Nola made this darling litte quilt as a gift for a new baby in the family. The squares showcase the different fabrics with animal motifs nicely, and it didn’t need much quilting. The design I used is called “Celtic Scroll”, a nice and basic circular pattern that works well with the straight lines of the pieced top.
Rail Fence is a great pattern to use if you have a lot of scraps that you want to get rid of. That’s what Darcie did, and she turned all those leftover pieces into a beautiful quilt. Scrap quilts tend to be fairly busy and don’t usually need elaborate quilting, so we went with “Wild Wind”, a timeless swirly design.
Now this was a really fun quilt to quilt. Sharon made it as a decoration for her sewing room wall, and it has everything from traditional pieced blocks to appliqué, from hand embroidery with crayon tinting to button embellishments. She asked for custom quilting to enhance the different parts of the quilt, and I think you can tell how much fun I had with it.
Are you familiar with the game “Minecraft”? My son started playing it a long time ago, and although I have never played it myself, it seemed a really creative game. Ginger’s grandson plays it too, and when he grew out of the smaller quilt she had made for him some years ago, he requested Minecraft as the theme for his new quilt. This is Ginger’s interpretation of the Minecraft world, and she let me choose the pantograph. That wasn’t as easy as it sounds. I wanted to stay with the world of blocks Minecraft theme but on the other hand all those straight lines needed a flowing, curvy design. I finally settled on “Kristin’s Maze”, and we were both very happy with the result.
“Where We Love Is Home” is a pattern by Australian designer Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched. Cynthia put a lot of work into this quilt, she did all the appliqué and embroidery by hand, and there are lots of tiny pieces. This is truly a labour of love, and Cynthia did an awesome job putting it all together.
This unusual quilt top was pieced by Doris. I love the vibrant colours and how the white background makes them pop. The timeless swirls of the “Wild Wind” panto were just perfect for Doris’s project.
Susan made this striking quilt in red, white and black. Although it might not be obvious at first glance, the block she used is the log cabin variation “Courthouse Steps”. Placing her colours strategically, Susan was able to achieve a very different look. For quilting, she chose the design “Wild Wind”.
“Pansy Park” is a Thimbleberries pattern, and Gerry has been working on it on and off for several years. These are the original fabrics of the Pansy Park fabric line designed for this quilt. Since everything was so busy already and the quilting wouldn’t show much, we decided on an overall leaf pattern called Wedding Vine for Gerry’s project.
Lynnette found herself with extra time on her hands because of the pandemic and decided to give quilting a try. She made this cute baby elephant quilt in bright colours as a gift for a baby in the family. I kept the quilting simple, it gets lost in the busy fabrics anyway, and free-motion stitched flowers and loops around the appliqué. Lynnette did a fabulous job, I hope we will get to see more of her work in the future.
This lovely quilt is a variation of the Keyhole quilt pattern and was made by Dorothy. It is a great pattern for Jelly Rolls. Or you could use your leftover strips from other projects for a scrappy look. Grey and yellow always look so elegant together, don’t you agree? Dorothy chose to have her project quilted with the design “Paisley Curls”.
