Finished a few "Big" Quilts

As for the quilting “thing”…

I know it is not the best photo.   This time of year I struggle with my photos.
I am sorry in advance for the poor quality.

I have been crazy busy. I had the wonderful opportunity to quilt a Tonga Rhapsody Quilt for Sheila. What a “huge” quilt that was. I quilted it with lots of detail, and it had a ton of 1 inch finished blocks. I couldn’t believe how long it was taking. But the end result is “Beautiful” (I hope you agree). And for the best part… Sheila was happy with it. I am never sure when I go off the reservation (and do my own thing), how people see the quilting. I usually try to do what the quilt looks like it needs, and tone it down. I try to leave the quilt with texture, and compliment the quilt with tone on tone thread. The Tonga Rhapsody quilt is such a colorful quilt and it is a different layout than most samplers, I found myself wondering how I could change it up without being CRAZY or too EXPENSIVE. I try to quilt so people can afford my service, and I can actually finish them in a reasonable amount of time. 

Here are some of the pictures… See what you think.

I am just going to post a bunch of the individual block for you to see.

The best part about that quilt, My customer loved it.

Finishing this little quilt was quick and easy. Thank you, Lisa…

She had no control over when the baby was actually born…but, it’s just nice to actually have the binding on the quilt by the time the baby is born. Lisa made my job super easy, she opted for a quick pantograph. It may have taken longer to pin it on, than to finish the panto. But the quilt is still very cute.

I know it is just a panto, but it is still really cute!

V and Co: how to: faux pleated pillow

My version, it looks so cute. :)

A great tutorial pillow tutorial.  I highly recommend this one.  I picked up the Sew Stitchy jelly roll by Aneela Hoey. It is the perfect use as far as I can see.

My selections in progress! I Love them! :)

I am looking for a little input…

I am looking to move my blog? I want to know if I should move my blog from the blogspot url to “StarlitQuilts.com”.  I do very little with my main page on starlitquilts.com, and people tend to link through it to get to my blog easily, so…. I was thinking that moving my blog would be the ideal solution? I don’t think it would be a big change, but it would like to hear what experiences and or opinions might be out in cyber land? I could use some input on this. I am not sure if I want to move my followers or if they will follow me there?  If you have any input that would be so helpful.

And then we have the Breezy update… 

She has had the mammary glad cyst removed from her abdominal area, and had the stitches removed a couple days ago. She continues to improve and we are now watching the areas, (like I know what I am looking for) to make sure everything stays normal and no new lumps appear. I must say, this is very difficult, because if any of you, have had surgery the scar tissue is pretty difficult to accurately detect much through. The lumps that are there are “normal” and we need to watch them. Like I have a clue or a degree for this stuff. I just keep praying that I do the right thing.

And then I had some fun with the American Beauty quilt.

American Beauty in progress

American Beauty is looking so good! I hope you like it.

I am so happy with this block. Love it!

Julie has been waiting for this for a while. So if feels good to get some of the big quilts done.

I always enjoy quilting the “American Beauty” quilt, it is such a pretty quilt finished.  Julie let me use my absolute favorite batting “Quilters Dream Wool” and… yes it is washable.  The borders are done with flowing feathers and I finished them off with some piano keys (my favorite…also). Every time I quilt one, I realize…I really need to finish mine. Finally… here are some of the photos…. Let me know what you think, I would love to hear from you. I will have to post images tomorrow or something. I am waiting for some sun. The photos will be better if we are lucky enough to have some sun.

Wonderful Summer flower quilt

The cutest little girl quilt ever!

My customer made this quilt for her granddaughter and it is just one of the cutest quilts ever. :)

 This is a photo of the whole quilt. We were having some rain here in Bonney Lake, so I couldn't photograph the quilt outside, and I had to deliver the quilt. :(

 Here is a closeup of the feathered flowers, and the background swirl. I love the swirl in the background.

 Here are a couple photos that include the feather border. and the cute little pots that I just love.

 Another closeup with the background and the flower petals.

 I had so much fun with this quilt. I love the Lakehouse fabrics. The colors work so well with the theme of the quilt.

 Another closeup.

What a great quit. I need to make one, I really liked the way the final quilt looked. The quilt was lightly quilted, but what a great final product.

Thanks for looking and keep in touch. We are about to get the blog going full time and I am excited to get rolling and see if the internet likes my quilting as much as my customers do.

If you are interested in my quilting and are wanting to have me quilt for you, please checkout my website at www.starlitquilts.com email me, or call I will be happy to talk to you about your quilt.

thanks - star

BOM Madness!

So I have been so busy all month, I left all of my Blocks to the last minute! I had 3 of them due. 

• Memories of Provence
• "Fat Quarter Shop's" Mystery Block using the "Vintage Modern" fabric line by Moda
• and Redwork Revival, This is a quilt my friend and I are designing this with one of the LQS here in the Tacoma area. I still had to write the directions and get all the cutting instructions finished. 

Talk about falling behind! So below you will see all the cutting I had to get finished, before I could even get started sewing. I took 2 hours to cut them, and about 3 to get them all sewn together. What a time hole. :)

 Before

3 BOMs in pieces :) Before sewing

After

My finished Vintage Modern Block - 3 :) I love this quilt

Our finished Redwork Revival block - 7

One more month done, I hate this quilt. Way too much cutting an sewing, trimming and sewing...
besides, I am not crazy about the fabric.

And....This is what I had on the frame.

A couple photos of the quilt out in the sun. Wow, It looks good to me, I hope she is happy with it.

This is from a coworker, it took her almost a year to stitch, and then I had it in my lineup for almost 6 months.

 And then... The Garden Bliss class is coming soon!

 Lots of cutting and getting ready to teach the class. I have so many projects going I hope I can remember them all. This is the start of the quilt. Lots of cutting and getting ready to sew. This quilt is so easy to sew together. I make it harder by being such a stickler for pressing and pinning. It takes so much time to be a pressing fanatic, but it is so perfect when you are finished, I am happy to
oblige.  I just love a square quilt. I had posted some pictures of this quilt I posted earlier last month, the fabric was California Girl, by Fig Tree Quilts. I love the quilt in any fabric so far. (I want to get one finished with Christmas fabric and quilt it like Christmas balls.)

Okay, I have to get back to quilting, and I will try to step up the posts a little more regularly :)
thanks for checking in - star