Doll's Quilt

Loaded a small Twister quilt that I made to test out the Twister pattern that I thought would make a good doll's quilt for the granddaughter. 

Used the Urban Elementz pantograph Animal Crackers with a lime green Metro thread on the front and white Fil-Tec thread on the back.

With using a piece of flannel for a thin batting I was not sure that I would be able to balance the stitches but didn't even have to make any adjustments and it stitched perfectly!!!  I love, love, love my AQPS Millennium machine.

No lime green peaking through on the back.

No white peaking through on the front.  It just doesn't get any better than this!

Pantograph

Loaded a new quilt top and thought I would try a pantograph on this one.

Using Quilters Dream Select Poly, maroon Metro poly thread and Urban Elementz pantograph Alfresco, which is a cute little daisy like flower with a leaf.

Here is another amusing picture of one of my dogs.  She is sound a sleep, 20 toes up!!  I have to give her credit, she can make you laugh!

Twirls

Here is the latest quilt top.  I'm calling it Twirls.  When I made this quilt top I had the idea of fun, kid fabric with the thought of giving it to my granddaughter.

I think it is a bright, fun looking quilt top.  Quilting it using the Cosmos pattern with Quilters Dream Deluxe Poly.

I am using Linda Taylors Spearmint thread which glows in the dark!!  Check it out.  Now how cool is that!!

Latest

Finally finished binding the first two experiment quilts.  Finished the quilting on my "Cog" quilt.  I thought that it came out quite nice.

The back shows the texture quite nicely.

The latest top that I am quilting is a king size, 110 x 110.  This one will be getting used as soon as it gets done.  I told my husband that I was going to make a quilt big enough that even I couldn't hog it all!

Using the Cosmos pattern with a cream thread and the medium weight cotton Quilters Dream batting.  I am quite pleased with how it is looking.  

And just for amusement here is a picture of my Newfoundland and my Chihuahua mix.  I'm not sure how the little one wedged herself behind the Newfoundland but they are the bestest of buds and sleep together quite frequently.

Spicy Table Runner

Took the day off Saturday and took a class that the Forget-Me-Knot Quilters Guild sponsored for the Spicy Table Runner.  What a fun class and it was great to get out and do a little fabric therapy. 

 

I think the table runner turned out quite nice.  Will be making a few more of these and will be using the 9 degree ruler and trying a few other new patterns.

Quilt Two

Well just had my birthday.  What a bummer!  I think Einstein should have postulated about how time goes by faster as you get older because it sure seems to be happening!  Got the big grocery shopping trip in Fairbanks taken care of.  Hopefully won't have to do another big shopping trip until spring.  Driving 100 miles with snow and ice on the road in the pitch black isn't much fun.

Finished my second quilt on the longarm.  Used the Circle Lord Swirls board for this one.  Once again it started out jerky, not very smooth and I kept missing the fillers for the circles.

 

But practice makes perfect.  By the end, it was looking much smoother and I was not missing the fillers.

 



Another quilt that isn't pretty but it will still be warm and it will get used.

The First

Well have had my new longarm assembled for about a month and haven't really done any stitching on it.  Have been trying to get ready for winter, mowing the yard, trimming out the sucker trees, things that need to be done before the snow flies.  Have been looking at the pile of quilts that I have hoarded up for longarm practice.

They were beckoning to me, so loaded a lap quilt called Hugs and Kisses, put the Cosmos Circle Lord long board on and away we went.  Started out looking pretty jerky and forced.  Not only am I learning a new machine but also having to learn the Circle Lord but by the end it was looking pretty good.  Not too bad for the very first longarmed quilt.

 

 



Will make a good throw around, don't care if the dogs get it dirty quilt, because no matter how ugly a quilt is it still sleeps good!

 

I think this is going to be a fun winter!!!!