6th Day of Christmas - Rebecca's First Quilt - Hand Pieced English Paper Piecing

Rebecca's First Quilt - Hand Pieced English Paper Piecing

Did you use the 2020 lockdown to do something new? Rebecca made her first quilt top - isn't it amazing!  It is all hand pieced using English Paper Piecing and you can see from the photo below how she chose to finish of the awkward shaped edges by mounting it on a frame of grey fabric.

Rebecca's First Quilt - Hand Pieced English Paper Piecing

I remember making my first quilt top and then only at the end wondering how on earth I was going to quilt it.  Rebecca sent her quilt top to me by post to be longarm quilted and browsed my Pinterest page to choose the quilting pattern.  This time she chose 'Fluffy Clouds' designed by Beeny Girl Quilts and within the week it was quilted and she had it back again

'Fluffy Clouds' designed by Beeny Girl Quilts

Rebecca and her young family will be able to enjoy it for years to come and have a positive memory of the year 2020.

'Fluffy Clouds' designed by Beeny Girl Quilts

5th Day of Christmas - Karen's Beach Quilt

Karen's Beach Quilt

Even though we have passed the shortest day and the days are getting longer, it seems a long time until we will be on a summer holidays.  Karen has captured the spirit of the summer and the seaside in this Beach Quilt, featuring a lighthouse, a seagull, and some fish which look like sardines!  The navy and white fabrics give a stunning finish to this design and Karen chose to complement it with a stunning quilting pattern - Modern Curves.

4th Day of Christmas - Paula's Modern Lone Star Quilt

 

Paula's Modern Lone Star Quilt

This is Paula's second Lone Star Quilt, you can see the first one here, which she did in French General fabrics.  This time she has done it in modern fabrics - they look so different!  This quilt has a lot of 'empty space', so the quilting pattern is going to play quite a major role in the final look.  With the modern fabric, we went with a   modern circle pattern - Cosmos. It looked amazing as it stitched out on my APQS longarm quilting machine.

Cosmos Quilting Design by Keryn Emmerson

It was quite a large quilt and Paula had purchased a quality King Size Dorma sheet from Dunelm Mill, which came up beautifully.

Cosmos Quilting Design by Keryn Emmerson

3rd Day of Christmas - Anita's Cheetah Quilt with Paw Prints, quilted at Fabadashery Longarm Quilting

Anita's Cheetah Quilt with Paw Prints

This is just one of the many quilts which I have been waiting to show you once Christmas gifting had been done.  This is Anita's first quilt.  It has a special 'cheetah' theme, so there were lots of big cat fabrics incorporated in it, as well as some fish for them to eat. (You know I love this sort of quilt!)

Anita's Cheetah Quilt with Paw Prints

Once I knew there was a theme to the quilt, I could not hold myself back in suggesting one of my 'Novelty November' quilt patterns 'Paw Prints' designed by Judy Vallely and Anita was up for it.  It was another perfect match.  I particularly like the pink background fabric as it looked like the pink pads on the cat's paw.

'Paw Prints' designed by Judy Vallely

Anita also took advantage of my binding service and we added a quilt label with a special message and an embroidered cheetah! Glad to be of service.

'Paw Prints' designed by Judy Vallely

2nd Day of Christmas - Pauline's Nine Sister's Fleece backed Quilt

'Nine Sisters' quilt made by Pauline

Today I am sharing Pauline's quilt which she made for her son to use in his camper van.  The pattern is called 'Nine Sisters' designed by Cozy Quilt Designs and is Jelly Roll / 2.5" strip friendly. He had asked for a warm quilt, so you can see in the photo below that as well as the pieced quilt top this quilt has a fleece backing and 100% Hobbs Polydown wadding in the middle of it. This will be a big warm quilt!

A Warm Quilt Sandwich - top, polydown wadding and fleece

Pauline located some checked red and black fleece backing, which went well with the front of the quilt.  If you are thinking about having fleece on the back of your quilt, check the warp and the weft - as long as one has some tension in it, it can be mounted easily onto a longarm quilting machine. I have used it a lot on my own quilts and I love the result.

'Diagonal Plaid Bias' quilting on fleece backing

The quilting pattern we used on this quilt is called 'Diagonal Plaid Bias' designed by Patricia E Ritter.  It came up beautifully on the back of the quilt on the fleece.

'Diagonal Plaid Bias' quilting designed by Patricia Ritter

Nine Sisters' quilt made by Pauline

1st Day of Christmas - Sue's Quilt SOS Liberty strip quilt

 

Sue's Quilt SOS Liberty stripe quilt

You may have read about Sue's Quilt SOS quilt on my Facebook Page . This quilt is heading off to the charity Hestia, supporting people in crisis. I know when Sue dropped it off we spent quite a bit of time admiring the lovely Liberty Tana lawn prints which he had managed to get from Alice Caroline Liberty Prints.  This quilt is heading of to the Quilt SOS charity, so it had to be suitable to anyone who received it, but one this was for sure, it was made with love and it was sending love with it. With that in mind, the lovely Ginger Hearts quilting pattern seemed a great match.

Sue's Quilt SOS Liberty stripe quilt

'Ginger Hearts' designed by Apricot Moon

Merry Christmas from Fabadashery Longarm Quilting

 

December 2020 - Fabadashery Longarm Quilting Drop-Off dates

There is still time to get your quilt tops done in time for Christmas here at Fabadashery Longarm Quilting.   If your friends and family are pestering you for Christmas present ideas, how about getting one of your quilt tops quilted?  You can see a guide to quilting prices on the tab above.

If you have a quilt ready for longarm quilting, then here are dates, including a Saturday, when I will be taking in quilts in the next few weeks. Please get in touch if you have a quilt you would like digitally longarm quilted - if I have your quilt, then I can quilt it! 

Thursday 3rd December
Friday 4th December
Saturday 5th December
Monday 7th December
Tuesday 8th December
Friday 11th December
Thursday 17th December
Friday 18th December

I think all of my customers have made their own masks, so please wear them and show them off when you come, and take the necessary precautions to keep us all safe.

Receiving and returning customer quilts via the post has become more frequent here at Fabadashery Longarm Quilting, so feel free to send me your quilts if it is easier and safer for you.