Whirlwind week

Who knows where to start? 

Well... I had a great class at Parkland Parish on the 15th of September.
I just want to say thanks to all the ladies that were there. I want to offer any help if wanted or needed to finish those quilts, we can't quilt them if we don't finish them. ;)  Those of you that are still planning, drop me a line, I may have a good solution. Just email and I will see if I can help.

I offered up my Pineapple salsa recipe to anyone that leaves a comment on my blog, and I guess people are a little shy??

 load up the foodprocessor with onion, pineapple, red pepper, cilantro, and some line and Jalapeno. PULSE .... done.

Enjoy... and just look at my new feather doodle under that bowl of salsa? They both are much better in person.

I have so much more that I have been up to. Several quilts have been finished and the quilt show down in Portland. I will be posting some new photos from the show and some quilts I just finished. Check back in here is a quick peek at one of the quilts.

 Let me know what you think? 

I know... I think it is so...feathered. Just the way I love to quilt.

Thanks for checking in, I appreciate the time, and leave me a comment I would love to hear what you think about the quilting.

Star

starlitquilts.com

Second Demo

These are available on Youtube and we'd be happy to post specific examples if you have anything in mind so just let us know and we'll see what we can do for you.

First-Meander.MP4

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

Thimbleberries quilt

 Another Thimbleberries quilt is finished.

a good view while I have the quilt on the frame.

 It is a little different view... the feathers and swirls are a little easier to see in this view. My favorite part is the shell shape in the corners of the green dot fabric.

You can really see the wood grain I added, and if you look in the corner square you can see the feathered wreath.

In this shot you can "kind of" see the swirls in the blue.

Another closeup shot of the center medallion.

I have been busy

I call it Garden Bliss!
It is beautiful, I just love the fabric line California Girl by Fig Tree Quilts.









This is my new pattern. I am so lucky, I finished the design while I was sick, and I couldn't quilt on the longarm. But the minute I thought I stand and quilt, I couldn't get started soon enough. I knew exactly what I wanted to quilt on it. I think it is beautiful. But... I am a little bias.
My friend Lisa and I were talking and I didn't know what to call it, but I had an idea what I wanted to portray, she came up with the name and I couldn't be happier.
I should have the pattern finished and ready to sell in a couple weeks.
The quilt measures 56" x 72", it uses a layer cake and 2 yards of background fabric.
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