Lori Holt 'Cake Walk' Quilt

Lori Holt 'Cake Walk' Quilt

Recently I have had the pleasure of quilting another of Wendy's lovely quilts.  This quilt has been gifted for an 18th birthday present.  It is a pattern by Lori Holt called 'Cakewalk'. 

Lori Holt 'Cake Walk' Quilt

It involves a bit of piecing and a bit of applique and is a great quilt to showcase some of your favourite fabrics.  In addition you can decorate the cakes and cupcakes with your favourite ribbons and ric rac.  

Lori Holt 'Cake Walk' Quilt

With such a special gift we decided to use custom quilting to showcase the cakes by stitching in the ditch and decorating the cakes with different quilt patterns to add to their individuality.


Lori Holt 'Cake Walk' Quilt

Some of the fabrics featured hearts, so to add interest to the background filler I scattered it with small hearts.  Once the quilting was done all that was required was the binding and some further decorative additions.

Lori Holt 'Cake Walk' Quilt - Reverse

On the reverse you can really see the custom work.  The stitch in the ditch around the cakes and the applique really gives the quilt structure.  Custom quilting always takes longer, but some quilts are made for it!

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Easy Street Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt

Easy Street, Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2012

Will you be joining in Bonnie Hunter's Mystery 2015 Mystery quilt, Allietare?  It starts over at Quiltville.com on Friday 27th November 2015 and usually runs on until New Years Day 2016. Easy Street was my first mystery quilt with Bonnie back in 2012.  I loved the way it turned out.


Easy Street, Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2012

I even pieced the back enlarging one of the blocks and using up some of the fabrics I still had remaining.  But since January 2013 it has been tucked away waiting to be quilted.  So before I start on the 2015 Mystery quilt 'Allietare', I thought I had better get it quilted.

Easy Street, Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2012

Here it is on the frame ready for quilting, using Hobbs Polydown as the wadding and ready to be stitched in a tan thread.


'Royal Plumes' Pantograph by Judy Allen

I chose one of the more complex patterns I have in my digital pantograph library called 'Royal Plumes' by Judy Allen.  This particular pattern takes a long time to do, but does has a beautiful feathery flourish.


'Royal Plumes' Pantograph by Judy Allen

You might just be able to see the Royal Plumes pattern as it was on the frame.


Easy Street, Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2012

So Easy Street is quilted (Celtic Solstice is still waiting!), making way for Allietare.  I love my Easy Street as it reminds me of the wonderful time I had making it over the Christmas period back in 2012.  It will be sure to be out over the festive period this year.
Will you be joining in the 2015 Mystery Quilt?
 

Rail Fence Quilt - Quilting to the Max!

Rail Fence Quilt, November 2015

I have been busy quilting secret Christmas gifts for customers which I haven't been share with you, but this week I have been quilting this Rail Fence quilt by Anne. It is a quilt for her guest room in her favourite blue colours.  At 97" x 97" it filled up my APQS longarm quilting frame to the max, so not a quilt you would want to squeeze under your domestic machine!


Dragon Wings Pantograph by Apricot Moon

She wanted light quilting, so she chose a delightful all over edge to edge digital design featuring a dragonfly motif called 'Dragonwings' by Apricot Moon, one of my favourite designers.


Dragon Wings Pantograph by Apricot Moon


It was backed with Daisy Tea Dyed extra wide fabric by Nutex,  Hobbs Polydown as the wadding, and stitched with 0842 Gold Isacord.


Rail Fence Quilt, November 2015

I was able to do a quick turnaround on this one, so Anne should be able to get it on the guest bed in time for Christmas. 

Kaffe Fassett Chevron Quilt

Kaffe Fassett - Zig Zag Chevron Quilt

I have recently managed to fit in quilting one of my own quilts.  I made this Kaffe Fassett Zig Zag quilt over a year ago and have now finally stitched the binding on.


APQS Millennium Longarm Quilting Machine

From seeing lots of Kaffe Fassett quilts, I knew that whatever quilt pattern I choose it would be almost invisible amongst the bright and busy prints. 


Kaffe Fassett - Zig Zag Chevron Quilt - Dewdrops quilting

However, with a plain shot fabric on the back, it would be seen there so I chose the 'Dewdrops' digital pantograph, which has a lot of movement in it.


'Dewdrops' digital pantograph by Patricia Ritter



'Dewdrops' digital pantograph by Patricia Ritter

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