Eirwen's Batik Corner Log Cabin Quilt, with Cloisonne quilt pattern, quilted at Fabadashery Longarm Quilting

 

Eirwen's Batik Corner Log Cabin Quilt,
with Cloisonne quilt pattern,
quilted at Fabadashery Longarm Quilting

There is a reason why batik fabrics are so popular for quilts and Eirwen's Corner Log Cabin quilt shows them off beautifully.  The bright gem colours look amazing.

'Cloisonne' quilt pattern
 designed by Patricia E Ritter and Valerie Smith

To carry on with the gem theme, the quilting pattern on this quilt is called 'Cloisonne', a great allover pattern which is available here at Fabadashery longarm quilting.

'Cloisonne' quilt pattern
 designed by Patricia E Ritter and Valerie Smith

'My Happiness is Home Sweet Home' quilt , made by Karen, custom quilted at Fabadashery Longarm Quilting

 

My Happiness is Home Sweet Home' quilt, made by Karen

This is Karen's 'My Happiness is Home Sweet Home' quilt, which I custom quilted for her recently.
She wrote to me to say  "I just had to email you to say a huge, heartfelt thank you. Your bespoke quilting is sublime and I absolutely love every detail. It is even more gorgeous in real life and I can’t stop looking at it. Thank you so much, as always. "

The pattern is by Sarah Edgar from Pretty Fabrics and Trims, and I know Karen loves their style and fabrics.  The original quilt was hand quilted and Karen wanted a similar style.  Ironically, it is sometimes harder to do as little quilting as your can, as I am always trying to keep a nice balance to the overall quilt, yet highlight the piecing at the same time.  This is such a lovely quilt - a lovely one to have around the home.

My Happiness is Home Sweet Home' quilt, made by Karen

Pat's Crazy Patchwork Quilt

Pat's Crazy Patchwork Quilt

The main trouble with making quilts is that there always seems to be some fabric left over which screams 'make another quilt!'  I think this was the case with this fun crazy patchwork quilt which was made by one of my longarm quilting customers, Pat.  Pat used a technique introduced to her by Valerie Nesbitt  from just-hands on TV which is a great stashbuster.

'Rhododendron' digital pattern by Hermione Agee

The back of the quilt shows the quilting pattern nicely - Rhododendron, designed by Hermione Agee. This is one of those patterns which has been overlooked for a while here at Fabadashery Longarm Quilting, but a  great pattern for all over texture.

Alison's Dinosaur Quilt, quilted at Fabadashery Longarm Quilting

Alison's Dinosaur Quilt,
quilted at Fabadashery Longarm Quilting

This is one of Alison's first quilts for her one of her grandchildren. She chose a fun pair of prints featuring dinosaur characters.  The on-point squares kept it simple, so the fabrics were shown off to their best.

Alison's Dinosaur Quilt,
quilted at Fabadashery Longarm Quilting

To add another fun layer to the project, Alison chose the 'Paw Prints' digital quilting pattern.

Paw Prints' designed by Judy Vallely

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Krina's Portrait Quilt - Conservatory by Anna Marie Horner, quilted by Frances Meredith at Fabadashery Longarm Quilting

Krina's Portrait Quilt

This beauty is Krina's 'Portrait Quilt', a quilt designed by the Anna Marie Horner collective, as part of the Conservatory Chapter.  The prints are really eclectic and as I watched my APQS longarm quilting machine do its work, I was mesmerised by the clever and unexpected colour combinations of the fabrics - the designers have done their job well! 

Krina's Portrait Quilt

Krina chose 'Plumeria Party' as the quilting pattern, designed by Christy Dillon.  Whilst the front of the quilt is quite busy, you can see how beautifully the pattern stitched out on the back of the quilt.

'Plumeria Party' digital quilting pattern,
designed by Christy Dillon

'Plumeria Party' digital quilting pattern,
designed by Christy Dillon

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Festival of Quilts 2021 - Take a Walk on the Wild Side by Natalie Taylor and Frances Meredith TP14

If you missed the Festival of Quilts this year, you can view EVERY quilt entered on their site - just click on the winners photo of each category and you will the photos of all the entries  https://www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk/quilt-competition-2021/

This is an entry was by one of my customers, Natalie Taylor 'Take A Walk on the Wild Side 'TP14, a result of a Colour Wave workshop with Jan Hassard.  The quilting pattern was Modern Curves by Anita Shackleford.

Festival of Quilts 2021 - Group Quilts Category Winner, Bristol Quilters Ruby Celebration

Festival of Quilts 2021 - Group Quilts Category Winner,
Bristol Quilters Ruby Celebration

Last week I made several trips up to the NEC Birmingham to the 2021 Festival of Quilts.  The first journey was on the Monday to drop off some quilts for the competition.  Amongst the delivery was this prize winning quilt by Bristol Quilters.  The second journey involved visiting the show and seeing the two wall hangings on display in the Winner's Gallery - what a thrill!

A long-standing member of Bristol Quilters, Natalie Taylor, encouraged all our members to contribute a ruby red quilt block for a wall-hanging which would celebrate our 40 years and to be on display at our 2020 exhibition.  Natalie then worked her magic to pull them together into these two hangings. For my small part, I contributed a red and white quilt block and quilted the wall hangings together for the group.  

To put it all in context, the Quilters Guild was established in 1979 and the Bristol Quilters were established shortly afterwards in 1980. In 1999, the first Festival of Quilts was held as part of their 20th Anniversary celebrations and the rest - as they say - is history.

Looking forward to the next 40 years (and to the Bristol Quilters 2020 Exhibition!)