Colonnade Quilt

A while back Kimberly from Robot Mom Sews asked if I would be willing to test out a pattern for her. Of course, I said yes! 

I think she did a great job with her pattern cover. She also did a great job writing this pattern. It's so easy to follow and would be perfect for a beginner or someone who wants to showcase some of their favorite fabrics. 

Because the blocks are big, I decided to use up some of my Type by Julia Rothman fabrics that I had been hoarding to show off these big prints. 

I went with some bubble quilting and of course, had to use polkadots for the backing. The quilt measures 59 x 68, so it's a perfect size to cuddle up with on the couch. 

I decided to list this quilt in my Etsy shop.  But if you want the pattern to make your own version, head over to Robot Mom Sews today. 

I'm linking up with Quilt Story, Sugarbee Crafts & Blossom Heart Quilts.

Lucys Crab Shack Quilts

Of course, I've been holding on to this darling Lucy's Crab Shack fabric for a while. Because it's just so darn cute, I kept waiting for the perfect project to use it on. Finally one night I just yanked it down from my shelf and went to work with no actual pattern in mind. Midway through, I got the idea to make some wonky stars out of the white number fabric that came in the line. And of course to separate the colors. I couldn't have planned it better! I just love the way they came together.

 For the boy version, I quilted it using a small loopy star pattern. It measures 40.5" x 35.5".

For the girl version, I quilted bubbles. This one is just a bit smaller than the other one, measuring 35.5" x 35.5". 

These quilts are for sale in my ETSY shop. 

I'm linking up with: Just Between Friends, Richard and Tanya Quilts, Someday Crafts, Crazy Mom Quilts

Chain Linked Quilt

Today I woke up to snow! The cold and I do not love each other. Actually, I just don't love the cold at all. Forget about what it thinks of me. So once March hits, I consider it spring and don't want to hear about the cold for several more months. 

Saturday, however, was amazing weather! The kind I really love. And it was perfect for snapping a few pictures. 

This quilt was pieced by my friend Wendy. She decided she wanted to learn to quilt a few weeks ago and here we are! She was so fast, especially for her first. I quilted it up for her using a large orange peel pattern. I think it turned out great! She's so in love and I think she made be hooked. She's already bought the fabric for her next quilt. 

 I shared another picture on my Instagram the other day that shows just a bit of her fun chevron minky back. I don't know why I didn't get any pictures of it on my regular camera and I'm sure there's a way for me to post that here but I'm just not figuring it out.
I'm linking up with Quilt Story's Fabric Tuesday. I'm also linking up with Someday Crafts & 733 Blog. Be sure to check them out!

XOXO Valentine Quilt

Valentine's is one of my favorite holidays to decorate for. It's nice to have some bright cheery color during the blah winter months. 

My older sister's birthday is on Valentine's day and I remember my dad always waking her up to an oldies song playing on the radio. He always had a bouquet of flowers for her and a single flower for the rest of us girls so we wouldn't feel left out on this fun holiday. 

I've started my own tradition of serving my family heart shaped waffles for breakfast and giving them a little valentine of their own. It's such a great day to show our loved ones how much we care for them. 

When Rae brought this darling XOXO quilt to me for machine quilting, it was love at first sight for me. I definitely have plans to make one of my own using this same pattern. I chose to quilt it with an all over heart pattern. It's fun to see all the seasonal projects our friends are bringing in. 

Stay tuned for more Valentine's projects we'll be showing over the next few weeks. We'd love to see your Valentine's projects, so leave us a comment with your link.  

I'm linking up with: Sew Many Ways, The Girl Creative, Pieces By Polly, Skip To My Lou, Sugar Bee Crafts, Quilt Story, Seven Thirty Three, Someday Crafts

Customer Quilt Catch Up

As I was looking through my pictures, I realized I haven't shown quite a few of the customer quilts that I have quilted in the past few months. So here are just a few...

Nancy's: 

This is the last of the three that Nancy pieced for her daughters. I love the soft colors that she used and the nine patch pattern on point. So pretty!

It's quilted with the wave on wave pattern that we did on this chevron quilt. I really love the way it looks. 

Jessica's:

 This darling quilt was made by Jessica for her cute daughter's bed. It was also her first time piecing a quilt. Didn't she do a great job?

We did a cute bubble pattern on this quilt to help break up the long rows of fabric. Love it!

Judy's:

Judy made this sweet quilt for one of her grandbabies. It really is such a sweet one. I love the fabric that she used and all the pinwheels, especially on the border. 

 She wanted a plain meander as to not distract at all from the piecing. It worked out perfectly. 

I love working with customers to find the perfect quilting for their project. It's so much fun to me to see it all come together. If you have any projects that you need quilted, shoot me an email or give me a call. I'd love to work with you too!

