Round and Round

Last week I machine quilted this darling Round and Round quilt for Donna. I've machine quilted several of Donna's quilts over the years and they are always such a joy!

When I asked Donna how she'd like her quilt to be quilted she quickly came up with the idea to quilt it just like our Colored Candies quilt I shared last week. I was so dang excited that she chose to use that pattern, I loved it on the Colored Candies and I think I love it even more on her quilt!

Thanks for letting me have fun machine quilting your adorable quilt Donna!

Happy Monday everyone!

Mixing It Up!

Lisa has made some adorable quilts lately! Remember the Cherry Quilt I shared the other day, that was hers too!

This one is called Mixing It Up, it's a pattern originally designed by Lori Holt of Bee In My Bonnet. I love this pattern.

I had so much fun machine quilting this quilt, I loved adding little details to the mixers, bowls and spatulas.

Lori Holt (designer of this pattern) will be teaching this adorable quilt in a hands-on class at Small Town Quilt Show - In a Big Town Way, this summer, June 26-28.

Hop over to the website to register for one of Lori's classes or trunk shows, she also recently announced that she's writing her second book, I'm sure her trunk shows are going to be fantastic! I can't wait to attend.

Colored Candies - A Modern One-Block Quilt

Kathleen and I have been doing so good remaking the quilts in our new book, Modern One-Block Quilts, we've been making them in order, starting at the beginning of the book. This time we skipped ahead a little bit, we couldn't help it, Kathleen came up with the idea to re-make Colored Candies in a Valentines Day version. :)

When we originally made and designed this quilt it reminded me of Skittles or Starburst candies, but when it came time to re-make Kathleen got the idea to re-make it inspired by Conversation Hearts. I love how it turned out!

We designed 26 Conversation Heart inspired embroidery files for this version, you can purchase them here, on our website.

I machine quilted this version of Colored Candies with one of our new digital pantograph patterns, Polka Dots. 

Long-arm quilters can purchase that pattern here.

We may have been a little bit out of control taking pictures of this one, oh well, who doesn't love a little eye-candy! :)

This is the original version of Colored Candies, I think it's so much fun to see the original versions next to the new re-made versions. It's kinda crazy how much different they look from each other.

I custom machine quilted the original version. Here is a close up of my machine quilting.

A few fun details:

**Embroidery files for Valentines version of Colored Candies are available here.

**Fabrics used in the original version and the re-made version are Moda Bella Solids and Kona Cottons.

**quilting pattern used on the Valentines version is Polka Dots, patterns is available for purchase here.

**Colored Candies pattern is published in Modern One-Block Quilts, pattern is published in 3 sizes, Baby - 45"x45", Throw - 63"x63" and Coverlet - 72"x72".

**Embroidery was done using Aurifil thread on our Bernina Aurora 440QE.

**Batting used is Quilters Dream Poly Select.

**Signed copies of Modern One-Block Quilts are available for purchase here.

Make sure to check out Alternating Stars, A-Maze Me, American Stars, Bouncing & Bow Ties.

Cherry Quilt

Yesterday I spent the day custom machine quilting. I feel like I've been out of my groove since Christmas, this quilt was so refreshing and the perfect thing to get me back in my groove!

Lisa owns a cottage in Traverse City, MI, the Cherry capitol of the world, so she said that this quilt will be perfect in there. I have to agree!

There is something about cherries that just make you smile, they are just so happy!

I had a lot of fun custom machine quilting this quilt for her. There is a lot of negative space to I added in a few feather medallions, I love the little bit of detail that they added to the already adorable quilt.

This pattern was originally designed by Joanna Figeuroa of Fig Tree & Co. Joanna will be in Utah teaching and sharing her quilts at Small Town Quilt Show - In a Big Town Way, this summer, June 26-28, 2014. Registration for those classes is now open and we'd love to see you there. 

Click here for more information about Small Town Quilt Show - In a Big Town Way.

