Summer Breeze - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner

Hi quilty friends! Hope your summer is going great! Last week I spent most of the week in Reno, NV teaching at Sew Original Sewing & Creative Expo. It was a great event and I had a great time teaching there. I did have big plans to get caught up on the blog in my down time, but between teaching 6 classes in four days, and trying to catch up on other necessary obligations unfortunately blogging fell to the way side. 

But, I'm back now and will be until the first part of August, so hopefully I can be a little more consistent here.

Before I left I finished custom machine quilting this gorgeous Summer Breeze quilt for Emma. Emma sent me this beautiful quilt and asked me to custom machine quilt it for her, she gave me the go-ahead to quilt it however I wanted.

I really wanted to continue the ocean feel throughout the quilt and I think that I really was able to capture that feel.

Yellow & White Quilt - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner

Patti made this gorgeous yellow and white quilt and brought it to me for some custom machine quilting. Because the quilt is so crisp and straight lined Patti asked me to custom machine quilt the quilt with some curves. When I looked at the quilt I decided to add flowers in the more solid blocks and straight lines into the patchwork blocks. I love that by quilting the quilt this way the flowers really just pop!

Moda Modern Building Blocks Quilt - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner

I just can't get enough of these Modern Building Blocks Quilts. A couple of weeks back I shared Jan's beautiful version of this quilt. Now, today I get to share Marilyn's! Each time that I've quilted this fun quilt I've custom machine quilted each one differently, honestly I think that if I were to quilt all of them the exact same I'd get bored. I love being creative and making each quilt unique.

Applique Quilt - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner

Tara made this darling little applique quilt and brought it to me for some custom machine quilting. When I got ready to machine quilt this fun quilt I knew that I wanted to do some echo quilting, but I wanted to have fun with the echo quilting, so I added in little details, if you look closely you can see that I added in some swirls and other motif's. I really love that by adding little details it really dresses up simple echo quilting.

Citrus Squeeze - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner

How stinkin' cute is this Citrus Squeeze table runner?! I love this, it just screams summertime. My friend Tina Lewis designed and made this fun runner and I was able to custom machine quilt it for her. 

Downton Abbey Quilt - Custom Machine Quilting by Natalia Bonner + A Bonus Video

Hey quilty friends! I hope your summer is off to a great start! I guess with my kids getting older and more involved in activities around the community I just feel like summer is going to be crazy. But I love it! However, it's really eaten into my blogging time and I just haven't been able to update things here as often as I'd like to. I'm going to try and make an effort at sharing a little more frequently, because I do love this blog, and the community of friends I've made because of it.

I recently custom machine quilted this beautiful Downton Abbey quilt for Carol. I love the quilt. When Carol sent this quilt to me she asked me to hide a little message in it, I'm not sure if I even captured it in the quilting but there is a hidden message quilted into the quilting. :)