I'm linking up with: Skip To My Lou, Sugar Bee Crafts & Sew Much Ado

Feather Quilting for Nancy

This is the second of 3 quilts that we've machine quilted for Nancy for her daughters' Christmas gifts. I love that they will be getting such great keepsakes from their mom. If you want to see how darling the previous one (and Nancy) is, here is the link. 

 The quilting pattern that was used is called Debs Feathers. I love it! It's meant to be quite a tight pattern so I have hesitated using it but this time I just enlarged it from the recommended size and I think it turned out perfect. I'm sure I will be using it again soon.

Im linking up at: Quilt Story, Sew Many Ways, Skip to My Lou, Sew Much Ado.

Chevron Quilting

Who isn't loving Chevrons right now? I have seen so many cute ones all over blog-land and of course I made one myself a little earlier this year.

Anyways, I was excited to see how Yvonne had pieced together her chevron quilt. She chose great colors. I really like the navy blue and teal combo. She wanted me to quilt an all over pattern and I figured that some kind of a swirly pattern would look great to offset the chevrons.  

The pattern that I used is called Wave On Wave and I am loving it! I used it on another customer quilt  that I did recently and it really is a great pattern. Every time I use a new pattern I always say it's my favorite, so again I'll say that this is my new favorite pattern. Although that does change often. ;)

And here is a picture of the whole thing. I wish I had a better one to show you because this really is such a darling quilt but as I was getting ready to run Yvonne's quilts to the post office to ship them back to her, I realized that I hadn't taken pictures and of course the weather wasn't going to cooperate. I could have waited a day or two but I was anxious for her to get her quilts back to see how cute they looked. 

Thanks Yvonne, for letting me quilt this for you! 

If you've made a chevron quilt, please send me a link in the comments. I would love to see them!

I'm linking up with Heather and Megan over at Quilt Story and at Someday Crafts: Whatever Goes Wednesday.

Gray and Yellow Quilt

This fun gray and yellow quilt was pieced together by Yvonne. I am loving the fabrics that she has put together, it's such a great combination!

Yvonne has been hard at work with all her quilting, just last month she sent me 4 quilts to have machine quilted. I can't wait to show them all to you, but here is the first. 

When she sent this quilt to me to have machine quilted, I didn't want to distract from the cute fabrics or do anything that was too busy so we decided on baptist fans. I think it turned out awesome! 

Check out a few other quilts that I have machine quilted for Yvonne: Pretty Pink Pinwheels, Scrappy Trip Around the World, and her Plus Quilt. Doesn't she do great work and fun patterns? Watch my blog to see the other quilts that I recently quilted for her!

I'm linking up with Amanda Jean over at Crazy Mom Quilts. Go check it out!

Framed - Simply Retro

This weeks Simply Retro Quilt Along pattern is called Framed and I'm sure you can see why. It's the perfect pattern to showcase some great prints you have been hoarding for a while or maybe even some that you recently found. I chose to do mine in a Halloween fabric line called Too Cute To Spook by Riley Blake. It's so cute and fun and perfect for this time of year especially since my kids and I all love Halloween!

Since this quilt is for Halloween, what better way to machine quilt it than with spider webs? You can see the quilting so well on the back side. That is one benefit of using minky, the quilting shows up great. Not to mention how cozy it is.

On one of the bottom blocks, I quilted a little haunted house in black thread so it would show up really great. I've been a bit obsessed with it all day. ;)

And here you can see it on the back. Kind of a fun little pop!

I'm considering this a finish even though I still need to get some binding on this quilt. Hopefully I can do that this weekend so we can start enjoying this quilt right away! 

Only one more quilt left to do in Jana's quilt along.  This has sure flown by fast. I am going to do a fun giveaway at the end of it so follow me on bloglovin' so you don't miss it!  

I'm linking up with: Crazy Mom Quilts, Today's Creative Blog, Richard and Tanya Quilts, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Sew Many Ways & Jana Machado

Nancys Quilt

My sister-in-law's mom, Nancy, sent us this darling quilt to have machine quilted. I don't know if you can tell in the pictures just how big it is, but it is huge, a queen size. And she has made not only one, but three of these for her daughters! 

This is the first of the three. Isn't is so pretty? Nancy did a wonderful job on this quilt. She decided she'd like an all over quilt pattern on this quilt as to not distract from the piecing. Laurie was able to do the quilting on this and she chose a pattern called Paisley Feather. You can see how pretty the design is in the picture below. 

It turned out wonderful! I am sure this will be a keepsake that will be treasured for many years to come. 

We were so glad that Nancy loved it! She gave us the next two quilts to get started on and I can't wait to show them off. Thanks Nancy for letting us machine quilt your beautiful quilt! 

I'm linking up to Finish it up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts. You need to go check this link up out. It's amazing how many great finishes are displayed each week, very motivating! 

I'm also linking up at Link a Finish Friday at Richard and Tanya Quilts and Can I Get a Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.