Author Archives: Ideal Stitches

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Strip Ribbons

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Strip Ribbons

Blocks and straight lines just needed circles and bubbles in the quilting. I am always thrilled when the quilting design looks just a fabulous on the backing fabric. Win-win!

End to End

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End to End

Little pops of mint green break up the end to end black and white strips. The wavy quilting add just the right texture for a fabulous finished quilt.

Turning Twenty with a Stripe

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Turning Twenty with a Stripe

The turning twenty pattern is a great layout for coordinating fabrics and uses fat quarters to the greatest advantage. Flowers and paisley quilting pulls it all together.

US National Parks

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US National Parks

Fun quilt featuring all the national parks of the United States. Great for the traveler in your family!

Hankie Quilt 2

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Hankie Quilt 2

Vintage hankies are now collected in this beautiful quilt. Butterfly quilting inspired by the border adds the perfect texture. This will be treasured for years to come.

Purple Wisteria Feather

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Purple Wisteria Feather

How much fun it must have been to collect these fabrics. Maybe I am gravitating toward a little more purple in my life. The feather and curl quilting design with variegated thread is perfect against the blocky layout. Spectacular!

Spooky Anniversary

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Spooky Anniversary

Wonderful spooky quilt made as a surprise for the cotton anniversary. The light airy stitching looks good on front or back!

Mod Christmas Cats

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Mod Christmas Cats

Adorable cats, trees and presents are all wrapped up and ready for Christmas. It’s never too early to get your Christmas quilts finished.

Roommate Quilt

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Roommate Quilt

This grandmother was so excited to make a coordinating quilt for her grandson’s first roommate in college. Proof positive that quilters want to blanket the world in love.

Falling Stars

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Falling Stars

Each quilt brings a new challenge. This quilt was out of square so the quickest solution was to remove the borders, remeasure and reapply them. It turned out fabulous. I used a variegated thread on the back and now both sides are a delight to behold.