Mary Ann’s t-shirt quilt!
Mary Ann made this for her daughter for Christmas. I think this is one of my most favorite t-shirt quilts. The reason being, the light grey sashing. It frames the shirts nicely, without competing with the colors in the shirts.
I made a t-shirt quilt in the spring for a client, and if your interested in some tips, read this post: https://www.quiltingit.com/blog/2018/3/26/t-shirt-quilt-a-first-for-me?rq=T-shirt
I used white Perma Core A&E 30 tex thread, and my favorite Winline 8020 cotton/poly blend batting.
When Mary Ann was showing me the quilt, I knew exactly the design I wanted to quilt on it. My Beaded Clam Take 2. Mary Ann’s daughter played tennis, and I told her the design reminds me of a tennis ball bouncing. So, it’s a hint of tennis without being so literal. I think it looks awesome quilted on this quilt. Beaded Clam Take 2 is available in my shop. The original Beaded Clam design needs to be offset every other row, Beaded Clam Take 2 doesn’t. It’s available in my shop, in several different digital formats. Go to: https://www.quiltingit.com/shop/beaded-clam-take-2
See that tennis ball bouncing???
Mary Ann did pretty great for this only being her second quilt.
Loving all this beautiful texture!
Hope that you’re having a great holiday season!!!
-Leisha
Cindy’s Raincheck quilt~! Including 28 different background quilting designs...
This beautiful quilt was made by Cindy, and she requested custom designs throughout. She sent me some pictures from Camille Roskelley’s blog, when she posted about this quilt back when she realeased the pattern in 2013. Pattern is called Raincheck, by Camille or you can find it on her Thimble Blossoms website. Fabrics are from her and her moms April Showers line.
I noticed a variety of designs on Camille’s quilt, so I just went to town and did a variety of different free motion designs in the backgrounds of each umbrella block. This quilt has 49 blocks in it. I did do 49 designs, but I was able to do 28 different background designs. Some are similar, especially when it comes to lines, but they are still different in some way. So, I’m going to share oodles of pictures in this post, and hopefully I can show all 28.
I used 2 rulers to quilt this quilt. I used Linda’s from thequiltedpineapple.com 16” Edge ruler for all the lines. If you’ve heard me talk about or read about her rulers, I love them. The lines on her rulers are an excellent guide, which means I don’t have to mark anything. I also used one of my Circle2™ rulers, the 2”/8” circle, to quilt all the arcs in the solid umbrellas. The umbrellas with stripes, got a variety of different designs in the middle stripe.
This is my 2”/8” circle ruler from my Circle2™ set, that I used for the arcs in the solid umbrellas. They are available in a set of 6 rulers, ranging from 2” to 13” circles. Go to: https://www.quiltingit.com/shop/?category=Rulers
Before I start numbering off all the designs, I used an Omni Superior Thread, color Pearl White. Cindy sent a Kyoto Bamboo batting.
Designs...I’ll write the description for the designs, below each picture.
1- 1/2” vertical lines
2- a rippled echo
3- 1” left diagonal lines
4- little tiny close together loops
5- swirls
6- swirly feathers
7- random petals or feathers
8- wavy horizontal lines
9- arcs
10- square swirls
11- wonky swirls
12- scallops
13- 1/2” left diagonal lines
14- pebbles with circles inside some
The other two were mentioned in the previous picture.
15- 1” vertical lines
16- crackle
17- flowers with feathers and swirls
18- 1/2” diagonal diamonds (created by quilting 1/2” vertical lines and 1/2” diagonal lines)
19- stipple
20- pinstripes (1/4” pinstripes with 1/2” spacing between each line)
21- echoed pebbles (by going around the pebbles a few times, the thread makes the pebble pop and be more defined). I love this!
22- horizontal 1/2” lines
23- a meandering leaf
24- overlaid swirls
25- swirly wind
26- grassy texture
27- 3/4” squares
28- vertical up and down design that kind of echos...I don’t know how to describe this one, zoom in to the bottom right umbrella with the aqua background and you can see the quilting better.
Yay!! I’m glad I had pictures of each of the designs. Because of fabrics are busy on some blocks, you can’t see the quilting very good. Just zoom in using your two fingers on your phone.
