Longarm

Karen (a different Karen, not the one who made the Arctic quilt) made this modern Christmas quilt, using a pattern by Zen Chic. There is a lot of negative space which would have been fun to fill with custom quilting but that is very time-consuming, and Karen opted to go with a pantograph instead. We chose “Advent”, a Christmas tree pattern that works well with the pieced trees and fills the background nicely.

Karen bought the material for this quilt as a kit on a cruise to Alaska a few years back. Unfortunately the thread colour isn’t visible in the pictures, we chose a variegated black/blue/purple/teal thread and the pattern “Felicity” and decided it was representing the northern lights. It looks so much better in reality but this was the best I could do. What a great souvenir!

I am going to take next week off but the August BOM block will of course be published on Monday.

This sweet little baby quilt was made by Lisa. The back is cozy Fireside, and it shows the quilting nicely. The cheerful floral pattern is called “Flowers Rise Again”.

Here is another quilt made by Angela of Cozy Cottons Quilting. She had all these beautiful rose fabrics, almost too pretty to cut into pieces, and showcased them using this layout. I have a rose quilting pattern but we thought that would be too much, and Angela picked a leaf pattern called “Ground Cover” instead.

Let’s do a bit of Christmas in July with this beautiful quilt made by Angela of Cozy Cotton Quilting. I quilted it with the design “Holly Berries” which looks really nice on the white background and matches some of the Christmas fabrics she used.

Pat made this quilt using a variety of rose fabrics. Her backings are usually a work of art too, she pieces them using leftover fabrics turning them into a second quilt top. It is pretty much impossible to center a quilt on a longarm machine in both directions because the backing is rolled up, and the top ends up where it ends up. Pat knows this and doesn’t care if it is perfectly centered or not. I quilted it with the pattern “Rose Garden”.

“Trip Around The World” is such a classic and timeless pattern, and it always looks different depending on the fabrics in the quilt. This version was made by Ruth, and I quilted it with a simple pantograph called “Fleur de Swirl”.

Have you ever made a Bargello quilt? I haven’t and I am not sure if I want to, but I certainly enjoy looking at them. This one was made by Peggy, and she chose the modern pantograph “Taj Mahal” to finish her project. I think this pattern works especially well with Bargello quilts.