It's all in the detail!

 This is a quilt I quilted today.  It has so much fun detail, I don't know where to begin!

 On the outer border and in the white Cathedral Window blocks, I quilted a wavy line cross hatch.  I think the wavy line cross hatching adds a very feminine touch. I quilted banner lines in the scalloped border and in the colored scallops on the White Cathedral blocks. A leaf vine and a scroll make up the inner borders.

 In the colored Cathedral Window blocks, I quilted an 8 petal medallion with a squiggle line in the white scallop bordering it.

Minky on the back showcases the quilting quite well. I have to say, I am very pleased with this one. =)

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