So, the first four rows have all different backgrounds. With the last three rows, I repeated the same designs from the first three rows. So row 5 got the same background designs, that row 1 has, I just mixed up the order to make it more random. Row 6 got the same as row 2, and row 7 got the same as row 3. Doing this made the backgrounds cohesive and travel throughout the quilt, without it having to be in the same spot on the rows where I repeated it. Now...you may be thinking awesome, there are a lot of different designs I can use or you may be thinking, they aren’t really different enough to count as 28 different designs. They are still different, even if it’s just a difference in measurement, and they create a different texture. So, one thing to keep in mind when doing so many different background designs, you need to keep it cohesive or it looks over done like nothing is flowing or harmonious. The variety of line designs are great, because they add variety and yet are similar enough to still work together. The freehand all over designs are also important to keep cohesive, and I do this by pulling inspiration from the fabrics and quilt pattern, or the overall theme of the quilt. That’s why I feel that these 28 designs work so well together.
Now I want to show you a close up on some of my favorites. Pictured above and below are two completely different line designs, that I use quite a bit in small doses. For instance, I use them in all sorts of appliqué shapes. They are great on rooftops or bands on a hat, or even texture on the clothing of a character. Santa, witches, elves, ...you name it. I like textures like these in those random oddly shaped appliqué pieces. Lines of any kind are awesome appliqué filler. These two just dress it up a notch. I did both of them using Linda’s Edge rulers. Which I can’t give enough praises!! If you don’t have great straight rulers, check hers out at thequiltedpineapple.com
I talked about these pebbles a little in the description of design number 21, they really really make the batting pop and this is a thinner batting. I love the texture it creates. I love clean quilting, that’s my personal style, but sometimes the denser quilting is oh so good!!!
I love a good swirly wind, which is fun going in all different directions.
I tried to created ripple in the block, pictured below, and I think it turned out great with that polka dot background. I noticed some designs were just going to be too busy looking on some of the busy fabrics, that’s also why I did a variety of different lines designs.
I should just call the background below bubbles...that what it reminds me of with the circles inside the circles. It’s great, because it adds interest to the freehand pebble filler. I also love to add swirls inside some of the circles sometimes. It adds variety and helps in the overall randomness of the design. It’s important to distribute the filler inside the pebbles so it helps the eye travel and not just focus on one spot.
Below is one of my very favorites!! I love the randomness of the feathers or petals going in a bunch of different directions. It’s such a fun design to freehand.
You should get an award, if you read through this whole post. And, I know 21 pictures is a ton, but it’s much easier to see what I’m talking about, if you have a visual to look at. Thank you!!
I hope this post is a great reference for the variety of different designs and textures you can create in the custom quilting that you do. You may have a whole slew of other designs that you do...I’d love to hear about them in the comments below, and if you have a post including some background fillers, please include a link. I’d love to check it out. Thanks again for coming to my little place in the quilting world
Happy Quilting!!
-Leisha
Sherry’s “Kimberbell” pillows and runners...
All of these lovely patterns are by Kimberbell Designs, and she’s made them even available for those who machine embroidery. Sherry made all of these beautiful pillow fronts and runners, she actually made multiple of each...one for her, her daughter, and mother. That’s why you’ll see multiples.
Speaking of multiples...there is also one more. I used Linda from thequiltedpineapple.com Edge rulersto quilt the 1/2” Diagonal lines along the two side vertical borders. The lines on the rulers make it easy to quilt the lines with no marking.
I love the texture that the grassy freehand design, gives behind the leaf wreath. The swirly feather design along the herringbone borders, is such a fun freehand design to quilt. It’s perfect for borders, and adds a modern traditional touch.
Let’s talk about backgrounds!! When it comes to quilting behind appliquéd words, it isn’t always easy to know what to do. Stippling can be great...but there’s soooo much more that you could do. The crackle above or the 1” squares below, help the letters shine, giving the background texture and help them be the focal point.
The combination of textures is just enough to give these pillow fronts more personality.
I used a cream and tan Perma Core 30 tex A&E thread, and 8020 cotton poly blend batting.
