Hi – Happy Wednesday! I’m just popping in today to share a couple quilts I recently finished for Ashley and Janelle. These are two very different quilts, but both were fun to work on.
First up is Ashley’s cross stitch quilt.
Quilting these cross stich quilts is usually pretty easy. The blocks come pre-marked with stitching lines, and Ashley always wants her tops quilted right on those lines. So, no thinking about quilting designs for me! I just grab a ruler and quilt on the lines. I also ditch stitch between the columns and rows to keep everything nice and straight.
If you look closely you can see the premarked blue lines
When I first starting quilting these tops I stressed over staying exactly on the lines. However, once the quilts are washed the blue lines disappear and the stitching looks perfect. I call that a win!
Next up is Janelle’s quilt. Janelle made this for her daughter and I really like the colors she used. We decided to quilt an all over design, and landed on loopy flowers with swirls.
The quilting gives such great texture. It’s a fun design to quilt, and while it covers the top nicely it’s not too dense. The quilt still has a nice cuddly feel to it and will soften up even more once it’s washed and dried. Don’t you love quilts taken fresh from the dryer? Yum…..
If you are looking for a nice all over design that is forgiving and easy to quilt, give the loopy flowers a try. I think you’ll really like it!
That’s it for me today. Now I’m off to do more quilting!
Have a great day!
Your loopy flowers really makes this quilt extra special!
Hi Beth! Thank you so much for the closeup shots of your quilting! Since I’m really trying to learn new quilting patterns, it helps me a lot to be able to follow your stitch path. Sometimes I look at a pattern and go how the heck?!! Both pieces you shared look fabulous, and yes – I love taking a quilt out of the drier. Ummm. ~smile~ Roseanne
Very different types of quilting, but both look great. I really like that loopy flower pattern. Happy stitching this weekend.
Love the work you did on both of these! I’ve got to just jump right in and give those loopy swirly flowers a try.
Quilts fresh from the dryer is the absolute best. I try to let me husband be the first to cuddle them because he appreciates that point so much. 🙂
Pretty quilts! I think I can almost actually do that loopy flower, having practiced it just a bit. However, I get a little frozen when it comes to trying it on an actual quilt. I need to just try it sometime and see how I do!
They both look great, Beth! What fun to have satisfied, repeat customers!