Longarm

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.

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.

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.