Hello there, I hope you’re well! Sending love to you all. The past few months have been hard for so many, and I hope this brings a little joy into your life.

I’m sorry that many of these pictures aren’t the best, I do hope you can still see the quilting.

This first quilt I shared as I quilted it, on Instagram. Made by Sherry. This is a fun one!!! Pattern is by Sew Kind of Wonderful and is called Cool Cars. Sherry loved the quilting that Jenny from Sew Kind of Wonderful did, so that’s what I used for inspiration.

I used Edge rulers from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple, to quilt all the straight lines.

For this I wanted a variety of textures, because I was quilting so many lines. The diamonds are 2” wide, with a diamond in the center and a back & forth freehand line with curved ends in the background to make the diamonds pop. I then quilted a vertical 1/2” line in all the cars. A woven 1/4” line design in all the car windows. And, to finish it off the horizontal lines behind the cars with ribbon candy quilted in some of those rows.

I used a light cream thread from A&E, and Winline’s 8020 cotton poly blend batting.

Next, this fun leaf quilt was made by Terri. The quilt was a kit with the most beautiful fun fabrics, and is called Leafy by Elizabeth Hartman.

I used a darker cream 30 tex A&E Perma Core thread and Winline’s 8020 to quilt it. I also quilt on a Gammill 22” machine, with the Statler option. I used the Statler to quilt this quilt.

She wanted something quilted tightly or close together.

So, we went with Patricia Ritter and my Kindling design, which is available at Urban Elementz.

Which I think adds just the right amount of texture!!!

Next up, a quilt made by Monica from @sewnbylovey and it’s such a fun quilt!!

This pattern is from Moda and is called Compass. I couldn’t find a link to the pattern, sorry!!

I used a white thread and the batting that Monica provided…if I remember right.

We talked about different designs, and decided on Good Vibrations by Patricia Ritter from Urban Elementz.

Next, a quilt that Abby from @orangepeelsews made for a friends daughter who just graduated from our high school.

She did a mix of t-shirts and fabric, and it’s one of my favorite t-shirt quilts that I’ve quilted.

I used a white thread and Winline’s 8020 batting.

We decided on Patricia Ritter and my Tahitian Pearl design, which is available at Urban Elementz. It’s such a fun and versatile design.

Close ups…

Abby offers custom quilts through her Etsy shop sometimes. https://www.etsy.com/shop/orangepeel/

Next, this lovely quilt was made by Shelley! She said the pattern was an old one, that she couldn’t find. Sorry!!

This one is all about the texture, and I wish the pictures showed the fun fabrics she used better!

I did all the quilting freemotion.

I used an Edge ruler from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple to do all the borders. I quilted the lines 3/4” apart, and I love how this design just fills up the border so nicely.

I used a tan thread from Superior Threads, if I remember right, and an 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline.

Here is a close up on the block. I quilted ribbon candy in the spokes, also circles and a 1/2” square grid on point. All without stopping, which makes it sooo much faster. That also includes the pebbles in the background.

Speaking of pebbles…introducing River Rocks, Patricia Ritter and my newest quilting design. It’s available at Urban Elementz. It’s so fun for me to take one of my freehand designs, and make it into a quilting design.

Also, I’m not quite sure if I mentioned this newer design. It’s called Scottish Plaid Hexies and is also available at Urban Elementz.

Next, this amazing quilt that Sherry made! It’s called Vintage Housewife, and was a sew along that Lori Holt did. I wish I got better pictures of this one, so sorry!!

I quilted this quilt freemotion, freehand and with rulers.

I really just wanted a lot of different textures, and I love how it turned out! Pebbles, swirly feathers, arcs, loops, ribbon candy, overlapping circles, stippling, crackle, grassy texture, and so many different lines!!!

I love the apron the most!! For some videos of this quilt…check out this link to my Instagram. There are two more videos posted right before this one, but it didn’t give me a link for them. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_yRn5SHaYF/?igshid=m1vwygytcrq1

I used a cream thread and winline’s 8020 cotton poly blend batting.

I used my 3” Circle2 machine quilting circle ruler to quilt the orange peels. They are available in a set of 6 in my shop. - Circle2 Design Patent D875,574 -

To see the details better, click on the pictures. I used Linda from The Quilted Pineapple Edge rulers for all the straight lines.

This is such a fun quilt!!!

