Baskets and Butterflies

This is Linda's Baskets and Butterflies, a Jen Kingwell pattern.    Or maybe it's called Spring Fever?  I couldn't find the exact pattern online. 

I know this quilt took Linda a long time to craft---all that hand applique.   My husband wandered by to have a look while I was quilting and he couldn't quite believe it was all hand stitched down.  

Echos behind the flower baskets and a meandering flight path behind the butterflies.   As little quilting as possible on the appliques--some of the baskets needed some quilting in them though. 

Linda had to wait a long time, in these Covid days, for her backing fabric to arrive.  It was worth the wait! 

Gypsy Wife

This is Dana's Gypsy Wife quilt, pattern by Jen Kingwell

Jen Kingwell patterns are always so much fun to quilt, and Dana's fabric choices are so interesting to explore as I quilt.  Dana added some length to the quilt to make it bed sized.


Here are 3 photos of the same part of the quilt...before quilting

 during quilting

 and fresh off the frame

When quilting this sort of a quilt, I try to leave some frames (and in this quilt some of the long strips) unquilted, to give the eyes a bit of a resting place, and it's another way of adding texture as well.  

 Dana and I decided to group several of the stripes together in the quilting--and to keep the quilting costs reasonable this was all freehand--no rulers.  I'm so lucky my Innova can handle ditching vertically and horizontally so easily. 

 I picked several quilting designs and just kept repeating them, always a good method for sampler quilts, where each block is unique. 

 So many photos....but each part of the quilt is unique....

 I have fun spotting fabrics I've used in quilts before...

 The quilting shows nicely on the back too---love using a wool batting.

Queens Cross x 2

This is Katherines Queens Cross quilt, a Jen Kingwell pattern.   Jen Kingwell quilts are so much fun to quilt.  

So many fun fabrics in this quilt.  Katherine said the construction was a mix of machine and hand piecing, and all the little circles are hand appliqued.

 These photos speak for themselves, no commentary necessary.   Wool batting shows the quilting definition nicely. 

Dana also brought me her Queens Cross--for basting.  Dana plans to hand quilt hers.  She and Katherine worked on their quilts together, and share a lot of the same fabrics.    I really hope Dana sends me photos once the quilting is done. 

Small World

This is Katherine M's My Small World quilt, which is a Jen Kingwell design.    As I understand it, you are meant to incorporate blocks and designs that are meaningful to your own life, and Katherine has a few of these in there that she was pointing out.

 This quilt got a custom treatment with wool batting. 

 I have put a lot of photos here, because there are so many interesting little details to look at. 

Jen Kingwell BOM

Linda made this Jen Kingwell BOM, called Long Time Gone. 
 When she brought it to me, she wanted some edge to edge quilting....but this Quilt and I had discussions for a few weeks, as it was left laying across my frame when I was unable to quilt.  

Linda had wanted wavy crosshatch across the whole quilt, but my challenge was the scale of the piecing varied so much from section to section.  That, plus the discussions the Quilt and I were having.....so this is what the two of us (the Quilt and I) came up with--simple, freehand, as continuous as possible, custom quilting to honor the incredible amount of time Linda spent piecing, with plenty of wavy crosshatch as per Linda's vision. 

And now the real reason you are here....

 Look below--do you see it?  I didn't see it until Linda came to pick up her quilt--I missed some quilting.  So Linda only got to visit her quilt that day, and had to leave it with me so I could add that missing line of stitching.

 I was so very pleased that Linda had chosen wool batting--it sure allows the texture to pop.

 We (Q and I), decided that the grey strips needed to be left unquilted, a place for the eyes to rest between block segments.