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!

 

Camo Quilt on the Longarm

Camo Quilt

on the longarm

Seems like it has taken so long, but it is finally there

The camo quilt for Marla is on the longarm machine

ready to begin quilting.  Yippee!!

A few issues with embroidery for the back of the quilt,

all resolved now, so we can move on to the second to the last step

in the creation of this beautiful quilt.

 Embroidered Marla's name on the front just a bit ago.

 Now on to the quilting process.

Quilting

Quilting

White Camo

Oh my goodness, I did not realize so much time had passed 

since my last post...it's June already???

We have been so busy and I have been helping DH with

some of his work.  

We just got back from a trip of 7 days and the yard looked

like a jungle so I spent the last 2 1/2 days making my way through 

the weeds and grass, about 2 more days to go but I am

sewing and blogging this afternoon, the weeds will still be there tomorrow.

I was able to get alot done on our trip, since I spent several days in the trailer

while others were out working the track/race.  Thank goodness for the 

person who invented generators.  I got the White Camo quilt top done all except the last

border.

Let me recap a little, with a couple pictures of some of the 

embroidery.  

The blocks are 12 inches, with a border of 1 inch in the brown.

There are other designs, which I will show you next.

As I mentioned I spent several days in our trailer sewing, that was my

work while others were out working the race.

Here you can see my sewing area (working on the Taz quilt blocks here)

and outside my window some of the winners checking into their check point.

Who knew I would have a front row seat. 

 

Working in the trailer was perfect and I got alot done.

There are 30 blocks in this quilt and they are put together with the green sashing.

I really like the green and brown combo.

The sashings are 1 inch wide.

Some detail shots.....sorry these are not great, my camera is

not the best, though I thought it would be when I bought it, wondering

if a phone might do a better job, I have seen some great 

pictures taken with phones.  

 This picture (below) is pretty cool.  There is a company (online) that 

will make you fabric, it is called Spoonflower.  This is a picture 

Terry sent me that he wants included in these quilts and I sent

it off and had this printed onto beautiful cotton fabric.  

So what do you think?  Cool?

I love it and ordered up some yardage, it would be fun to

create my own designs....something for my bucket list.

 Ok, better get sewing...working the Taz quilt, will 

post about it in a day or two.

May God Bless and Keep you. 

Camo & Taz

Camo & Taz

I have been asked by a friend to make some quilts
I made him one for his wife before Christmas
and they loved it so much that they have
asked me to make 4 more.
Thank you Terry and Billie for your trust and
the honor of making these for you.
The first two quilts are in the works now.

Taz and South Park are themes for one of  the quilts.
Believe it or not it is hard to find Taz fabric,
I did find a small piece (1 1/2 yards) so
we will be adding these fabrics.
The star fabric is for the back of the quilt.
The Taz, blue, cream, pink (just a small amount) and
black (not the brown) are for the front.
I have found some embroidery designs for both
theme ideas to add to it as well.
I will share those at another time.  

 Next up is the Camo quilt, theme is hunting.

I found this white camo fabric and am in love with it, 

to the point I bought some for myself.

The backing fabric is the tree print on the right.

the blocks will be the camo, bordered in brown and then green

I have removed the cream color from the pile.

I really like this combo.

After many hours of shopping (for fabric and embroidery designs)

I found some designs I really like and hope the T&B will like them also

Here is one and the test stitch out

isn't he great?

Terry always wants eagles and flags,

I love this combination.

This camo quilt is about hunting deer and bore hogs

here is one of the deer designs and its

test stitch out.  I have been lucky enough to find

some well done designs.

As I am typing this out, a design is stitching out on the embroidery
machine.  I will have more to share in a day or two.

I spent this morning deciding just how the Taz quilt will be designed
and figuring yardage.  It is up next for cutting and sewing.

Have a blessed Sunday.

AND

Happy Birthday to my beautiful daughter

Samantha!