Hen Party Quilt

Hen Party Quilt - Quilt Room Pattern

Sometimes when a customer brings a quilt for quilting it can take a while to come up with the ideal quilting solution to ensure that quilt is made to look its best.  However, when I saw this quilt with chickens, I immediately thought of this 'chicken wire' digital pantograph by JoAnn Hoffman.


'Chicken Wire' Pantograph by JoAnn Hoffman


Wendy hand stitched this quilt using a French General Dessert Roll using a pattern 'Hen Party' by The Quilt Room.

'Chicken Wire' Pantograph by JoAnn Hoffman

The back was also pieced using some of the French General fabric that was left over from the project.  I think the 'chicken wire' pattern gives a great all over pattern on the reverse as well.


Hen Party Quilt - Quilt Room Pattern

Once it was quilted, I returned it to Wendy who is now busy stitching on buttons for the eyes.

Longarm Quilting - Custom Mattress Protector

Quilted Mattress Protector - Longarm Quilting

Something a little different today here at Fabadashery Longarm Quilting.  Instead of quilting a quilt to go on top of a bed, I have been asked by a customer to quilt some plain white cotton fabric and wadding to be made up into a mattress protector for a custom sized bed.


Pattern ' Raindrops' by Lisa Calle

It has been quite fun to do as the plain white has really showcased the quilting pattern.  This particular digital pattern is called 'Raindrops' by Lisa Calle.

Project Linus Quilts - October 2015

Project Linus Quilts - Wales 2015

Over the past few weeks I have been using my longarm to quilt some charity quilts for our local Project Linus group.  I have accumulated quite a pile to take along to the next sewing event.

Project Linus Quilt

At the last Project Linus day in May, Ruth, another volunteer, and I collaborated on a few quilts of our own, using the fabric that had been donated to the project.  It is only recently that I have managed to fit them in for quilting.


Boltz by Kyla Trammel

I enjoy doing these charity quilts as they are an opportunity to try out new patterns and increase the choice available for my customers.  On this quilt I used a digital pantograph with a robot on it called 'Boltz' by Kyla Trammel.  It turned an ordinary square block quilt into a cuddly fun quilt, especially with the fleece we put on the back.


Boltz by Kyla Trammel

Another quilt we made featured the 'Sock Monkey' character.  It is certainly not the usual type of fabric that I choose, but innovating on the day led to this cutie.  This was quilted using a 'Popcorn' digital pantograph.


'Sock Monkey Quilt' with Popcorn digital pantograph

 

Christmas is coming ..... Flurry Quilt by Kate Spain



'Flurry' by Kate Spain - Long arm quilting

Are you ready for Christmas?  Some of my customers are already making the most of my longarm quilting service to get ready for the Christmas season.  This quilt pattern and fabric range is 'Flurry' by Kate Spain and was made by one my customers, Wendy.  Isn't it gorgeous?  I love the bright, modern Christmas fabric she has used for her quilt. This 'Flurry' quilt pattern is available for FREE as a PDF on the United Notions website. Kate Spain has a new Christmas holiday themed fabric range for Christmas 2015 called 'Jingle', which would work just a well.

'Flurry' by Kate Spain - Long arm quilting


With such a bold quilt design, the quilting needed to enhance it.  To keep the Christmas presents special I outlined each one with stitching and quilted each one with its own individual decoration.  The border was also given a custom quilting treatment.  To keep with the seasonal theme I quilted a pebble background filler in white thread so it looked like snow.  The quilting background texture also helped the presents stand out a bit more.  The wadding is 80/20.


'Flurry' by Kate Spain - Long arm quilting



Customers are starting to reserve long arm quilting slots in the lead up to Christmas as they prepare their quilted gifts for friends and family.  If you are making a quilt as a gift for Christmas that you would like me to quilt, please get in touch.

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