Day 6 Twelve days of Christmas - Kath's Birds and Flowers Quilt

Kath's Birds and Flowers Quilt

Welcome to Day 6 of the Fabadashery Longarm Quilting Twelve Days of Christmas.  Today I am sharing Kath's Birds and Flowers Quilt, which i think was a pattern in Today's Quilter Magazine.  I have longarm quilted one of these before and can see why it is popular, as it is a good little scrap buster.  Kath had found some tropical fabric for the backing and binding and wanted the quilt to have a tropical / jungle feel.  We had a hunt around and found 'Banana Leaves' designed by Patricia Ritter of Urban Elementz. 

Kath's Birds and Flowers Quilt

Banana Leaves designed by Patricia Ritter

Day 5 Twelve Days of Christmas - Verna's Eight-Pointed Star Quilt

Verna's Eight-Pointed Star Quilt

Welcome to Day 5 of the Fabadashery Longarm Quilting Twelve Days of Christmas. Today I am featuring Verna's Eight-Pointed Star quilt.  Verna chose just red, white and blue for this striking quilt and it's simplicity required a quiet pattern.  On this occasion, I suggested 'Bird's Eye View' designed by Barbara Becker.  Why does this work?  It works because all the lines a soft, flowing lines and the spaces between are quite evenly spaced.  I think this has been one of my most popular patterns this year.  To add some extra interest, we used a variegated red, white and blue thread and you can just see the white popping up on the navy fabric.

Verna's Eight-Pointed Star Quilt

'Bird's Eye View' designed by Barbara Becker

Day 4 Twelve Days of Christmas - Viv's Seaside Quilt, Anchors Aweigh

Viv's Seaside Quilt, Anchors Aweigh

Welcome to Day 4 of the Fabadashery Longarm Quilting Twelve Days of Christmas.  Today I am featuring Viv's Seaside Quilt, made for her friends living by the sea.  She chose fabrics from the 'Harbourside' Lewis and Irene fabric collection, which includes lobsters, fishermen and boats.  To keep with the nautical feel, I fished out a cute seaside pattern, 'Anchors Aweigh' designed by Patricia Ritter, featuring swirls and anchors.  A great finishing touch.

Viv's Seaside Quilt, Anchors Aweigh

'Anchors Aweigh' designed by Patricia Ritter

'Anchors Aweigh' designed by Patricia Ritter

Day 3 Twelve days of Christmas - Shelley's Glitter Ball BOM

Shelley's Glitter Ball BOM

Welcome to Day 3 of the Fabadashery Longarm Quilting Twelve Days of Christmas. Today I am sharing Shelley's quilt.  Throughout 2022, this quilt design, 'Glitter Ball' designed by the Crafty Nomad, has been popping up at quilt shows, which was offered as a Block of the Month earlier in the year.  I know Shelley used it as a skill builder learning how to do circles and curves in her quilts and brought me this fabulous version for longarm quilting.  It is a striking design and it deserved a striking quilt pattern.  'Modern Curves' designed by Anita Shackleford does the trick.

Shelley's Glitter Ball BOM

'Modern Curves' designed by Anita Shackleford

Day 2 Twelve days of Christmas - Ruby Sampler Quilt made by Sara, French General fabrics

Ruby Sampler Quilt

Welcome to Day 2 of the Fabadashery Longarm Quilting 12 Days of Christmas.  Today we are enjoying Sara's 'Ruby Sampler' quilt, which was originally a Block of the month from The Quilt Room..  The fabrics are all Moda French General, which always have a soft, traditional flavour to them.  

Ruby Sampler Quilt

I have lots of traditional quilting patterns in my catalogue (click on the Pinterest link on the right side bar), but one of the more popular ones is 'Nemesh Feathers' designed by Bethane Nemesh.

'Nemesh Feathers' by Bethane Nemesh

Day 1 Twelve days of Christmas - Di Kaffe Fassett, Sunflower Love Quilt

 

Di's Kaffe Fassett Jewel Frames Quilt

Welcome to Day 1 of the Fabadashery Twelve days of Christmas.  This is one (of many!) Kaffe Fassett quilts which Di made this year, based on his Jewel Frame quilts.  As I write this, the weather is miserable and wet, it is hard to believe that the summer of 2022 was scorchingly hot.  I was in France for some of the hot weather and wherever we travelled there were sunflowers being grown for their seeds.  We saw MILLIONS of sunflowers.  The focus of any Kaffe Fassett quilt are the bright fabrics and patterns, which usually means you can quilt it any number of ways.  On this occasion, Di chose 'Sunflower Love' a pattern by Susan Punch Manry.  It is quite a bold and busy pattern, but perfect for this hot pink, orange and yellow quilt.

Di's Kaffe Fassett Jewel Frames Quilt

'Sunflower Love' designed by Susan Punch Manry

'Sunflower Love' designed by Susan Punch Manry

Chilhowie Mystery Quilt 2022 - Bonnie Hunter

 

Chilhowie Mystery Quilt, Week 2

Several of my customers take part in Bonnie Hunter's annual Mystery Quilt.  I am no stranger to them myself and have decided to take part this year.  As you will see my colour scheme is slightly different to Bonnies, choosing red, white and two tones of blue.  We have had two clues so far, so not too late to join in. You can find all the details at Quiltville's Quips & Snips!!: Chilhowie Mystery!

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