End of Year Quilting and Embroidery 2014

End Year Quilting 

2014

Well, here we are at the week between

Christmas and New Years

A lot has been accomplished this year.

4 custom quilts

3 bathrobes

countless sets of towels

hats galore

quilting done for others

Just this last few days I quilted a top for 

my friend Kathy, did manage to get it done by Christmas eve day.

  She did a beautiful job on the design and piecing

I got to add to it with quilting.

Today I finished a small bear quilt for my husband

It is now hanging in its place.

 The new owners of

3 of the quilts I was honored to make this year.

The Pooh quilt, the White Camo quilt and the Taz quilt.

Hope they find lots of comforting

snuggles under these quilts.

Towels for the grandchildren

 

 Robes made for Terry and Billie

I am looking forward to new quilting and

embroidery adventures in 2015

I see many hoodies in my future as 

the embroidery machine stitches along.

My hope is to finish my Ruffled Roses quilt in time for

Cowboy Carnival at the end of May.

So stay tuned, I have

more to share.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

Winnie the Pooh Quilt

Winnie the Pooh Quilt

Completed

I am pleased to say the Winnie the Pooh quilt

I have been working on is complete and 

ready to go to it's new home.

Here are some final details

I decided to add rick rack to the binding of this quilt

Both in pink and in green to go with the

colors of the quilt.

 I love the star binding fabric and the pink rick rack is perfect 

for this quilt.

 Beginning the process

Binding finished, one corner with pink and green

 and another corner

 Owners block

 Some of the embroidery designs

 Label

 Important pictures

I have enjoyed working on this quilt, as well as 

the other quilts in this group.

The Taz quilt

White Camo quilt

and the one that began this journey

Billie's Red, Whit and Blue quilt.

With one more to go, 

the Eagle Camo quilt...also refered to as the Bear quilt.

This quilt is nearing ready for the longarm

I need to construct the back with the 

special pictures sent for it.

I will be posting as I go along.  

Hard to believe I am nearly done with this

set of quilts.  

This work has been such a blessing and honor for 

me to do, the trust given me to create such special gifts is 

over whelming.

Winnie the Pooh - Quilted

Winnie the Pooh Quilt - Quilted

Yes it is quilted, now on to binding.

On the longarm.  Used a variegated blue thread.

 Each of the embroideries have close stippling, to help them stand out.

A look at the back of the quilt.

A look at the back after quilting

 The label, and pictures that were added to the back.

 Front finished

 It is hard getting a good picture, but here it is.

Next is the binding then it will be ready to send to its owners

Winnie the Pooh Quilt

Winnie the Pooh Quilt

The Pooh quilt is ready to go on the longarm.

Got the back finished up today.

We have had a busy week with grandsons

here for hunting.

Now back to my quilting

Here are some pictures of what has been added to the

back of this quilt.   To make it very personalized

we have a picture of its new owner and one with great

symbolism for the one commissioning the quilt.

 

 And the label for the quilt.  I love how this turned out.

Eagle Camo Quilt

Many hour have been spent finishing up the embroidery

for this quilt.  It will be next for the longarm

just waiting for some important elements to arrive so

I can construct the backing for it.

In the mean time here are some embroidery high lights.

 

 Names for quilt

 Red, White and Blue American Eagle

 Deer in cross hairs

 Elk and deer embroidery

Just a peek.  Opps I left one out......

will share it next time.  

Until then. 

Retreat Time

Time for a Quilt Retreat

Retreat time

Spending time in the mountains

and sewing for hours upon hours upon hours.

 Our surroundings at Sunlight Retreat grounds.

Early morning sunshine

 Viewed from our porch

3 days of sewing, chatting, eating and more sewing

the Winnie the Pooh quilt top.....done

 Eagle Camo quilt top, ready for the long arm

 Close up of sections of the scenes

 another scene

 Black bear for Kirk, ready for the longarm

, 

 And finally, the Ruffled Roses quilt top is done,

it only took 4 years, but it is done.  Next it will be longarm time, 

but after the others are done, as this one will take extra

time to do.

Very productive weekend to say the least.

More updates to come on each as they get quilted and 

all final details are completed.

Quilt Teasers-Eagle Camo & Pooh

Eagle Camo

Pooh

Teasers

Fussy cut blocks for the Pooh quilt.

 What is fussy cut?  Cutting holes in yardage of fabric to get

a special element.

 Fussy cutting leaves fabric with many holes in it.

 3 of the 4 colors that will be going with the fussy cut Pooh blocks.

And two elements that will be included in the Eagle Camo quilt.

 These are both Willow Bend designs 

http://www.willowbendcreations.com/

New Quilts - Fabric Preview

New Quilts

Fabric Preview for Pooh

and 

Eagle Camo

 Base fabric for the new Pooh quilt, other fabrics will 

go with all the colors seen here.

Next we have what we will call Eagle Camo

 Here are some larger pictures of each

a beautiful green

 a steely grey blue, green and black

 and the main fabric, eagles in tans and cream

Details to come.

Fabric washed and ironed, cutting to commence.