A finish - Customer Quilt - Going Batty

I have a customer who is a member of a Spelunking group. What is spelunking? It is for people who actually enjoy crawling around in caves and other dark crevices in the earth. I will stick to quilting and an occasional hike in wide open spaces.









Anyway, every year a group of Spelunkers gets together and they part of their activities is a silent auction. She always makes a quilt for the auction and this is the current year's installment.










Typically, her quilts for this event include bats in the fabric and I believe the last couple of years the quilting was a design that included bats. This year, I felt like the design of the quilt was calling for a geometric quilting design. At first, I was leaning towards squares/lines....then the circles changed my mind. I landed on this circular "bubbles" all-over design.




Do you have a quilt that needs finishing? I would love the opportunity to quilt for you. Please e-mail me:
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Quilting is finished!

Just finished the quilting of this queen-size quilt. Now to trim and bind.

This is the disappearing hourglass squares- used fat quarters and a 12 1/2 square ruler to make the blocks.........the borders are leftovers cut and pieced

 I have never been disappointed with the thread tension on my APQS Millenium....not sure how well you can see it, but the stitches are perfectly balanced.

The thread is Glide in both the upper and bobbin. And the pantograph is Dogwood from Urban Elementz.

Little bit of quilting my APQS Millenium

What are you working on? I have been working on this quilt - hope to finish soon. I have been pretty sick for a couple of months now, so my stamina hasn't been so good.....hope to pick up the pace soon, because it is time to start preparing for Christmas!

Here is a full shot of the top, just after I finished piecing it.

The pattern is a disappearing hourglass, I just used the scraps to make the borders. 

The pantograph quilting pattern is Dogwood on the Urban Elementz site.

Pieced on my Baby Lock.














The quilting is being done on my APQS Millenium. 

A finish full of sunshine

 This sunflower quilt was pieced by a friend. I just quilted it for her.

The back is just an nice!

Looks like a great one to wrap up in this winter. I hope you enjoy it enjoy it Susie!

Triple Irish Chain - A new finish!!!

I have finished quilting my triple Irish Chain (at least that is what I am calling it)......I think if the shading/colors aren't consistent, it technically isn't an Irish Chain..........WHATEVER - I like it!!!!

 Yes, there are still some blue marks on it - I couldn't wait long enough to wash it, before showing it off.

It was all quilted free motion on my APQS Milleninum. I am very excited for you to see this one!

I hope you are having as much fun as I am!

Quilting Feathers - a how to from APQS

As you may recall, I purchased a new Millenium long-arm quilting machine a few months ago. I am learning, learning,learning. Like many of you, I have a desire to become proficient in quilting feathers. APQS put out a very helpful article, written by Dawn Cavanaugh. You can click here to get it for yourself.

I would seeing your photos, as you try quilting your own feathers. (Misery loves company. ;-))