How to: Simple Terry Velour Burp Cloth Tutorial

Kathleen had a busy weekend, finishing up some projects and creating this adorable new tutorial. Simple Terry Velour Burp Cloth. We've got another friend having a baby soon so it's time to make a new baby gift.

30 Blocks In September

Sally recently made this fun sampler quilt. She made it in September, 30 blocks in September.

Sampler quilts are always so much fun to machine quilt, quilting each block differently is always such a fun thing.

Thanks for letting me machine quilt your adorable quilt Sally!

Bow Ties - A Modern One-Block Quilt

Bow Ties is quilt number five in our new book. 

Bow Ties is a fun, template pieced quilt. Some of the pieces are small, but the end result is worth the time. When these blocks are set together in diagonal rows, they create a secondary diagonal pattern that elevates this quilt to a new interest level.

When we originally made this quilt I really loved the pattern, but when Kathleen got the idea to re-make this quilt in mustard and ivory I fell in love! I am so in love with the mustard color right now.

This version of Bow Ties is made using Charley Harper by Birch fabrics, we purchased this fabric a few months back when we visited Suppose, a quilt shop in Preston, ID.

I machine quilted this version of Bow Ties with our Interlocking Flowers pattern. I love this pattern, you can purchase the digital version here. 

The original version of Bow Ties was pieced with Madrona Road by Violet Craft for Michael Miller Fabrics. It's fun to see how differently the quilt looks with the dominate fabric being the pink.

I custom machine quilted the original version. It's so fun to see the different versions.

You can purchase signed copies of Modern One-Block Quilts here.

Make sure to check out Alternating Stars, A-Maze Me, American Stars & Bouncing.

I Want a Horse Barn for Christmas....

Over the past year my six year old has become a little obsessed with horses, we don't actually own any horses but there are a lot of them in our area. 

Around the first part of December my parents took my kids to a Christmas party, and they got to see Santa, Chesney went right up to Santa and told him that she wanted a Horse Barn. When I hear this I laughed, and thought, well I guess she'll be sad on Christmas when Santa doesn't bring her that!

Shortly after my mom got on Etsy and started looking for patterns to make a Horse Barn. I seriously thought she was crazy when she told me we should make a Horse Barn for Chesney. She ended up finding a pattern for a Horse Barn tent, made to go over a card table. Since I don't actually own a card table my mom came up with the idea to build a PVC frame and make it a little bigger.

I really need to take some great pictures of it. All four sides have applique'd animals, a horse, pig, cow, chicken and a hen. The darling barn even has a barn quilt!

It was so much fun to make a "horse barn" and it's even more fun to watch my kids play for hours on end inside.

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

2014 Aurifil Machine Quilting Tip

This year I'm teaming up with the Aurifil design team, each month this year the 12 designers will be sharing quilt block tutorials, you can read more about it here. 

I'm excited to be a little part of this fun team, each month this year I will share a machine quilting tip and then at the end of the year I will be machine quilting the final quilt.

Today I'm excited to share tip #1.

Always use a high-quality machine quilting thread, never use hand-quilting thread on a sewing machine.

Utah Quilt

Laura recently made this adorable Utah quilt. 

Laura is a quilter and happens to live in Utah, Laura's friend Natalie is a graphic designer who is originally from Utah. Natalie recently made a trip "home" and after she left she designed this adorable Utah print. She actually has it available for free download on her site.

Laura saw this adorable design on Natalie's blog and knew she had to make it as a quilt, with Natalie's permission Laura created this adorable Utah quilt with Vanessa's adorable ombre fabrics.

I was lucky enough to be able to custom machine quilt this quilt for Laura, I love how it turned out! Seriously, how could I not, Utah is where my heart is too!

Thanks for letting me machine quilt your awesome quilt Laura!

Here is a little peek I shared of this quilt over on instagram while I was machine quilting this.