These quilts belong to three friends so I thought it appropriate to include them in the same blog post. There are lots of photos so as usual not many words....haha....
This first quilt was, I'm told by Anne ten years in the making but finished just in time to be gifted to a lovely young lady who has just graduated university, the block pattern reminds me of a Swoon quilt. All hand pieced. I find it amazing that some of my customers have spent months hand piecing their quilts then pass them on to me to quilt with my longarm, I always hope I can do the quilts justice .
Quilted with Metro thread in silver grey, this quilt is all custom work, freemotion, hand guided by me with some ruler work, Anne chose the option of having me machine sew the binding to the back of her quilt all ready for her to hand sew to the front for a great finish....check out the interesting backing fabric....
Ruths quilt has 144 blocks, Ruth is no longer a 'one block wonder', the block is 'carrie nation', the pattern is Garnet Trace by McCall's, I love the colours and fabrics used. Ruth chose an edge to edge design named Trillium by Darlene Epp, it looks lovely.
Quilted with Metro thread in khaki sand.
Annette's quilt will be going 'up the road' to their holiday retreat, I'm betting now that Annette and Norie are retired from the quilt shop they will be spending more time up the road by the sea. The fabrics have a nautical them with boats and sea birds so Annette and I chose an edge to edge design name 'seafoam', I love the whirlpools and bubbles. Quilted with Metro thread in cream.
And just because I have loads of photos here are some more of Anne's quilt....