A little swirl, feather, and curly cues...are my favorite thing to quilt inside every pumpkin.
Those bugs in those vinyl jars, are every little boys dream. I quilted a crackle around the jars...which I do freehand, no need for a ruler, unless you do them jumbo sized. Who would be interested in a tutorial on how to freehand the crackle??? Comment below.
I used a white 30 tex A&E Perma Core thread, and my favorite winline 8020 cotton poly blend batting.
I was trying to figure out what to do in the borders, and it hit me...webs coming from all different directions. It was such a fun way to quilt a border...try it sometime. I used the 8” Edge ruler from Linda at thequiltedpineapple.com to quilt the webs.
Gobble gobble!! I can believe it’s almost thanksgiving again, this year has flown by.
I used a soft cream 30 tex A&E Perma Core thread, I think it was Dyed Natural. More winline batting was used. You’ll see that extra piece of batting hanging off. I cut the batting to the length of the biggest table runner, and then laid out the batting, placing each item on the batting to use it up in the best way. It worked beautifully. I just trimmed around the runner or pillow front, so I could quilt everything separate and save on batting.
There is more of the swirly feather and grassy designs, with some added feathers in the turkey feathers, and ribbon candy in the black strip.
Close ups!
This swirly feather design is random, yet similar bey repeating the design out in different shapes, or sizes, or direction. Who would be interested in me doing a swirly feather video tutorial??? Comment below.
This is the biggest runner...like the last one, she just added borders. Everything was quilted the same as the previous runner, I just added leafs in the outside border.
Feathers like these are easy. I start on one side of the turkey feathers, and quilt feathers...traveling up towards the tops of the turkey feather, and then feathering back down towards the body. Then I move up towards the next feather, along the body of the turkey. It works great. No need to stop and cut the thread.
I used a tan/golden and cream thread to quilt this. 30 Tex from A&E.
Here is a close up on my leafs in the outside border. It’s fun to quilt something new.
Thank you for stopping by!
- Leisha
“Around the Pumpkin Patch”
This lovely runner is another one of Laser Cut Quilts beautiful patterns, it’s called Around the Pumpkin Patch and is available on their website. https://lasercutquilts.com/shop
I used an 8020 cotton poly blend batting and two different threads, a green and cream from Perma Core.
I also used at least three of my Circle2™ machine quilting rulers, to quilt all these fabulous curves.
Here is a look of the full set of my Circle2™ rulers, stacked and ready for you to use in your quilting. They come in clear or green acrylic. Go to my shop and check them out... https://www.quiltingit.com/shop/?category=Rulers
I’m not sure which ruler I used where...this was several quilts ago. I know I used the 13”/7” ruler for the quilting in the triangle ends to the runner. I know I also used the 2”/8” and the 3”/9” rulers for some of the smaller orange peel curves...but I can’t quite remember which circles I used on the larger curves. Which is a great reason to get a set. You never know which curve or circle is going to fit the best!!
I love the mix of the small and medium sized orange peels.
A double crossed orange peel for these corner blocks is just something a little unique...it’s fun to see what a little curve can create. I used one of my rulers...I can’t remember if it was the 7”, 8”, or 9”.
I wanted to dress up the edge triangles with a little cross hatched curve, and then I decided to fill the curves with a swirly feather.
Keep coming back for more Laser Cut Quilts designs...there are lots of fun ones, still coming. https://lasercutquilts.com/shop
happy quilting!!
-Leisha
Joleen’s “North Country Advent” quilt!
Joleen made this beautiful Christmas countdown wall hanging. The tree itself is made from wool, as well as the nativity. The background is a Moda Mochi linen. There will be 25 ornaments, also made from wool, to hang on the tree. (Picture of tree with the ornaments, below) Joleen added the nativity to the base of the tree.
The pattern is by Debbie Liechty, she is a member of the quilt guild that Joleen goes to. The name of the pattern is North Country Advent and can be purchased directly from Debbie. Contact her at debbieliechty@gmail.com to purchase the pattern.
