I have an amazing longarm quilter, Meloney Funk, who is a friend in every sense of the word. She takes my quilts and quilts her magic. Her quilting enhances every single quilt top I send to her. I just received a baby quilt from her this past week and had to blog about it – HAD to!
Here is the quilting from the back of the quilt:
And here is what she quilted on the front:
Maybe when I grow up, I can learn to quilt like Meloney!
My 2015 block of the month quilt for BOMquilts.com has been designed and I have the fabric for it, sponsored by Abbi May’s Fabric Shop. All I’m lacking is the super-de-dupter Aurifil thread to reach me from Italy. I am excited about this new design and will have it made before the BOM even starts in January 2015. The fabric is from the Veracruz line and it is bright and bold – just perfect for this quilt project!
I merged some modern block designs with some tried-and-true classic block designs to create “Modern Framed Classics.” Here are a couple of photos of the blocks:
Block 3 of the “Modern Framed Classic” 2015 BOMquilts.com Block of the Month
Block 12 of the “Modern Framed Classic” 2015 BOMquilts.com Block of the Month
Stay tuned to both Quilt Therapy and BOMquilts.com to find it listed on our website!
My (third) foster mother from Iowa is visiting us for the week and always brings us joy. When she wintered with us last year, she had planted some lovely plants in flower pots to enjoy. Unfortunately, we were unable to keep up with the watering schedule for all but one plant — which was frozen and mostly died — but my husband put his green thumb on it and it’s thriving on our dining room table. That’s all that’s left of her beautiful flowers.
My daughters’ decided since we killed off all of her flowers, they needed to replace them. This absolutely beautiful mum plant was used to decorate the coronation set design from our daughters’ school’s homecoming last week. It is huge, with blossoms spilling out over the edge of the flower pot! It definitely reminds me of fall colors:
As with many things, I pulled some of the colors from the plant and this is what I came up with:
I can envision a beautiful quilt made from the fabric colors above. Can you?
When I design a quilt project, I have to see the fabrics and let them talk to me. There are variables that are necessary, that have to be taken into consideration…such as the target audience (beginning quilters vs. advanced quilters), the size of a quilt project, etc. I will usually go through my own personal block library to see if anything feels right for the fabric and if not, I will design what I feel will work the best.
In the latest request, the online quilt shop owner of LoveQuilting.com asked that I design a quick and simple table topper out of Christmas fabrics. She wanted it extremely beginner friendly, which meant no half square triangles or any triangles at all. No applique. No sew-n-slash. Plain and simple…allowing the fabrics to truly be the centerpiece of this table topper.
I believe I was successful – melding her fabrics and requirements with my own eye for color and design! Allow me to introduce:
“Christmas Love” Exclusively Designed for LoveQuilting.com
The fabrics in this table topper kit are SO rich! I think it would be ideal if you add a touch of evergreen scent to the table topper when it is finished, because that is exactly what this table topper embodies!
