All Over Feathering

 Every spring, I make my grandmother a chicken themed quilt. This years quilt reminds me of our kitchen when I was a little girl... sunflower yellow, avocado green and brown. Oops... I think I just aged myself. =)

I chose to quilt an all over feathering pattern.  I wanted the appliqued chickens to lay uniform with the rest of the quilt... I like how the feathering blends into the chicken. I was skeptical about how it would turn out, but in the end... I'm pretty happy with it.

Squiggle Echoing and Six Petal Medallion

 Instead of quilting an all over pattern on this quilt, I decided to quilt a squiggle echo in each triangle...

 with a few 6 petal medallions thrown in. I really love the way this quilt turned out. It makes those triangles pop.

The back is pretty spectacular too. =)

Stippling, Feathered Flowers, Loops and Detail Quilting

 Ok. So you might feel a little neck strain when you turn your head to see these pictures the right way. I admit that photography is NOT on my list of talents. =)

 

I love this quilt. I love that the stippling in the background and the detail in the pleats really make the dresses pop.

 I did a simple loop pattern in the sashing and stop border... and a feathered flower in the outer border. I tried to keep the borders simple so the focus stays on the dresses.

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. =) 

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. =)

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

Some Kind Of Wonderful!

So Stacey and I started a new project today. It is a quilt called "My Favorite Things" in a beautiful book called "Some Kind of Wonderful!".  The quilt has a lovely folk art feel... full of needle turn applique.  This technique is fairly new to us.  We were deciding whether we wanted to complete the entire quilt in needle turn or blanket stitch.  After experimenting with the "family" (heart) block, we were hooked on the needle turn look.  So.... we have quite the project ahead of us!  Here's a look at what we completed today...

 

As you can see, they are wonderfully unique to our personalities.  We are very pleased with the results.  This is the first of many to come.....