Here's what I've managed to get done since last posting photos . . . .
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| Barb A. made this fabulous t-shirt quilt for her son. A simple meander was all it needed. |
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Barb found a place (unfortunately, I can't remember where it was) where they printed the picture of her son (and a few of the other non-tshirt blocks) onto a white tshirt fabric. The result was fantastic - pictures that were soft and easy to quilt over. My "gift" to Barb was a machine embroidered quilt label for the back of Pete's quilt. I'm currently working on samples and pricing so I can offer machine embroidered labels as one of my services.  Carrie M. created a beautiful quilt with tans, reds, blacks and whites.  Carrie chose the panto, "Feathered Meandering"  Carrie used a white backing with little flecks of black and red -- the red thread really looks fabulous against it.  Cheryl D. made this very contemporary looking throw.  The blocks were about 18" square so a simple "X" design wasn't going to keep everything in place. I suggested the lines spaced 2" apart and Cheryl and I agree it looks great. She plans on further embellishing each block with a large button in the center. A simple vine with leaves is stitched in the sashing/borders.  Cheryl also brought me a little flag wall hanging she wanted quilted. We went with a cross-hatch design in the field of embroidered stars and a half-feather design in the stripes.  A closer look at the stripes.  Dese H. - This cozy log cabin quilt is for one of Dese's grandsons. (Simple Meander)  Dese H. - A "sporty" four-patch for another grandson (Simple Meander)  Julie W. - Julie found some fabulous Hawaiian barkcloth squares on a recent trip to Hawaii. We agreed a pantograph called "Hibiscus" was the perfect choice.  A soft green thread complements this throw.  Karen M. - A beautiful quilt of reds, greens and browns. I love the log cabin border.  Panto: Come Dance with Me  Midge F. - Midge brought me this beautiful Texas Star quilt. It was started by a friend of her who was recently died in a car accident; Midge finished the quilt for her friend's husband. The entire quilt was hand pieced. There are 117 full stars and 13 - half stars --- each star a different fabric.  Sue B. -- I got so used to Sue bringing me t-shirt quilts that I was surprised when she laid this out on my table!  Corner stones were "cross-hatched", continuous curve in the pinwheels and a flowing half-feather in the "logs" of the block. A vine with leaves was stitched in the sashing.  A feather in the outer border with an "s" shape repeated in the middle inner border.  Sheri D. - A lovely 9-patch set off with some custom quilting.  Continuous curve in the nine-patch with a ruffled feather in the alternating blocks. A half-feather is stitched in the outer border. |
As you can see, I've been a little busy.
In addition to the quilting, I've been working on a website redesign. My daughter recently redesigned my website using software on her new Mac. Unfortunately, we didn't realize it would be such a pain for me to try and update my site on this end. I've worked most of the day today and redesigning the site and am slowly getting there! I didn't realize how much work goes into the design process -- editing websites hasn't been too bad, but starting from "square one" is another thing! I really appreciate what my daughter, Ruth, does on a daily basis! I a very thankful mother that I have such a creative daughter! Thank you, Ruthie!!!!
I also spent a lot of time today updating my Webshots photo site. I didn't realize that I hadn't added any pictures since early 2009. As a result, as I was adding pictures, I realized I couldn't remember the customer's name for a lot of the quilts. I also realized that I failed to take pictures of a lot of quilts that went out my door and back to the customers before I could get a picture. So, if you don't see a picture of a quilt I recently completed for you - I apologize! Or, if you see yours on Webshots and I left off your name, let me know so I can remedy it. My webshots address is http://community.webshots.com/user/quiltsfrmthetrail. I uploaded over 200 pictures today, so grab a cup of coffee, sit back and enjoy the show.
Time to head to bed now .... it's been a long day sitting in front of this computer and I'm ready to stretch out my legs and relax!
Until next weekend . . .
Happy quilting,
Patti
