Applique Baby Quilt

Rock-A-Bye Rainbow Baby Quilt

I was asked to make this quilt.  

It is such a cute quilt, all done with raw edge applique.

Here is my rendition as I began to place all

the pieces where they go.  

 Adding the details, cute applique eyes and embroidered smile on the sun.

A butterfly enjoying the suns warmth.

Bright rainbow colors color the sky of blue.

Baby left by the stork and small woodland creatures looking

after her.  

 Another butterfly, fluttering by, while a baby duck swims in the pond.

 A pair of love birds in a tree.

All of the elements are blanket stitched, with embroidery details.

 Baby has removable diaper, and hand embroidered details.

A closer look at the butterfly.

Hand embroidered details, french knot eyes.

Machine embroidery making this little Ava's quilt.

Baby needed a pink bow.  

And finally a binding of many colors.

I hope Ava will like her quilt.  

A gift from her grandma, Pat.  

That I was privileged to make.

Rifle Case

Rifle Case

Kirk has been asking me to make him a rifle case.

It took a while to find the right materials, mainly the "batting".

So we gathered the oil skin, and Annie's soft and stable.

Next came the design, how to quilt it.  Embroidery or not.

Once we decided on cross hatching and embroidery designs

WE began.

After loading the flannel backing, soft and stable and oil cloth on the longarm,

I started teaching Kirk to quilt.  

 We had to come up with a few ways to do things, like putting a spine

down the back of the case, and how to get that nice and straight.

Since my machine is old and does not have channel lock, Kirk came

up with a block and clamping solution.  So we got the nice straight lines.

Next, I did not own a 30 degree ruler, so he made one out of wood

He then ordered acrylic material so he could make a clear ruler to do this.

Here you see the wood ruler.  It was a bit thick for the machine but 

worked anyway. 

After the first run,  I began the second run creating the diamonds

All this a learning and creating process.

 The completed cross hatching work for the first case.

That wood ruler worked pretty good.  ☺

Then on to the embroidery machine to add the embroidery

 Thank goodness for Mighty Hoops, I never would have been

able to hoop this with my standard machine hoops. 

 I love those hoops.

The completed rifle case after adding zipper and handles.

Trying out two different embroidery designs.

 Interior lined with flannel to cuddle the rifle.

 Embroidery close up.  

Three more rifle cases to come, they will be up for sale.

If interested let me know.

They will be $150.00

These can be special ordered.

Have a blessed day and thank you for visiting

Big Horn Mountain Creations.

Jasmine Star - Quilting

Jasmine Star Quilt

Quilting

Quilting has begun on the Jasmine Star.

This is the outer most border.

Out lining the floral and leaf designs.

 Using burgundy on the flowers and green on the leaves.

 Took a whole day to do one side of this

king top, and began the flowers.  

Like how it is looking.

BUT a lot of work.

 Not sure yet what I will do in the middle.

Stitch in the ditch for sure.

Design, guess it will evolve. 

Two weeks to get it done, so it can go in the show.

Wish me luck.

Jasmine Star Quilt

Jasmine Star Quilt

Update

Center of top completed.

 Working on 24 star blocks

for the outer border.

 The star blocks are done, I am not good at 

doing the same thing over and over, so these 

took awhile.  Below; one of the corners

that go around the center.  These went together fast.

 Top is nearly done.

To big to fit on my design wall so 

here it is on our king bed.

So pretty.

2 more borders to add then onto

the quilting. 

Wish I could get a better picture, 

will have to wait until it is hung up at the quilt show.

A lot of great quilting opportunities here.

I am putting this up for sale, 

so if anyone is interested let me know.

Jasmine Star

Jasmine Star Quilt

I am working on the Jasmine Star Quilt

designer is Marianne Elizabeth Nashua

marianneelizabeth.com/

I found this quilt in Quiltmakers Magazine 6 years

ago and fell in love with it.  Yes it is on the cover.

First kit I had ever purchased.

Can you see why, I fell right in love with this design.

So me.

So it has taken me a while to get to it.

But better late then never.

Spent several weeks working on the cutting out process.

My husband thought I was nuts, 

but in reality it was an enjoyable process and

really makes one pay close attention.  LOL.  

Our quilt group has a retreat at the end of January

and that was my goal to begin this top.

It will be a king size when done.

So here are some of the blocks

The center block.

There are 4 of the cream and raspberry and

4 of the block with the 4 patch in the middle

This is an on point design.

Center is finished and first border is on.

Just started sewing together the green blocks, took a bit to 

get all the components made, tons of flying geese units

24 green blocks (see design) to make.

It will be nice to have another quilt for our room.

I may see about selling this first though.  

I hope to have it finished for our quilt show at the end of May.

Stay tuned.