Here is a picture of Debbie’s quilt, with all her beautiful ornaments!! Each made from wool. Isn’t that so cute!!! I love the dimension all ornaments add. Picture credit: Debbie Liechty.
I love adding texture to every quilt I quilt, and I was excited when Joleen wanted quilting in the tree. We decided on wood grain. I think it makes the tree pop! Swirls and pebbles are also an excellent background for anything winter. Plus they are fun to quilt. I decided to do lines in the star, so it can stand out. I used one of Linda from thequiltedpineapple.com Edge rulers to quilt the lines.
Joleen brought a 8020 batting, and had me use two layers, which is great if you want it to be a little more stiff. That’s what she was hoping for. It also enhanced the quilting. I used the Oxford Perma Core 30 tex thread from A&E for the background and Antique Cream for the everything on the tree, also 30 tex by A&E.
I can believe Christmas is around the corner! Hope that you have a fun holiday project or two in the works. I have one I want to start soon.
Happy quilting!
- Leisha
Jen’s 100 Good Wishes quilt!!
What is a 100 Good Wishes quilt? After searching, this is what I came across. “A custom that originated in China, the “100 Wishes Quilt” or Bai Jia Bei, was originally created by having friends each contribute a quilt square as a show of love for the new child.”
Jen and her husband adopted their daughter from China in 2012, and she has a special birthday coming up...8! She wanted to have this quilt quilted and ready to give to her in November when she gets baptized.
Each of these fabric squares were sent to Jen to add to this quilt from family and friends.
It reminds me of a postage stamp quilt I made years ago. One of them even came with a cute button sewn in the middle. I did remove it to quilt the quilt, and sewed it back on afterwards.
Some of the squares even have sweet hand drawn pictures.
I decided to quilt Soho on it by Sarah Ann Myers and it’s available at https://www.urbanelementz.com/soho.html
I also used a white 30 Tex A&E Perma Core thread, and 8020 cotton/poly blend batting.
Look at that minky and quilting!!! This is why I love quilting minky that is solid. The quilting texture is always amazing when the minky is solid.
I hope Jen’s daughter feels extra loved by her 100 Good Wishes!
- Leisha
Kristen’s Ellie the Elephant quilt!
Kristen made this super sweet Ellie the Elephant quilt, pattern by Ten Sisters, for her first grand baby. The entire center is made of 1” squares, using a method that Ten Sisters teach. Their method insures that you’re going to get seams matching up and square.
I used a Perma Core cream thread, Antique Cream from A&E 30 Tex. I also used 8020 cotton/poly blend batting.
A close up on cute Ellie the Elephant!!!
I freehand quilted the swirls, and used my favorite Edge rulers from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple to quilt all the straight lines. I did a crosshatch in Ellie’s ear, which I love next to those swirls. I like the texture from mixing hard and soft lines. Then I quilted 1” squares offset from the pieced squares. Which helps make Ellie stand out more.
I love the low volume background!
Let’s talk about borders...the ribbon candy design in the purple inner border goes well with the other curves I quilted, and it’s my favorite way to add a little something extra to your borders or sashing. For the outside scrappy pink border, I used one of my new rulers...that I designed, which I’m hoping to release soon...to quilt the orange peel petals that alternate around the quilt. I love where the corners meet up, making 3/4ths of a orange peel circle. I think it frames the quilt nicely. I wanted to keep this more of a light custom quilt, because there is minky on the back, and too much quilting on a quilt with minky batting...just makes the quilt top stiff.
The sweet baby who gets to be cuddled up in this quilt is lucky!!
happy quilting!! - leisha
Barbara’s picture quilt!
Barbara made this quilt and another one...here ready to be quilted...for her granddaughters. This one is awesome!! I mean, look at that awesome minky backing...(you may need to go to my blog, if you get these posts through emails, to see the post header picture that has the minky backing.)
Her granddaughter plays soccer for the local high school, and so I wanted the quilting to go along with the theme of the quilt...without being too cheesy. I thought Mod Dotz by Patricia Ritter at Urban Elementz would be a great fit. I did it at a larger scale, because of the minky backing texture. I don’t love tight quilting on minky quilts, either...it takes away from the softness of the minky. Go here to get the Mod Dotz design: https://www.urbanelementz.com/mod-dotz.html
I used a white 30 Tex Perma Core A&E thread and Winline 8020 cotton/poly blend batting.
