Bring Me Flowers by Linda

This is Linda's version of Jen Kingwell's Bring Me Flowers

I had so much fun with this.  Linda and I talked about what she wanted, and I drew a few designs for her to see

 Linda chose feathers in the melon shapes.

 Each set of flowers was different, so much fun to quilt.  Just look at the fussy piecing in the flowers above. 

 I think this backing is double gauze.  It's very soft and a little stretchy.  Fortunately, I was able to benefit from Andrea at Urban Quiltworks experience (where she found the double gauze was stretching just sitting on the frame) and I basted the whole quilt before I started, and when I was leaving it overnight I'd roll it all back on the backing rollers---I had no issues with the backing at all that way.

The texture shows very nicely on the backing too.  

Daiwabo Table Runner

This elegant table runner is one I pieced and quilted for the church.  It was given to longstanding members and volunteers who are deservedly 'retiring' from their volunteer work, a few decades after retiring from their careers.

 This was a kit from Keepsake quilting, and my first time working with Daiwobo fabrics. I can now see why people love this fabric line so much.  It's subtle and beautiful.

Under the Covers Quilts at Heritage Park

I am part of a small guild, called Friends and Needles.  Many of us made the Under the Covers Mystery quilt last year, and so decided to enter a group entry at Heritage Park.  As I've said before, it's so neat to see the same pattern made with different fabrics.

 These quilts were hung back to back on a clothesline under some large trees--so the photographs aren't optimal.   And I wish I had photos of the quilts that were made but not in the display--the whole collection so to speak.    But you'll have to make do with these. 

 It's too bad the quilting doesn't show better--the ladies in my guild are very accomplished at quilting on their domestic sewing machines. 

Colleen's Under Covers

This is Colleen's Under the Covers quilt, and I forget what she called it.    You've already seen this one twice--Vicki's For the Girl, and my Walking Humbly.

The green is a floral fabric, so I quilted echoed flowers on this one.

Hunter Star Quilts at Heritage Park

Here are the quilts from the Calgary Longarm Quilters group entry to Heritage Park that I mentioned in the last post.

I hope I read everyones names correctly, as I tried to zoom way in on my photos--I don't have my program near me.  There was one I couldn't figure out.

The Hunter's Star Hidden Treasures Book by Deb Tucker    was the inspiration for many of the layouts.

I love these group entries, seeing how the same blocks, in different fabric values and layouts can look so different.  And then, of course, the different styles of quilting thrills me as well.

I took these photos very very quickly, so I'm sure the details could be better.  And it was windy, so they had the bottoms clamped down as well, which is a little odd for taking photos.  I hope you enjoy the group display.

 Sharon added bling and couching to her quilt.

 Jane picked a traditional Hunter Star layout and E2E (edge to edge) quilting.  The texture added is lovely.

 Mary added so much texture and color with thread--the color on the black is all thread.  She blogged about this quilt here if you're interested in more.

Silver Star

The Calgary Longarm Quilters had decided that our 2017 group entry to the Heritage Park quilt display would be Hunter Star quilts.  That was perfect for me, as I had already decided that making a low contrast Hunter Star would be the best used of these 3 Toscana grey fabrics I had.

 I was also glad to make another Hunter Star (the Rapid Fire Hunter Star Ruler makes this so easy), because I wanted to put feathers on one.

I left selecting the inner border fabric until I had the blocks together--and I decided this shot cotton that I had left from my 100 Modern Quilt Blocks quilt  was perfect.  And then I knew exactly where this quilt belonged, and so it has been gifted to good friends.    What I didn't know is she had just redecorated her bedroom, and she said this quilt would fit beautifully in there.

I love the backing too--do you ever crawl under your frame to have a look or take photos?  I do.

The backing is a lovely sky blue cuddle fabric.

Gail's Quilt

I forget the name of this pattern, and I don't have my notes with me.  It's all HST units (half square triangles), and Gail left off one round of HST's, as she had used her whole layer cake.

Gail normally does her own quilting, but this quilt was a bit bigger than she usually makes, so she sent it to me.

Gail wanted me to emphasize the star in the center, and the darker zigzag line around the star.

This quilt is an example of a light custom--custom borders, some attention to the piecing shapes, but a continuously stitched design without many starts and stops.  No SID within the body of the quilt.

 So I used U-turns in the areas Gail wanted emphasized, and E's and 3's in the rest.  Lines vs curves gives great contrast.

 the borders have a ferny feather vine.  I think the fabric has some fern design.