Margie's Quilts

Margie is a member of the Cabin Fever Guild in Port Townsend. She usually sits right across from me and surprised me by asking whether I could do these three quilts for her. Of course, I said yes.  These two were identical and she wanted them quilted the same. Both of these quilts were made from ties that belonged to her husband. The quilts were for his kids, if I'm remembering correctly.

I really love how she put these together; they're so different from the usual tie quilts.

Here are a close-up of each:

I did my usual Heatwave fill on both as she wanted them back quickly. Deciding on a thread color was challenging. It was certainly going to show up somewhere, especially since I really don't like to use monofilament. Luckily, I've gotten pretty good at this design.

This was the third quilt she gave me. Its pieced a bit differently and I really didn't want to do an allover on it. Margie gave me permission to play...so I did!

I played with feathers and continuous curve and lost myself in the quilting. I love putting feathers on quilts in more unique patterns.

Here's a couple shots of the back of this one.  The border of this quilt was more of the ties, btw.

I have no idea why this second photo is gray--the background was more taupe like above. However, the quilting shows nicely in this one, so I wanted to post it.

Thanks for looking!

Dory

Leslie's Lighthouse Quilt

I just loved this one; the panel is beautiful and Leslie's blocks surrounding it add so much interest!

The center of this panel was the last thing I did. It was easy to come up with ideas for the surrounding blocks, but not for the center. I finally decided on this squiggly crosshatch and luckily, Leslie loved it!

I did three separate designs in the outside blocks, but the only design that photographed well was in the sunburst orange blocks.

And here are a few shots of the back.

Thanks for looking!

Dory

Lyn's In an Out Quilt

Lyn is one of my oldest customers--no. not in age!!  I've been quilting for her for over nine years--in fact, one of my first quilts for her popped up in my memories on Facebook just the other day! I remembered that quilt. When I finished I hung it in my studio and just stared at it. Crazy!!

This one is called In and Out and looked like it was fun to make. (Unfortunately, my camera didn't do it justice.  The colors were so much more beautiful in person.

Since Lyn is giving this quilt to her son and daughter-in-law, she opted for my Heatwave pattern.

Below are a couple close-ups of the quilting.

Here is one of the back, because what post is complete without a shot of the back??

Dory

Connie's BOM

Several times I have received quilts in the mail unexpectedly. It always surprises me to get a box and not remember what I've ordered only to find its an unfinished top! Then I start looking for a note to see who sent it. That's what happened with this one. I couldn't resist calling Connie and thanking her for the lovely quilt top!!

 The fun part with these quilts for me is that I get to come up with a different design for each block; different, but something has to connect them. With this quilt, I chose linework in the background for the "connect." Here are a couple of blocks that illustrate that.

 This one shows the linework as well as the wishbone sashing.

Here are a few more just because I can...

And what's a post without a few shots of the back?? (Don't you love how my camera makes the backing look like its three different fabrics??  Me neither...grrrrrrr!)

Thanks for looking!!!!

Dory

Cabin Fever Quilters 2019 Raffle Quilt

This year, the Cabin Fever Quilters decided to go modern with their raffle quilt. They made a Tula Pink Butterfly.  Isn't it lovely?? (Ignore the circles you see on the background fabric. They're showing through from the backing.) The background is actually a solid, very light gray.

I can honestly say that this quilt was fun to quilt from beginning to end. Usually, as a I start a new quilt, be it my own or a customer's, I'm excited. Its new and fun. By the middle of the quilt, I'm getting a bit bored. However, towards the end, I'm excited again because I'll get to see what it looks like finished. With this one, I never got bored. I think it was because there are so many different blocks and so many different ways to quilt them. My brain was a bit taxed!!

Some pics:  First a shot of the antennae. Don't all butterflies have feathered antennae??? And the pebbles??  (Note to self--make pebbles bigger next time!)

Here's a few pics of the blocks. Since the wings are identical, I quilted the same pattern in the corresponding blocks.

And before you go away, a couple shots of the back.  See the circles???  They don't show through unless you hang the quilt in your living room to take pics. [stupid!!]

Thanks for looking. If you are interested in tickets, let me know. They're $1 each.

Dory