What I'm working on

Have you seen the new fabric by Bonnie and Camille that is Scrumptious? A jelly roll happened to show up in my Christmas stocking (YAY!) so that is the one I have been playing in lately. The squares are finally finished and I have started to put the sashing and such together. Here it is so far.


Phone pictures just make everything look so much worse than they really are. The colors in this line are so vibrant and happy. No wonder quilting is addicting. With such wonderful fabrics and colors and patterns to work with, it is understandable that we have to play in every chance possible.
 

Lacrosse Quilt

*UPDATE as of April 2016: PATTERN IS NOW AVAILABLE!!. Click here for more info.

Imagine this: a few days before Christmas and someone brings you a quilt and tells you that it is a Christmas present and if possible, could you please have it done in time to give as a gift. The response: OF COURSE! There were a few quilts in line before this one but we made it happen and even turned and gave it to her within 24 hours of receiving it. Her daughter had made it as a gift for her boyfriend who plays lacrosse. For her very first quilt, she did an amazing job! It was so fun to play with.

Look at the detail on those lacrosse... tools? Sticks? Bats with nets? 

The numbers of his jersey and the black border were both quilted the same with the nets and sticks being outlined to emphasize the appliques. She was so excited when she saw it the next day that it made the almost-all-nighter-just-before-Christmas worth it.

Good Times

A good friend of my mom's has asked me to quilt several quilts lately. She is a phenomenal quilter so I was quite intimidated to start on these. They were so fun though. Whenever I pick up a quilt top from someone, I always ask if they have something specific in mind that they would like to see quilted whether it be design, style, color, etc. Marie always tell me to do whatever I want. There have been a few designs kicking around in my brain lately and when I saw the quilts she gave me, I knew it was time to play with them.

The black and grey pieces were stitched on to where the edges frayed when washed so I couldn't do too much on those but I loved the feathers in between. The other she gave me at the same time was also wonderful.

They turned out so fun and the flowers are my new favorite design to play with.

The Latest

 Yesterday was wicked fun. The afternoon was spent doing a F.A.R.T. (fabric acquisition road trip). They are the best and oh this one was good. Have you seen the new Riley Blake fabrics that are coming out soon? Some are in stores and some are just sneak peaks but oh how I love them all! But I am getting ahead of myself. Before I get into all that, you have to see my new finish. Do you remember this inspiration photo:

I looked at this picture and put a little spin on it to come up with my new favorite for the next week or two. It started with a funny box of fabric my dad found at a garage sale at the home of an elderly woman who had passed away. He thought I might be interested in the fabric and little did we know the treasure we would find. Deep in the box was a write up of a pattern with penciled in notes. The date on it was from the early eighties. Between that those few pages and the picture above came a stack of these...

 and a stack of these...

And then...

This!

It is a Triple Irish Chain quilt done in two colors instead of three or four. My favorite part is the way it is quilted.

 You can't really tell from the top of the quilt what there is but it gives it such flow and texture. Looking at the back, you can see all the wonderful-ness that is going on.

It was so much fun to quilt. There are a few client quilts in line right now that have requested something specific but in the line up, there is one that is begging for some of this. Such fun!!

Now that this one is done, I am struggling as to which quilt to do next. That is why there was a F.A.R.T yesterday afternoon. The hardest part is deciding which fabric to play in next!! How do you decide?

Happy Quilting!

-Annette 

Another Client Quilt

Baby quilts might be my favorite. Kris brought me this one to quilt for her new grandbaby and it was so fun. She did a baby pink minky on the back and asked for simple loops and swirls. We had to do better than that so tucked in amongst the swirls are hearts. They turned out so cute. Thanks for letting me play Kris!

Happy Quilting!
-Annette