Next, a simple baby quilt made by Diane.

She asked for a square quilting design, and I thought my Double Squared©️ would be perfect. It’s available in my shop, at Urban Elementz, or in the Gammill Pattern Cloud.

When I set up a design to stitch out, it’s important for me to get the spacing between the rows to be the same as the spacing in the design.

I used a cream thread and Winline’s 8020 cotton poly blend batting.

Next, Kate made a couple of these table runners for her girls, using the Witches Night Out pattern by Its Sew Emma.

I used cream thread and Winline’s 8020 batting.

We decided on Haunted Web by Apricot Moon Designs, it’s available at Urban Elementz.

Kate also made the quilt!!

We used the same Haunted Web design for the quilting.

I used the same cream thread and 8020 batting from Winline.

Kate added a thin orange border, which is such a beautiful addition.

I love the texture on this quilt!!

Next, a quilt that Shelley made.

Strips cut and sewn at different thicknesses and then set on the bias, with sashing in between.

Shelley requested my Hopscotch©️ quilting design for the quilting. Such a fun texture!! It’s available in my shop, at Urban Elementz, or in the Gammill Store.

I used a white thread and Winline’s 8020 cotton poly blend batting.

Here are a few close ups!

Here is a look at the comfy minky backing!!

Next, another quilt made by Shelley. These circles are appliquéd on and stitched onto the square. She always chooses such fun fabrics for her circle quilts.

I used a darker cream thread and Winline’s 8020 cotton poly blend batting.

Shelley requested my On Point©️, which comes as a square on point. But I asked how she’d feel if I made it a diamond shape instead. She was all for it. On the Statler that I quilt with, there is an option in the size (height/width) box called “Maintain Aspect” it should be checked normally. So, when you change the height of a design, the width stays in the right proportion. If you uncheck that option, you can then slightly change the size or stretch the design. That what I did here to get the squares to be diamond shape. It’s a easy fix!! If you don’t use a Gammill, you may have a similar option on your machine.

Another note about this design, if you offset it at 50% you can stitch it out without any double stitching or lines quilted over other quilted lines. I share how I offset designs in this video, using my Gammill Statler in CS7. https://youtu.be/tncw2-nQUpY

This design is also available in the Pattern Cloud at Gammill and at Urban Elementz.

This is such a fun quilt, and I think the quilting is a perfect fit for it.

Here is the minky backing!

Next up, this amazing cuckoo clock quilt made by Sherry! The pattern is Cuckoo by Elizabeth Hartman.

This is such a incredible quilt!! Pictures definitely don’t do it justice.

I used Hexies by Patricia Ritter to quilt it. It was the perfect texture for these clocks. It’s available at Urban Elementz.

A couple of my favorite blocks.

I used a cream thread and Winline’s 8020 cotton poly batting.

Next is a quilt made by Loranne. She has her first grand baby on the way.

She fussy cut the fabrics and then I think she put a 2.5” strip around them. So cute!!!

We decided on Mod Dots from Patricia Ritter available at Urban Elementz, for the quilting. Because of a vertical seam in the backing, I pinned the quilt on sideways…otherwise it can throw off the spacing on when the machine is quilting, so that’s why the design is running vertically on the quilt.

I used a tan thread and Winline’s 8020 cotton poly blend batting.

Such a fun quilt, enjoy snuggling your new little one, Loranne!

Lastly, this beautiful quilt that Laura Lee made for her mother’s 90th birthday. Pattern is by Needles in a Hayes Stack. It was a block of the month from Missouri Star Quilt Co.

I used a cream thread everywhere except for the dark purple borders, I used purple on those. I used a king size 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline.

I did some computerized quilting on all the star blocks and snowball blocks, everything else I quilted free motion or freehand.

The block pictured above is called scf-196 Twirl Block v2 and the tulip design below is JK Fanciful Fluer block 6, which are both free designs that came on my Gammill Statler. I’m not sure the designers. This is all the information I could see.

I wanted to highlight the center section with a variety of textures in the borders. Lines and ribbon candy for the win!

More pictured below.

I used my 13” Circle2 machine quilting circle ruler to quilt the curves in the yellow border, which are available in my shop in a set of 6 rulers. You get 12 sizes of circles, ranging from 2”-13”. - Circle2 Design Patent D875,574 -

Then I quilted circles in the purple border and swirly feathers in the outside border.