I quilted this using my Statler (computer/software for the Gammill longarm machines) and so I trimmed around the pictures so that the quilting wouldn’t quilt the pictures...then I used my favorite Edge rulers from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple to quilt in the ditch around the pictures.
Look at that minky texture + the quilting!!! Love it!
thanks for stopping by! - Leisha
For those of you interested, this is what Barbara used to print the pictures onto the fabric. She buys them at JoAnn’s.
Sherry’s Butterfly Garden quilt~!
I love love this quilt!! The navy solid background fabric makes all those vibrant colors pop. This pattern is called Butterfly Garden by Lori Holt and is in her Quilty Fun book.
Such a fun happy quilt!!
I love the variety of fabrics, it’s quilts like these that are perfect scrap bin quilts.
Some close ups of the butterflies and the quilting. I chose to quilt my new “Foil©️” design on this quilt, and I love how it turned out. It’s available in several different digital formats on my website: https://www.quiltingit.com/shop/foil When I saw this quilt for the first time, I knew this is what I wanted to quilt on it. I think it fits well with the modern butterflies and flowers.
My Foil©️ design, pictured below.
I used a white 30 Tex A&E Perma Core thread and my favorite Winline 8020 cotton/poly blend batting. When it comes to using different colored threads on contrasting fabrics...especially when doing edge to edge quilting...I prefer lighter/neutral thread on darker fabrics, than darker thread on lighter fabrics. I think the lighter thread blends in pretty well, and doesn’t stand out or take away from the quilt pattern and fabrics used. Custom quilting is completely different. Matching thread colors to quilts is key.
Here is Foil©️ with the flowers. Love these sweet flowers!!
Thank you for coming by!!! Happy sewing!
- Leisha
Karen’s beautiful Log Cabin Home quilt
Isn’t this quilt absolutely amazing?!?!?!!! Karen always does a beautiful job on her quilts.
I love the pops of rust added throughout this quilt. The pattern that Karen used is by Miss Rosie’s Farmhouse, it’s called Cracked Pots.
I used Patricia Ritter and my Ginger©️ pantograph design to quilt this quilt, it’s available in paper and digital formats at https://www.urbanelementz.com/ginger.html
I love that the quilting is dancing across the quilt. Look at all of these cute houses.
I used Dyed Natural 30 tex Perma Core A&E thread, and Winline’s 8020 cotton poly blend batting.
There is nothing like quilty texture on minky.
thank you for stopping by!! Have a great week!
- leisha
Beth’s sweet quilt!
I love the soft colors of this beautiful quilt. AND, I love that I got to quilt out one of my brand NEW designs! Beaded Clam©️!!
Beth did an absolutely beautiful job making this quilt. She fussy cut the hexie fabric for the sashing, and was right on with every point.
The quilt pattern and fabric are by 3 Sisters and is the Victoria quilt...and it was one of Moda’s box kits.
I used Antique Cream 30 Tex Perma Core A&E thread, and Beth brought a 8020 cotton poly batting. I think it was a Hobbs batt.
I sent a link to all of my new designs, on my website, to Beth and let her pick a design. Beaded Clam was one of her choices, and I thought it would be a perfect match. I couldn’t LOVE it more!! Thank you, Beth, for being the first to let me quilt out one of my very own designs on a quilt.
This is one of the options for this design, and the one I quilted on her quilt. Here is a link to my shop to see all my designs: https://www.quiltingit.com/shop
I love love love the texture this design creates. You may notice spots on the minky back, where the circles have a bump or notch in them...that is totally the minky pile. If you turn the quilt over and look at the quilting on the front of the quilt, it is a perfectly quilted circle. This design quilts out beautifully!
I love the front and back texture shown below. My job is so fun!!!!
Thank you for coming by! Happy quilting!
- Leisha
Loranne’s Quilt!
Loranne made this amazing quilt, after creating the pattern herself. I love that it showcases the yellow peacock fabric, and the colors are amazing. Sorry the pictures aren’t the best.
