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Always In Bloom

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Pat started this gorgeous quilt years ago and worked on it on and off until she finished it last year. I have a vague memory of seeing this pattern in a Keepsake Quilting catalog a long time ago, when the internet was a long way from what it is today and they sent out little paper booklets every few months. I don’t remember the name of the pattern, “Always In Bloom” is the name of the Maywood Studio fabric line with the pretty roses. The quilting design is called “Rose Garden”, a perfect fit for Pat’s floral project.

Always In Bloom


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Rosa Biddlecombe

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Cynthia enjoys needlework by hand and pieced and appliquéd this lovely quilt called “Rosa Biddlecombe”, designed by Margaret Mew. The variety of fabrics used for the blocks makes the quilting almost disappear, and we decided on an allover design called “Wild Wind” for this part of the quilt. The centre part is lightly custom quilted, the way Cynthia likes it, with just one echo around the appliqué and a few free-motion feathers in the background.

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Dinner Plate Dahlia

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Dinner Plate Dahlia is another one of Judy Niemeyer’s patterns, and this gorgeous version was made by Lynne. This is (at least) the third Judy Niemeyer quilt that Lynne has pieced, and I really admire her patience and skill. I couldn’t even finish one, let alone three. The overall design Lynne chose for her quilt is called “Tandoori”.


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Broken Dishes (Put Back Together)

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Carla put this quilt together from blocks that her friend Joanne had made and didn’t like. I am not sure why she didn’t like them but I am glad Carla rescued them. Isn’t this a gorgeous quilt? This was a really fun project to custom quilt. Symmetrical layouts and geometric shapes really speak to my brain, and I have no trouble coming up with designs for the different areas. Carla’s only request was feathers in the white on-point squares, and the rest fell into place pretty much by itself.


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Hook, Line & Sinker

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“Hook, Line & Sinker” is a pattern by Crabapple Hill Studios. If you are not familiar with Meg Hawkey’s designs, they usually involve hand-embroidered blocks and some crayon tinting. Many of them are offered as block of the month programs. “Hook, Line & Sinker” is a perfect gift for an avid fisherman in your family. This is Joni’s version, and I was delighted at the idea to custom quilt it. I had never quilted a Crabapple Hill design before, and I found it much more intimidating than Judy Niemeyer quilts, for example. I finally settled on filling the background and staying away from the embroidery as much as possible. Of course those areas needed to be stabilized as well, and I tried to just give them texture and echo the embroidered lines. I didn’t spend much time on the border, the dark pattern of the fabric made the quilting pretty much invisible, a simple design to stabilize it was all it needed.


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Jack and the Beanstalk

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“Jack and the Beanstalk” is a pattern by Tula Pink, and this quilt was made by Pat as a gift for her granddaughter. Isn’t this a fun modern design? It has a lot of background space to fill, and “Overlapping Crop Circles” was a great quilting choice for Pat’s quilt.


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Harrison’s Memory Quilt

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Ginger made another memory quilt for one of her granddaughters. If you missed her first one, Hudson’s Memory Quilt, it can be found here. This time she cut up Harrison’s baby clothes and turned them into an adorable quilt. The top didn’t have any embellishments, and the lace she had added to the border was stitched down, so there was nothing that could get in the way of the hopping foot. We chose the design “P.S. I Love You” for Ginger’s quilt, an easy choice given all the hearts in the top.


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Hockey Time in Canada

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Doris made this hockey-themed quilt as a gift for a little boy who loves his sports. The feature fabric tells enough of a story, and we decided the quilting should stay in the background. The pattern is called “Celtic Scroll”. It gives texture to the quilt and also picks up the shape of the hockey pucks.


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Bear Paws

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This Bear Paw quilt was made by Brenda. Isn’t the fabric placement interesting, with the Bear Paws in the light colour and different scraps making up the background? I should try that with a scrap quilt, I really like the look. Brenda chose the design “Swirling Feathers” for her project.


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Sunrise

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Nola pieced this lovely quilt from mostly red and green fabrics. A more traditional quilting design was the choice for her project, “Swirling Feathers” complements the piecing but doesn’t take away from the top.


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