Tea Time in Bali #1

This is a quilt pattern that we will see a few of, so I will number them.  The pattern is a free Hoffman pattern called Tea Time in Bali.

We held a quilting day at the church last month, and most of the ladies bought a jelly roll/bali pop or a set of 2 1/2" strips they had cut from their own stash, and we had a lot of fun putting these quilts together.

This is Sue's. I was impressed with how flat and square it was for a new quilter.   Lovely color selections for her borders, and nice to see it in non-batiks as well.  Sue actually made this up in advance of the class as a class sample, as the ones that Colleen and I had made before had been given away.  Thanks for letting us use your quilt Sue.  Sue was unable to join us for our quilting day, but she brought us a yummy dessert to share!

 We used wool batting, which  gives lovely definition to the quilting.

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Cheryl's Half-Square Triangles

Cheryl has been working on these half-square triangle units for a long time.  She brought me this quilt as it was larger than she wanted to quilt herself. 

We decided on the baptist fan pantograph, as the quilt has quite a traditional feel to it. This quilt was lovely to work with, flat and square, which is hard to achieve with 1) all HST (half-square triangle) units and 2) pieced border.

 The baptist fan added some lovely curved texture to all those triangles.

 I forget if Cheryl said this was a kit or just a pattern she had bought, but she had enough HST units left over to make 3 small lap quilts!!

And these musical angels grace the back of the quilt.

Deborah's Hopscotch

This is Deborah's second quilt.  The first quilt she quilted herself, and for her second quilt, her friend/quilting mentor recommended getting it longarm quilted, so she could experience both.

This quilt was square and flat, which isn't always an easy feat with pieced borders.  Very well done for a beginner.

Deborah chose the Square Spiral pantograph, and a turquoise thread.  I was pleased to have a chance to stitch out a new pantograph.  I've seen and liked this pantograph on other quilters photos, so it was nice to know I love it in person too :)

 These fabrics are just so bright and cheery.  This quilt makes me smile.

Yellow Brick Road

 I can see that I took these photos while the camera was still MIA, so these are less than ideal phone photos.  Yellow Brick Road for the church ministry.  Freehand quilting.  These photos do no justice to the colors in this quilt.

Pentecost

 Edited to add more photos :)

Terri was inspired by the sermon at Symons Valley United Church at Pentecost last year.

A little background...Pentecost occurs 50 days after Easter, and is when the Holy Spirit came upon the 11 disciples and others with them, 10 days after the Ascension of Christ.  It is when the Christian church is said to have been started, and is often symbolized with fire and doves.  Red is the color of the day.

So, Terri was inspired and created this quilt, which she then let me play with.

Correct my math if I'm wrong Terri--there are 5,525 3/4" squares in this quilt.  Terri had a lot of fun designing with her graph paper, that's for sure.

I added a Dove, flames and got to play with Metallic thread too!

Looking forward to seeing this hung in church this morning.

Hmm...I 'll take my camera today and try and get some better photos.

Katelynd's Disappearing 9-patch

This disappearing 9-patch is laid out the same way as this  square dance, but Katelynd started with much larger squares.  Hmm... I forget exactly,  maybe she started with 5" squares?   Square Dance uses 2 1/2" strips.  The disadvantage to being behind on my blogging is I've forgotten some of the details.  Nice to see the same quilt in a different scale anyhow.

 A nice plush backing.  It shows these freehand wonky hearts very nicely.

 The color is washed out in these two photos...you can see on the top right corner of the very first photo that it's really a nice green. 

Transitions for a housewarming

This is one of my quilts, made for a relative, as a housewarming for his new place.  He moved in last March...as in 2012.  It was ready in December (yay, less than a year!!), but sadly I didn't get it delivered until a few weeks ago...so missed my self-imposed 1 year deadline.   

 This is a jelly roll quilt, with 4 fabrics added to the blocks.  If I recall correctly, the jelly roll was Coconut.  Choosing the additional fabrics for the blocks and the setting triangles was really hard...this quilt wanted to be a different color than I wanted it to be!  Fortunately I had some great help pulling fabrics at Along Came Quilting, (thanks Kim) and it turned out beautifully.

 It is a large lap quilt....because the recipient is 6'9".

 The borders got a Ferny-feather treatment, which was appropriate for the fabric, and also the recipient, who originally trained as a horticulturalist.

The batting is a soy/cotton blend.  I drew a different design on my whiteboard, over and over, got it down cold (or so I thought), but when I started stitching, these spirals are what came out of the machine, LOL.

Hit the link if you want to see two more Transitions quilts that I have quilted.  I enjoy seeing the same pattern in different fabrics and quilting treatments.

Gail's Batiki Argyle

My Batiki Argyle in the previous post was finished in January...I'm way behind on my blogging.  But, I thought I'd skip ahead and post this one, because I like seeing how different the same quilt can be, with different fabric choice and quilting. 

Gail saw the quilt I was making, and decided to make one as well.  She used 2 charm packs, and a few extra pieces from her scraps, and few of mine as well.  It was so much fun quilting it and spotting some of my stash in there.

Gail usually quilts her own on her domestic sewing machine, doing lovely jobs with them, but felt this one was a little larger than she wanted to tackle on her own. 

This was Gail's first pieced border, and she obviously followed Debbie Bailey's  pattern to a T, as her pieced border fit perfectly on the first try.  It was large enough at that point, so Gail didn't add an extra border.

Design wise, because of the pieced border, we decided to highlight that with some line dancing/continuous curves in the border, and a curvy all-over pattern in the center to counter the straight lines in the piecing.

To give an idea of part of my design process, here's one of the samples I sent Gail to choose from for specific designs, and the one she chose.  (I had two designs I liked equally so I made her choose). 

  Magnifico gold thread and wool batting.

 Gail bought a beautiful Stonehenge wide backing.  It shows the quilting off so nicely.

 One of the things I really love about my Innova is that, on vertical and horizontal planes, I can SID (Stitch In the Ditch) without using a ruler...which makes it more economical for my client.

 Isn't it yummy?

Gail usually gives away her quilts to family and friends, but I think she's keeping this one for herself.

Batiki Argyle

This quilt is a disappearing 4 patch, with a pieced border.  The pattern I used is from Debbie Bailey's blog And Sew Forth.

I really enjoy reading what Debbie is up too, I think when I started reading her blogs they were white water rafting, and since then she's moved to Paris.  And around all of that, she finds time to quilt!

Debbie's pattern called for use of charm packs (5" precut squares), but I was able to hit my stash for the required 5" squares, and I just bought the 2 background fabrics and the border.   Because I was using stash and not charm packs, I managed to do some strip piecing, which helped to speed things up.  I also added a row of blocks to make this bed-sized.

 Wool batting gives lovely definition, as well as warmth. 

I love the texture in this quilt!