Lime-A-Lishes

Lime-A-Lishes

The Lime, Black, White and Grey quilt is DONE!

and it has a name.

Lime-A-Lishes

I am happy to say I have put the last stitch 

in this amazing quilt.

This quilt is big, VERY BIG

112 x 112 inches

shown atop a king size bed.  

I hope to get a better picture when it is 

hanging at the quilt show.

 Though the binding is not on here, it is now on.

Label is on.  

Lime - A- Lishes 

is done.  

A year this month and full of 

many hours of loving, prayerful stitches 

for my son and daughter-in-law.

A few more details below of the quilting.

 

Quilting Updates-Ruffled Roses & Lime top

Some Final Touches

Ruffled Roses & Lime top

Work continues on my Ruffled Roses quilt, the addition

of hand sewn swarovski crystals is complete.  

I wish I could have picked up the sparkle of the crystals.

Next I will be adding bow shape beads under each of the

flowers between the swags on the stripped border.

Then it will be done. 

I also have been continuing the longarm work on 

Josh and Michele's quilt.

At 4 weeks now on the quilting but of course I don't work

8 hours a day, general 3 to 4 and not every day.

Some days just are not good days to do this work, so

I only work 4 to 5 days a week.

 

I am just 2 more away from this border of lines being done.

Working on the lower half of the quilt now.

Upper half is done, then it will be time to turn the quilt

to finish off the last border which will be feathers.

I also made a new travel bag, my current one is

falling apart.  I did fix the broken hand on it but decided

it was time to do something new.

 Love how it turned out.

I will add one more detail, a monogram

with the embroidery machine, just have not done it yet.

A fun note about this bag.

I attended a quilting retreat in January, 

a couple of the gals brought bags and bags of fabric

they did not want anymore, yardage upon yardage.

All but one of the fabrics (the stars) came 

from the yardage they brought and gave to the rest of us.

Thus, this bag will always remind me of that retreat.

Thank you ladies.

Have a wonderful week, see you soon.

Quilting on the Lime, Black, Grey & White

Quilting on the Lime, Black, Grey & White

A peek at the quilting on J&M's quilt. 

Center design

Ruler work on first border.

J&Ms Lime Quilt Pt4

J &M's Lime Green Quilt

Part 4  

It is on the longarm!

I have never had a quilt test my skills quilt like this one has.

I am pleased with the out come so far.  

I started this quilt nearly a year ago
for my son and daughter in law.
I was given the colors
lime green,
black,
grey and white.
The rest was up to me to design.

Once the pattern and fabric were decided the piecing began

but I was not happy with what was happening so

I changed up the blocks.  I made tons of  lime and black

diamond blocks and some of the logcabin corner blocks.

This is where changes began, the corners just did not work in my eyes.

So I redid them.

Next I started putting the main blocks together but 

I could see that this was not going to be pleasing. 

After much pondering and some inspiration,

the idea to do different pieced borders came to light.

Thus you see 4 pieced borders and several floaters

(borders that are plain but fill space).

Each border was a thought process and I can say I like how 

they all turned out.  I was able to use up all of those many

lime and black blocks as you can see in the picture below,

they became one of the borders AND enough to make 

more larger blocks to make the backing bigger (below).

Some close ups of borders

This quilt is 112 inches square and the extra wide

backing fabric only come in 108 inch widths, so

those extra blocks I mentioned a moment ago became 

part of the backing.  You can see them reflected in the 

mirror below.

Then I had to load this bad boy on my machine.

Noting that there is a center to this backing, which normally

is one piece so makes no difference if it is centered or not.

 Not the case this time,  finding the center was not a

problem, but wrestling  something  112 inches square 

is another story.  LOL 

Normally when I work on the longarm, I start at the top

and work down but with this needing to be somewhat centered

I will start in the middle and work my way out.

It is hard to explain all the ways this has tested my skills.
Perhaps we could compare it to raising a child,
alot of love, and patience were involved.
Next up, the quilting.

Quilting and Embroidery

Quilting and Embroidery

 Well Christmas is over and the New Year is here.

I have some things I have been working on.  

First are some hoodies for my friend Terry

He wanted these for New Years

to give to his girls in rememberance of 

his and Billie's son. 

Using the Butterfly hoodies as an inspiration

Terry asked for a change or two.

 So we are making these just perfect for his family

We have 7 white hoodies with butterflies on the sleeves

 Each a different color set.    Then................

on the back we will have an eagle with

Terry Don's name and year on it

like this

The girls all have white, Terry's is black (no he does not 

have butterflies on the sleeve, but one on the left chest).

Of course in the middle of doing this special job my machine had

to go into the shop.  She is up and running again so work is 

moving forward.

More to come on the hoodies soon.

Also have done 2 special order butterfly hoodies.

My other work is working on my Ruffled Roses quilt

this is at the stage of quilting now and it is all specialized quilting, 

not an all over design. 

 Below are some pictures.

Some fun ruler work.

A sneak peak for now

More to come including bead work.

Happy New Year

2016

Warm cozy Robes

Warm Cozy Robes

Finished 4 warm cozy robes this year.

2 for us and 2 for a friend.

These are the ones I have made for Terry.

It has been hard to get a good picture so please excuse

the photography, I know I need better lighting and 

a better camera.

This is V's robe

done in black with blue accents

 The V on the front, it really is very pretty and

the robe IS black.

The lines are the front facing.

 Bluebonnets on the back, very pretty in person.

 No point in showing bad pictures of C's robe

(which is the same design as V's)

so here is the hunting design on the back

the robe which is in a mocha brown. 

I also made a pink robe for myself and

a camo one for the hubs. 

Everyone should stay warm this winter.

now back to quilting.

Embroidered Butterflies

Time for some Embroidery

Taking a little break from quilting to

decorate some hoodies.

Some butterflies for your viewing pleasure.

 Instead of just decorating the back

 I decided to add the design to the sleeve.

This required unsewing the sleeve so

it could be flat on the hoop, then sewing it

back together.

 I wanted the butterflies to fly over my shoulder, too.

Another one in black with blue and white design.

I put these into a local store, I hope they are a big hit.