What a crazy week!

It has been a bit of a crazy week around here. Hubby was released from the hospital on Sunday after going through a complete shoulder replacement surgery. Then there was the mid-week trip to the airport -- Mom was heading back home to Michigan. So I've had to squeeze my quilting in between playing "nursemaid". Now, nine days post-op he's doing really well and not needing my help as much.

So, here's what I did manage to get done this week.

Jill H. - This baby quilt actually belongs to one of Jill's friends. She made it for her first grandson.

Jill H. - A closeup of the alternating blocks -- I quilted a little bear in these blocks to coordinate with the embroidered bears.

Jill H. - This one is Jill's. A sweet 9-patch, on-point in 30's reproductions.

Close up -- I used the pantograph, Daisies Galore.

Jill H. - A bright twin quilt using the Spring Fling line by Me and My Sister for Moda.

Close up: Used pantograph, Florine's Flowers -- one of my favorite pantos!

This last quilt was actually started my week off and was quite the challenge. I've had the quilt in my "to do" bin for about a year --- it belongs to my sister. The quilt was actually pieced by our grandmother back in the 1960's. I'm not sure what the block would be called -- it's like a mini-Lone Star in each block. The picture doesn't really give you the true visual impact of this quilt. The blue and red diamonds "glowed" under the fluorescent lights of my longarm (as did the green -- almost lime -- sashing between the blocks). The red fabric is actually polyester VELOUR ... perhaps in it's previous life it might have been a bathrobe. The green is either a poly/cotton blend or pure polyester. The diamonds in the center are pink and purple fabrics . . . I couldn't quite figure out how they worked with the rest of the fabrics in the quilt.

Grandma is gone now but this quilt, as well as many others she made over the years, will live on. In a future post, I'll have to share the polyester double knit Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt she made for me (it was hand pieced by Grandma and hand-quilted by my Aunt Maxie).

Until then, have a wonderful weekend! Here's to a productive week of quilting!

Happy Quilting,

Patti

Welcome to my New Blog

For some time now, I've been thinking about creating a blog where I can keep my customers up-to-date on what's happening at Quilts from the Trail!

My goal is to post at least once week (I'm thinking every Friday or Saturday). I'll be sharing quilting tips and tricks, as well as, pictures of customer and personal projects that I've been working on during the week.

So let's take a look at what's been happening the last couple of weeks.

Margaret A. - Table Topper



Margaret A. - Garden of Flowers Throw
Close Up - "Florine's Flowers" Pantograph used



Julie W. - Crazy Curves in Batiks
Circles quilted using Circle Lord; Background - Meandered

Julie W. - Diamonds in Pinks, Browns and Greens

Close Up: Continuous Curve in darker diamonds, meandered light diamonds and piano key quilting in border

Doris N. - Pinwheels and Vines

Closeup: Continuous Curve in pinwheels, meandered background, echo quilting around vine/leaves - I continued the vine across the rest of the border, stitch-in-the-ditch on sawtooth border

Doris N. - Northwoods Charm

Closeup: "Loops and Leaves" Pantograph

Shirley P. - Up Up and Away

This quilt is for Shirley's 7 year old grandson; the basket is a pocket where his picture can be inserted and he can look out the little "window"

Shirley P. - "Field of Balloons"

Closeup: Shirley put batting behind some of the balloons and stitched it in place before bringing me the quilt top. I quilted around the balloons and stitched a swirling "wind" throughout the field. The balloons appear to come right up off the quilt.

Kerrie L. - Birds and Berries

Marcia R. - Nickle Quilt (Meandered)

I hope you enjoyed the pictures. I have a few more customer quilts I'm hoping to get to before this week is finished! Hubby is going in tomorrow morning for shoulder replacement surgery so the rest of this week is a bit "up in the air".

Happy Quilting!

Patti