This quilt has some amazing borders. So fun to quilt all of this free motion/free hand. I used a couple of different Edge rulers from Linda at TheQuiltedPineapple.com to quilt all the lines, and a ruler of my own to quilt the curves. I hope to debut them all to you super soon. So excited!!
All this texture is just awesome, and enhances the design of the quilt.
I didn’t want to distract from the yellow framed peacocks, so I quilted some 1” squares in some of them and some Diagonal diamonds in the others.
My new ruler created these awesome curves...
And also the curves in the aqua sashing.
I used 4 different colors of A&E thread. Yellow, cream, red, and aqua. Which match perfectly. I used my favorite 8020 cotton poly Winline batting.
I love pictures of backing...i love it when the light can pick up all the designs.
Thanks for stopping by!!
Happy Quilting! - leisha
Marla’s amazing Steam Punk quilt!
It’s always a treat to custom quilt, quilts like this one. Marla made this amazing Steam Punk quilt, pattern by Jen Kingwell.
I love the pops of color with the scrappy low volume background, and the black sashing...such a striking combination.
Marla requested a custom quilting design. When I can, I draw out the shape of the block on grid paper, and then sketch one or two options. This was my favorite of the two, that I sent to Marla. It translated so well from a drawing to quilting.
I used a 30 tex Perma Core thread from A&E called Antique Cream. I also used my favorite Winline 8020 cotton/poly blend batting.
I also wanted to keep the sashing simple, because it was an 1” wide, and I wanted it to frame the quilt nicely. I couldn’t be more pleased with it. I love the four pointed star in the intersecting corners. On the back side of the quilt it looks amazing. (See pictures below)
In the past, I haven’t loved quilting the on point triangle blocks that fill in the edges on a quilt that is designed on point...that is until I started doing ruler work and adding some interest to an otherwise plain part of the quilt. This is a new take to a curve design that I’ve done several times. 1” lines crisscrossing to create a 4” grid. Which actually mimics the four 1/2” grid in the center on each block. I love tying the same design in different ways, on the same quilt. It creates cohesion in the quilting design.
I always love a good angled picture of a quilt to show all that texture.
This is the block that I quilted in the video below.
The purpose of this video, is to show the process of quilting a block custom as continuously as possible, and how I went about it. I love watching the ruler twist about as I quilt. That is what works for me. I twist it like that so I can use the lines on the ruler and not have to make a single mark on the quilt. I love The Edge rulers from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple!! I’m using her 16” Edge here. To check out her awesome rulers go to: https://thequiltedpineapple.bigcartel.com/
Hope that helps to see how I go about custom quilting this block. One of the reasons I don’t quilt over a previously quilted line or go into the ditch and make my way to the last background that I couldn’t quilt continuously, is because my personal quilting style is to keep my quilting as clean as possible. Excess quilting detracts from the overall design I want the quilting to have on a quilt. I would much rather stop and start one extra time.
The overall design is pretty great, if you ask me. It shows great on the back as well...
It’s always fun for me to see how the custom quilting in the blocks and sashing on the quilt top, turn out on the backing. This one didn’t disappoint. I love the echoed 4 pointed star in the sashing, I didn’t see the outside layer until I looked at the back, after it was all quilted.
Here is a view of the on point triangle edge block, from the back.
Thank you for coming by!! Please let me know if you have any questions.
- Leisha
Sherry’s “Awesome Ocean” quilt!
The name of this quilt pattern, Awesome Ocean which is by Elizabeth Hartman, is very fitting!! I wish you all could see this in person. The combination of blocks, fabrics (which I think are Elizabeth’s as well), and layout is just amazing. Sherry did a beautiful job making it.
I used Antique Cream 30 Tex Perma Core A&E thread and Winline’s 8020 cotton/poly blend batting.
I also love the color layout!!
How cute is that fish, octopus, whale, and otter...and the sea horse!?!
I used Patricia Ritter’s “Circle Play” to quilt it. It’s available at urbanelementz.com
Hope you all have a great week!! Happy Sewing.
-Leisha
Sherry’s table runners...
