Christmas Finishes

Just before Christmas I finished quilting a few quilts for Lisa. One was a Christmas gift for her husband and the other was a wedding gift for her daughter. 

I really love the pattern and how it looks in different color ways.

I machine quilted both quilts with all over patterns, they turned out really nice.

If you happen to know the name of this pattern I'd love to know. It's such a cute quilt!

Cabin Fever Quilt Retreat!

My sweet friend Emily, from Crazy Old Ladies is hosting a quilt retreat in just a couple months! Emily is so much fun I'm sure this retreat is bound to be a ball!!!!

I'm so flattered that Emily has asked me to come and share a little trunk-show, I'll have all the quilts from my new book, Beginner's Guide to Free-Motion Quilting, and some from some of the other books that I have quilts published in. I can't wait!

You can read more about this fun retreat over on Emily's blog or just sign up here!

Can't wait to see you in February!

Contact me today if you'd like me to share a trunk show at your quilt guild or retreat.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas 2012 from my little family to yours!

I am so happy that I get to spend the next few days taking a "break" from my normal routine. Spending time creating memories with the most important people in the world, my family.

Thank you all for supporting me in my quilting journey over the past year, and years. I truly appreciate every sweet comment, every visit and all of your lovely emails.

THANK YOU!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Christmas Quilt

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Maryann pieced two darling Radio Way quilts for her grand-daughters. I love how bright and cheery they are!

I custom machine quilted them for her, each block has a fun Christmas related motif. Snowflakes, Christmas Trees and Reindeer.

I really love how they turned out!

Hope you're all ready for Christmas, I just need to finish up a couple gifts of my own and then I'll be ready! YAY!

Pattern for this quilt is Radio Way by Julie of Jaybird Quilts. Pattern is available at Fat Quarter Shop.

Merry Christmas!

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Denim Quilt

Jenny pieced this darling denim quilt for one of her boys for Christmas. She pieced it using our Simply Denim tutorial.

I think it's cute that she included a couple of pockets in there!

I machine quilted it for her, I quilted an all over swirly pattern, leaving the pockets unquilted. I think it turned out pretty cute!

I love her monogram!

So cute!

"Round and Round" Beginner's Guide to Free-Motion Quilting

Round and Round is another one of the fun patterns in my new book, Beginner's Guide to Free-Motion Quilting. The original version of this quilt is made from green, blue and white fabrics, it's very masculine, so when Kathleen and I remade this version we had to go with something totally opposite!

Round and Round

71"x77"

This easy-to-make quilt is made with one repeating appliqued block. When placed in two different orientations, the blocks almost magically form circle patterns.

In the book the quilt is machine quilted with pebbles and large swirls. When I machine quilted this bright version I wanted it to be totally different so each color has it's own quilting motif. It turned out so fun and happy!

I have signed copies of  Beginner's Guide to Free-Motion Quilting available here.

Unsigned copies are also available @ Fat Quarter Shop or on Amazon.

Re-usable Grocery (or quilt) Bags!

I'm so excited today to share my new Re-usable Grocery (or quilt) bags!

These have been a few months in the making and I am so happy that I finally have them. They are so prefect for hauling around quilts! I have been on the lookout for a great bag to carry quilts from place to place and finally have the perfect bag!

It's like an early Christmas gift for me!

The bags are pretty big, shown here with two throw size quilts, look how nicely they fit! YAY!

Shown here with one queen size quilt. I love it!

I have these fun bags for sale here.

Have a great day!

Machine Quilting Chevrons

Donna pieced this beautiful version of Swoon! So pretty isn't it!

Donna sent it to me for machine quilting, we decided to quilt Chevrons all over, like I did on this quilt.

I really love how it turned out!

Thanks for letting me quilt your beautiful quilt Donna!

Swoon pattern is available at Fat Quarter Shop.

Bright & Cheery!

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Heidi and her sisters pieced this darling bight and cheery quilt!

I love the modern bright and happy look! 

I machine quilted this fun all over pattern, it's a fun mix of paisleys and flowers!