilt has a tossed heart on the background...
pebbling on the letters, echoing in the background of each letter...
and swirled hearts in the border. This makes for a sweet Valentine's Day quilt. =)

Friday, March 1, 2013

Quilting Patterns (Vines, scrolls and daisy medallions)

I have costumers ask me all the time if I have pictures of the patterns I quilt with my Long Arm machine. So I thought it would be a good idea to start blogging some of the patterns I quilt. I hope these pictures are clear enough to see the stitching. =)
(Just click on the picture for a larger view.)
 
Scrolls and vines are popular patterns and used quite frequently...
 
 A view from the back...
I plan to update quilting patterns on a weekly basis... so keep checking back for more examples of what I can do. Thanks so much for your support!    --Holly