Sherry dropped off these lovely table runners for me to quilt, and they are from the Tablerunner Bliss book by Sherri Falls.
I decided to do edge to edge (computerized) quilting on each of them, and try out a couple of designs I haven’t quilted before...and I also used a couple of favorites that are from https://www.urbanelementz.com/?acc=12
For the first quilting design I used “Hatch Border 2”, which came on my Gammill Statler machine. I love how it turned out on this particular runner.
I used a light cream Antique Cream 30 Tex Perma Core thread from A&E and my favorite 8020 cotton poly blend Winline batting. I’m not sure which line of fabric this is from.
I love this block!! And who else loves 1” squares, I certainly do. Reminds me of my Modern Building Blocks quilt, that I quilted 1” squares on...they werent on point like these are.
A close up is always great, too!
I thought for this cute table runner, I would use Patricia Ritter and my “Marmalade”©️ pantograph design, which is available at https://www.urbanelementz.com/marmalade.html
I love the fabrics that Sherry used for this one, some of them are by Corey Yoder. This runner is also the one on the front of the book.
I used a white Perma Core 30 Tex A&E thread, and Winline’s 8020 cotton poly blend batting.
I love the x fabric in this block, I’m thinking this is a Cotton and Steel fabric. Quilting out Marmalade©️, never gets old.
Quilting adds so much personality to any project.
For this runner I thought edge to edge circles would be fun!! I used a design called Circles, that came on my Gammill Statler machine. It isn’t a continuous design, it only quilts out 10 circles at a time, so I wouldn’t quilt this particular design on a quilt because it would take forever. It looks so cute on this little runner. There are 520 circles quilted on this...which does include the ones that quilted on the batting to make sure all the edges were quilted.
If you zoom in, you can see all the polka dots in the background...it’s all about dots for this runner.
How cute it this flower?!?!?!!! The fabrics in this particular runner are by Bonnie and Camille by Moda.
I love that the Statler can stitch out all these lovely circles.
This bright happy table runner has some daisy flowers in the fabrics, so I thought that Flower Child by Apricot Moon Designs would be a great design to quilt it on. It’s available at https://www.urbanelementz.com/?acc=12 then search for Flower Child.
That yellow gingham border is so cute!!! I’m not sure what line of fabric this one is either.
I used a white 30 Tex Perma Core thread and an 8020 cotton poly blend batting.
Thank you for coming by!! Have a great weekend!!
- Leisha
Kate’s “Chic Picnic” table topper
Kate took a class on this pattern “Chic Picnic” by the amazing Sew Kind of Wonderful sisters, and decided to make a table topper. It’s beautiful!!
Kate requested some custom quilting. I started by quilting out the background centers, and it was so fun to create a specific design just for that space. I used the Side Kick longarm rulers that go with the same curve as the Quick Curve Ruler, both created by the same amazing Sew Kind of Wonderful sisters. For all the info on their patterns and rulers, go to: https://sewkindofwonderful.com/ I also used a 8” circle ruler for the curves in the outside border, and a 3” circle ruler for the petal design in the four corners.
so...I used their Side Kick longarm ruler, and a 6” circle to quilt those lovely curves and straight lines in the background. If you look in the image above, I did the same design in the corners and half blocks along the edges.
I used a 3” circle ruler to quilt the simple 4 petal design in the square blocks that join each of the orange peel curves. I also used bamboo batting from Winline and an Antique Cream 30 tex Perma Core A&E thread to quilt it.
For the orange peel part of the block design, I wanted to take a oval cross hatching design that I’ve done in the past and make it straight. Only having slight curves on the outside and inside. I used the Side Kick ruler and an 8” edge ruler from Linda at the Quilted Pineapple. I used a 3” circle ruler for the center petals.
I’m thrilled with how everything looks all quilted together. It’s amazing what a little thread and some rulers can create. I love what I do!!
happy quilting!!
