Busy.. Busy.. Busy

I've had a very busy quilting week! I had so much fun quilting! These two were two of my favorites yet very time consuming. I love applique so of course I absolutely loved this one. The quilt below was very fun to quilt also because I used my newest pantograph, Wall Flower. Look close and you can see how much detail there is. Because the quilt was 102"X102" and the quilting was so detailed it was quite time consuming but well worth it!
I also spent a little time updating our website! Yay two new pages, one with quilting awards and one with pictures of quilts that we've quilted! Check it out!

Two Quilting Awards This Month:)

This month I entered my quilt "Daisies & Lattice" in two different quilt shows. The first one was at the Zermatt Resort in Midway Utah, there were about three hundred quilts in the show. The only award that was to be given out was the Viewers Choice Award. Everyone that visited the show was asked to vote on their favorite quilt. Guess what I won, The Viewers Choice Award! This weekend is Steele Days in American Fork, Utah. I decided to enter this same quilt in this show. I am so excited because when I walked in it is displayed right in the front and it won Best of Division for Custom Quilts! Yay! It makes me feel so good that all of my hard work is paying off:)

More Runners

Whitnee was a part of our quilting marathon but with her school and work it took her a little bit longer to get her runners complete! She used two charm packs from the Moda collection "Fresh Squeezed" and they turned out so cute:)

Friendship Block

This month was my turn to hand out the friendship block. I chose this pattern called "Birthday Presents". I love the colors and am so excited for everyone to help me!

Recycled Quilt

**This is for you all of my fellow quilting marathoners! **

I got mine all pieced and quilted.
When we had our quilting marathon we decided to make a circle quilt. I wanted mine to be the "Recycled Quilt". Everyone had to bring circles, just random sizes and prints. Since it was so random I decided to not purchase any prints. I used all scraps. The circles are all appliqued on and then I added the saching to finish it off. To go with the recycled theme I used the Quilters Dream~Green~ Batting. This particular quilt used eight recycled plastic bottles to make the batting. I had so much fun and will always look at this quilt and remember the great memories. There are prints from dresses that my mom made for me as a child, prints from quilts we've all made, prints from projects and somewhere there is even a print from my mom's Brides Mades dresses. I cannot wait to see how you girls put yours together!

Quilts, Quilts and More Quilts

Here are a couple of really fun quilts that I've quilted recently. Both of these have inspired me in so many ways. One of my favorite things about machine quilting for others is to see how creative people are. I quilted little circles all over this little boy quilt and it turned out so cute! I am so impressed by people that actually get their "sampler" quilts put together. I've got one that's been sitting on the shelf for quite some time now and this one may have just inspired me enough to get mine put together. This little cherry border turned out so cute. I loved so many of the blocks in this quilt but I think this basket was one of my favs.

We're going green.

So I hear so much hype about going green and I think to myself what can I do to go green? We try to drive our gas friendly car as much as possible, run the AC a little as possible, turn of the lights, etc... Then it hit me! I can GO GREEN with my quilting. Who would have ever thought!

This is a new batting that I 'm carrying and it's so cool!

Dream Green is an Earth-friendly batting that is TRULY Green. This soft, cozy batting is made completely from recycled plastic bottles - even the packaging is made from recycled products! Available in the select loft, this batting has a light green color. With no scrim or resins, Dream Green meets our highest standards of quality, function and performance.

Christmas in June!

Believe it or not the Christmas quilts have started to arrive! It seems like Christmas starts earlier and earlier every year but it's a fun change for a day. These two pictures just show the close up of the quilting, I did some really pretty pine cones and boughs, with holly berries and Ivie borders.

Family Quilting Marathon

We had a family quilting marathon this past weekend and it was so much fun! We got several queen sized tops all put together. Two quilts and five runners quited, 120 blocks appliqued, and several cut out for more projects! We had so much fun and I cannot wait to do it again. Even though I am ready to go to bed! Whitnee made this quilt for her friends baby boy. She made it in one day! She even designed the pattern herself! It turned out so cute! Good Job Whit! Taking a little break from the quilting

(notice that Grandma still has fabric in her hand, hehe)

Jeff was my helper, he would lay the fabrics together and then hand them to me to sew. The mountain of scraps that turned into our "Recycled Quilts".Ashlee learned how to use the long-arm machine. She did a really good job too! The five completed table runners, all five were made from one jelly roll. So much fun! I had fun and am more inspired to finish my projects! Thanks for the fun times girls!

Quilts

This is the last Round Robin block for this year. Kathleen added the last border (the diamond shapes in the corners) and I think it added so much and turned out really cute!
Fun stars and loops on a cowboy quilt.
Just thought that the circles on this cute little Monkey quilt turned out really fun! See boy quilts can be cute:)