Here is the second in the series of Aboriginal wall hangings. Much to my delight, I found another quilting design that complimented the print of the fabric. Makes me want to plan a trip abroad to see what fabrics I could find.
It’s always exciting to have a new and different project. This is one of two wall hangings made from printed fabric purchased by my client on a trip to Africa. The backing is black quilted with an Aboriginal design in variegated thread. I can’t decide which side I like better; the front or the back.
This quilt is going to be a wedding gift and to celebrate the upcoming new household, I chose a quilting design with a home, heart, and cozy smoke from the hearth. Best wishes are in every stitch.
This quilt has hearts and hearts and more hearts and will be a fantastic gift for this piecer’s daughter-in-law. I had a delightful time with all the quilting and the impact on the purple minke backing is incredible. We also quilted an extra block to turn it into a pillow/sham.
What a great surprise this is going to be when this high school senior receives this quilt for graduation. Because of the significant impact of music in her life, I chose a musical quilting design, and it dances merrily across her memories.
I just had to use a variegated green thread on this hunter’s star quilt. The swirls in the quilting give additional movement, especially in the outer border. This will be bringing the luck of the Irish, to be sure!
Charming baby quilt for a dog loving family. I added puppies and bones when I did the quilting. What a creative layout for the small panel.
I loved the fabrics in this quilt so much that I had to search the internet for this block of the month. I found the entire kit including fabric and patterns and I am not on my way to piecing the blocks. I can’t wait to get my quilt top finished.
Charming flowers quilt their way across this sampler quilt. I love the added texture to the blue backing and how it has amazing definition in the white background fabric.
Notice how the swirls and bubbles as so much to the background fabric. Terrific texture adds dimension and completes this quilt.
Gray is such a great color for background fabrics. Just look at how the colors in the blocks just pop. Add the texture of the quilting and you have a quilt that is sure to delight!
This started as a box of blocks and now it is a quilt to enjoy. The solid pieces on the back bring the quilting to life and the scrappy binding is simply charming.
When I look at the quilt, I see a flower trellis, so I quilted blooming roses that can climb up the quilt top. The quilting gives great texture to the white fabrics and the bright pink thread shows well. I can almost claim a green thumb with this quilt.
This quilt is made from just two fabrics and a fantastic pattern! The quilting shows well on both sides of the quilt, and I couldn’t be happier. When the piecer gave it as a gift she was told, “this is the nicest gift I have ever received!”
After receiving three fire quilts to give to his children, this customer was back with another bag of T-shirts to have a quilt made for himself. I used the same fabrics in the sashing and border and added patches to the border. My Innova longarm machine handled beautifully over the patches. This will be cherished for years to come.
Besides being so soft and cuddly, minke backings are incredible for showing the quilting patterns. This charming little baby quilt was a collaboration between a quilting friend and myself to give to a young couple that I work with, who are expecting their first child. So, in a sense, the front of the quilt was a gift from my girlfriend and the back was a gift from me.
All the fabrics in this quilt have dragonflies in the print. I added more when I quilted a swarm of dragonflies and curls with a dark lavender thread on top and gold on the bottom. Magical and magnificent.
I used the palest and thinnest of yellow threads to quilt an edge to edge on this applique quilt. Beautiful quilting without taking away from the stunning applique work. Just in time for spring!
I had two requests when I made this quilt; make it warm and make it big. The t shirt blocks are cut as large as I could make them, and the red sashing is oversized. I added an extra layer of batting, and the extra benefit is how the stitches are so defined. Thank you for your service and happy retirement.
This stunning wall-hanging was inspired by a photograph on a vacation trip. I was thrilled to embellish it with thread sketching. I used over 13 colors/types of thread to create my “artistry”.
Soft denim fabric is paired with this rainbow fat quarter pack. Add a quilting design that compliments the movement in the printed fabric, and you have yourself a WINNER.
This quilt had great negative space and the quilting really shines. This damask design give great texture to the plain blocks and adds interest to the pieced blocks. Win-win in my book!
This quilt has the most amazing hand applique work. I wanted to do echo quilting which is very traditional in Hawaiin quilt but first I had to break up the quilt into blocks with hand guided feather sashing. When it left me with set in triangles on the outsides, I ghosted in an outline of one of the applique pieces and echoed it. Now it makes me want a Hawaiian vacation.
Ideal Stitches Longarm Quilting 505 296 2690 
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