- Leisha
Sherry’s “Preppy the Whale” quilt
Sherry made this oh sooo cute whale quilt for a future grand baby. The pattern is from Elizabeth Hartman and is called Preppy the Whale, can be found here: https://ohfransson.bigcartel.com/product/preppy-the-whale-pdf-quilt-pattern
I was playing around with an option on my Statler Gammill machine, where I can alternate every other row...so I took Patricia Ritter’s Good Vibrations #1, design which is available at (https://www.urbanelementz.com/?acc=12) and used the alternating every other row option, and this design was created. I love how the simple click of a button and you have something completely different. I took a short video with my iPhone to show which option I used to alternate the rows, unfortunately I can’t figure out how to upload it here...I will post it on my Instagram @leishakaye with a picture of the quilt.
Here is a look at the design after I alternated every other row....
Here is the minky backing of the previous quilt that I quilted, using the Good Vibrations #1 design as it was designed to be. A little flip flop on every other row...kind of cool. Excited to try this awesome feature on more designs.
Aren’t those whales so cute?!?!?!!
I used my favorite 30 Tex poly wrapped poly white Perma Core thread from A&E and 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline.
I love how a simple quilting design can create so much amazing texture.
Thanks for stopping by!! Happy sewing!
- Leisha
Beth’s Patchwork Sky quilt
Beth made this stunning Patchwork Sky quilt for her son and soon to be daughter in-law. I absolutely love the navy’s and pinks, with a touch of rose gold metallics in the fabrics. The pattern is Patchwork Sky by Camille from Thimble Blossoms... here is the link to this pattern: http://thimbleblossoms.bigcartel.com/product/patchwork-sky-pdf-pattern
I showed Beth a couple of pantograph designs and she chose “Good Vibrations #1” by Patricia Ritter, available at https://www.urbanelementz.com/?acc=12 Which I think is such a great fit for this quilt. I did the wavy lines 1” apart, because it is backed in a navy Cuddle (minky) from Shannon Fabrics, and too much quilting on quilts backed with minky, makes them stiff.
Beth brought a cotton/poly blend batting. I used a white A&E Perma Core 30 Tex thread to quilt it.
I love this close up...you can see those beautiful rose gold metallics.
Lucky bride and groom!!
I had to share the texture on this Cuddle™️ (minky)!!! Side note...when it comes to minky, Shannon Fabrics does it best! They have the softest and it’s definitely more plush, the quality exceeds any other minky, they have a variety of different colors and patterns. This particular minky is 90” wide too, which is great for those quilts that are a touch bigger than the 60” wide minky. I tell my clients to use the 90” for the length of their quilt, if that works with the size of the quilt. I have a great video talking about minky on my YouTube channel https://youtu.be/g2SDbAcL56g
thanks for coming by, hope you’re summer is going well!
-Leisha
Heather’s Airplane baby quilt
Heather made this sweet quilt using airplane fabrics and some of her grandson’s clothing. She told me it was going to hang on her grandson’s bedroom wall, so I wanted to add a custom touch.
The following pictures are close ups on different parts of the quilt and then a picture of the full quilt at the end. I love all the texture that the lines added to the random sized blocks. I used two of Linda from the Quilted Pineapple, edge rulers to do the straight lines. I love her 8” and 12” rulers. I could have done the quilting with just one ruler, but I like using the 8”, and there are times when I needed the ruler to be a little longer. That’s when I used the 12” ruler.
I quilted this with a yellowy cream Perma Core thread from A&E, and Heather brought a Hobbs batting.
I just love seeing the designs complement one another.
On some of these blocks I used a purple water soluble pen for marking reference dots. That way the quilting and is more proscise and is a lot quicker to quilt out.
The full shot! I love the personality that quilting brings to the quilts.
Thank you for stopping by. Happy Wednesday!
- Leisha
Shamrock Runner
Laurie made this cute shamrock table runner and requested an edge to edge design on it.
When going about choosing a design to quilt, especially if I get to choose, I look at the fabrics or quilt pattern, and choose something that will coordinate well. I got this fun Cheerios pantograph design from Natalia Bonner awhile back, and it was fun to finally have something to use it on. Isn’t that texture so great!
I used a white Perma Core 30 tex thread from A&E, and 8020 cotton/poly blend batting from Winline Textiles.
I love the additional design that you can see where the circles overlap. It will be fun to use this quilting design again.
- Leisha