The reveal

I am so excited to share this one with you.

I had a lot of fun quilting this one and

learned a lot. I am getting the hang of it.

This one is mine, all mine, to hang in my dining room. 

 I've had this one in my head for awhile

and finally got to make it.

Wouldn't you know it would rain the day I wanted

to take pictures. I couldn't get the flash turned off and it 

wash out the pictures alittle.

Let me give some of the details.

 

It is 53X53 wallhanging.

The colors are a little brighter in the pictures.

I used W&N cotton batting for the bottom layer and my beloved wool batting that I bought in Paducah for the top layer.

I used silk thread and when I ran out of that, and didn't have time to reorder, I used So Fine.

I wish now I had used the Glide thread that I love.

 

 

I divided up the areas and found while quilting that I needed

to divide more of the areas, based on Lisa Calle's concept.

 

 

The design in the triangle is one that I bought from Judi at Green Fairy Quilts.  All of the other designs are mine made with rulers and some templates I made.

 

 

I just realized I didn't take a picture of the borders but you can see a corner in this pictures.  A lot of feathers, micro stippling, pebbles and McTavishing.  I don't like the thread build up when feathers have a spine, so I quilt mine without one.

 

 

I know a lot of pictures but I am very proud of this one.

I love everything about it and it turned out very close to what I had in my head.

 

Linking up withhttp://www.quiltmatters.blogspot.ca/2013/10/tgiff-lunch-anyone.html

 

and 

 http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/

 

    

Thanks you for visiting.

Have a sewing good weekend.

 

Let me give a peek at what has been keeping me

busy this past week.

Besides taking my father to the ER after a fall

and making sure that my mother and son was okay after she had a wreck, all are fine, (yes on the same day)

I was able to make some progress on this

 

I don't want to show the whole piece just yet,

really can't because it is still on the frame.

 

I have had so much fun working on this.

 

Yes, I mark my quilts with a blue marker,

never had any problems, now watch tomorrow I will.

I have heard so much about silk thread, how great and wonderful it is, so I ordered some for this quilt.

I don't really like it, there I said it.

I wish I had used the Glide thread that I love.

I actually ran out of the silk thread and don't have time to order

more so I started using So Fine #50.  I can't see any difference, so I hope that stays true.  A lot of work to mess up at the end.

I have heard from several teachers and instructors

to develop your own style, so I guess this is emerging as

MY style.

 

Have to have it finished this week( have plans for this one)

so be watching later in the week to see the whole piece.

 

Finally a finish

actually six finished.

Been in my hands way too long.

Some of you may remember late last November

a lady contacted me and wanted 9 memory quilts made from

her FIL shirts.  He had a massive heart attack while on an anniversary

trip.  She wanted them for Christmas gifts.

Yes, you read that right 10 quilts in a month.

I gave it my all but only got 3 finished and another top pieced.

I started working on them again in Feb, but several personal and family

problems arose.  In fact, I could not sew or quilt for about 3 weeks at one point.

I don't know what happened to this year but I was finally able to finish these up.

 

 

A beautiful sight to me.

Since I was rushed in the beginning I had to come up with a very simple

pattern, but I was a little concerned that they were....well, a little plain.

So I came up with quilting words of who he was in the borders, son, brother,

husband, father and grandfather or Pop as he was known.

 

 

 Every one is quilted differently but each has the same words.

I was asked to change the word Grandfather, on the first three, to Pop on the last six.  So three of them are a little different.

 

I tried to use pockets

 

 

or labels

 

Even paint stains and spots

 

Hope to have these delivered this weekend and start on the next group.

 

Linking up with Sarah http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/

 

 

I'm not gone

just real busy.

If I didn't have a 40 hour a week job,

if I didn't have to mow grass, wash clothes, do housework,

cook, grocery shopping,  entertain an 11 year old and aging parents

I just might get some quilting done.

 

I have been working on a few things,

finishing up some quilts that have been in

my hands way too long.

Pictures will follow, hopefully this week.

 

There is one picture I would like to share

 

 

My ICON or tattoo quilt won a ribbon at a small local quilt show.

 

 

 

I'm not asking how many quilts were in the class,

I'm going to hang my ribbon in my studio and be proud.

 

There were some beautiful quilts in the show.

There was a Log Cabin quilt I would have loved to have.

My phone was going dead so I couldn't take anymore picture, just glad

I could get one of my quilt.

Had to call my son and tell him his ICON quilt won a ribbon,

he was very proud of his mama and wondered if he was ever going to get his quilt.

 

I need to take vacation time to get caught up

on quilty things.

 

 

quilting along

 

Finished up remodeling my sons new shop.

Drywall hung, trim installed, everything painted, dusted and tidy.

Sounds pretty simple but took the two of us FOREVER.

Final inspections passed.

Equipment moved in, smiles on every face,

especially mine. 

 I get to quilt again.

 

This is what I've been working on

 

Working on finishing up a few commission quilts from last Christmas.

Yes, you read that right, last Christmas.

Life has not been simple this year, illness, injuries, work, deaths, remodeling, you name it,

 it's happened

 

Trying to get back into the swing of things.

 

 

Only had about an hour at night to work on it.

 

 

You may remember these memory quilts from Christmas.

 

I have 10 more memory quilts in line after these. 

 

Saturday I have a road trip...I have to deliver my HQ16 to it's new owner.

After that I think I can concentrate on quilting.

 

 

Warm & Natural batting, Glide thread (love this thread), panto in the center, can't recall the name right now, and custom in the borders.  I have one corner to finish and then to the next one.

 

Have a nice weekend.
Linking up with Sarah http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/ and
Amanda Jean at http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com

Son's quilt finished

I finished my son's quilt about a week ago.

I love how it finished and he did too.

He said it was too good to hang in his shop and he might take it to his apartment.

 

First let me show you, this is before filler

now after micro stippling

 

 See the difference?

 

My son has owned and operated a tattoo studio for the

past 21 years, a very classy place. His building was sold and he had to find and renovate

a new place.
 (Guess what I was doing last week on vacation, yep, drywall ,sanding, painting)
 I made this quilt for him to hang on a wall.  As I said before he loved it.

Didn't know his mama could make something like this.
Click on the pictures to see them larger.

 

Hard for me to get a picture of the whole quilt by myself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I know a lot of pictures. I took so many pictures I couldn't decide

how many to show and which ones.

 

 

I was inspired by Lisa at http://thatcrazyquiltgirl.blogspot.com

I didn't have a pattern, just looked at the one Lisa made.

Two layers of batting and Glide thread (love that thread).

I needed something modern for my son and I thought the quilting designs

looked like tribal tattoos.

 

 

 

If you have not figured it out yet, his shop is ICON Tattoo and Body Piercing

in Nashville, TN.  He and his guys put as much love and pride in their art as we do in ours.

I think the two arts are very similar, we both see our art lasting forever. 

Thanks for stopping by

 

 

Something special

Just a peek.

 

 

Something special for my son and his grand opening.

 

Hope he likes it.

 

 

We'll see.