Gold and Teal Quilt

It's always fun to see the before and after pictures. My client

decided on an all over end to end design called "feathered curls". I used a dark teal glide thread top and bottom. I Love the backing of gold with the teal thread!

Two Sisters Quilt

Having too much fun with this quilt. It's all ruler work and free motion quilting. I love how it is coming along. I find ruler work to be very enjoyable! Stitch in the ditch work done with sew fine thread. The cream work is using Glide in the top and matching sew fine in the bobbin. I used two layers of Hobbs 80/20 batting. 

This is the finished quilt a few minutes after removing from the machine. I was blown away by what was in front of me. To say I was thrilled is an understatement. Can't believe how pretty it came out.

 And then I turned it over. Wow. 

Welcome to my home in the dead of winter! Lots of snow to shovel. The driveway and road is actually plowed. But I have a very long walkway to the front door to keep clear.

Placemats

This pattern for placemats was the perfect fun thing to do today. They were so easy to make on the long arm. They would make a very nice gift if you can get the fabric on sale. These are for me. 

Purple Christmas

Thought you all would enjoy seeing the purple quilt I made for my bedroom. The pattern is an embroidery pattern by Claudia's  Creations. The purple fabrics with some complimentary greens, quilting the entire quilt using a metallic gold thread, lent itself to a Victorian look. I was pleased with the results. 

Isn't it pretty on my Victorian bed? 

 And check out that loaded purple Christmas tree in the corner of my bedroom. I Love it!

 This tree is in my front room. It has ornaments made by you guessed it, me. The angels were made years ago in the 90's. Free motion angels using gold metallic thread over stiffened netting. Then attached to white felt and stuffed. The pink balls are wrapped in a machine embroidered tatting using white cotton thread then sewn together. Lots of thread and time but very pretty.

 And when the festivities are done, relax with your best buddy!

Before and After

Isn't interesting to see the before and after pictures of quilting? This one had me stumped for awhile. Then it was just go for it! Too much fun. This is a cute quilt. I enjoyed quilting it.

 Loved the look of the trees quilted in swirls. That was the beginning of the theme if you will, for this quilt.

 Then I decided to do feathers inside of the fence posts. Really liked that!

 Finished minus the binding. Cute.

Picture of the back shows a lot of quilting done.

Walking Duke

Meet Duke. He is my best buddy. He watches out for me and loves to take long exploratory walks on our property. Then when we are done, he takes a long nap so I can get to work!

On our way home around 4:00 this was the view. I had to stop to take a picture. It was so pretty to me. You can see the snow on the ground.