Abby’s Improv Triangle Quilt

Hello there,

Have I got a treat for you!! My friend Abby from @orangepeelsews is a master at achieving a modern look, with lovely texture, and beautiful fabric combinations…please check out this beauty. I want to create quilts like she does when I grow up. Seriously, she’s so talented. I’m so grateful I get to quilt for her.

Yes, this quilt is improv. She decided on how big she wanted the flying geese to be, and then she just made it up as she went. There is no pattern. If you’re interested, use it as inspiration and create some improv yourself. Maybe I should, too!

I used 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline Textiles out of Ogden Utah, and a cream Omni thread from Superior Threads to quilt it.

One thing Abby LOVES is straight lines. I used my Lined 1/2” design to quilt this one. I have four different Lined designs with different spacing between the lines. 1”, 3/4”, 1/2”, and 1/4”. All are available in my shop, or you could get the bundle of all four. They stitch back and forth. Please read the description on each design’s page for tips on quilting back and forth. My biggest tip is turning the needle a hair more to the right than you normally have it. It really minimizes thread breaks.

Remember when I was talking about mixing fabrics and textures? Look at these beautiful background fabrics.

It’s simple, classy, modern, and super cool! The touch of yellow is so fun.

Do you make modern quilts? Do you have one you’d like for me to quilt? I would love to. Email me at quiltingit@gmail.com or contact me. I look forward to working with you!

Thanks for stopping by!! Happy sewing! - leisha

Brynne’s Tumbler Quilt

Hi Friends!!

Happy almost weekend! I hope you’re week is going well. I have an extra sweet quilt to share with you today.

My sweet friend Brynne lost her mom, and decided to use her clothes in a beautiful way to remember her. I’ve seen several memory quilts over the years, and this one is definitely a favorite! I love that she did a different shape other than the typical squares.

Tumblers are a great way to showcase fabrics and add interest to the quilt without all the effort of complex quilt blocks. There are many tutorials out there, and even some rulers. Do a google search and find a tutorial that works for you.

I used my favorite 8020 cotton poly blend batting and natural white Omni thread. The natural white thread blends so well with all of these colorful lovely fabrics.

I gave Brynne a few options for quilting, and she chose Sweet Marmalade. I love how it turned out!! I hope that little extra love helps Brynne feel her mama’s love for her.

Sweet Marmalade is available at Urban Elementz, and is one of Patricia Ritter and my designs.

When using clothing for a quilt, I highly recommend using the clothing interfacing to stabilize the fabric. Brynne did, and it made it soooo much easier to quilt. Otherwise, there are random stretches or ripples when it’s being quilted, which can lead to lots of puckers. No one wants that!! It is also easier for you as you piece the quilt together, and not have it stretch all over the place. It’s an interfacing that you iron to the back side of your fabric and leave there. The same interfacing I’ve used on t-shirt quilts.

Loving the soft pink minky on the backing!! My friend Abby Latimer had some in stock, and she saved the day…especially with the minky shortages we’ve been having.

That quilty texture just makes me so happy!! Have you had your longarm quilter use Sweet Marmalade on a quilt of yours yet? If you’d like me to quilt it on one of your quilts, send me an email at quiltingit@gmail.com or contact me. Thank you!! Look forward to working with you.

Thank for stopping by!!! -leisha

My Perfect Picnic Quilt

Hi Friends!

I made a quilt!! If you’re looking for a fun, fast, and colorful quilt to make…check this one out!! Ruby Star Society did a fun summer sew along, and offered a free pattern for the Perfect Picnic Quilt. I wasn’t going to join in, but then I saw a couple of friends making one and of course had to join them. I’m now sitting on the couch writing this post under this very quilt. It’s cozy!!

Yes…quilts in doors is a must when the air conditioning is on. Haha!!

Ruby Star Society made several mock-ups with fabrics from their different designers. I loved the fabrics by Melody Miller. I used a fun off white fabric with an alternating little gold dash, by Gingiber from Moda, for the white background and binding. Which I love!!! The gold marries to well with the golds in Melody’s florals and butterflies. I love the butterflies so much, I chose that for my backing fabric. I got all of my fabrics from my favorite online shop, Sisters and Quilters.

I used the lovely dark navy floral for the deep contrasting fabric, and then choose two fabrics in each color for the scrappy mid color. This is the perfect quilt to use up some of your stash…especially if you want to show off some of your favorite fabrics.

I used my favorite Natural White Omni thread from Superior Threads, and 6 oz. bamboo batting from Winline Textiles out of Ogden Utah. I wish you could feel the extra puffiness, I’m loving it!! If you’d like to add either of my 4 oz or 6 oz bamboo to a quilt, let me know they are divine! The 6 oz is thicker than the 4 oz.

It’s really funny when I’m making a quilt of my own, sometimes I take awhile to decide how I’m going to quilt it. Not this one. I was sewing it together, and started dreaming of quilting Kapari on it. I love how the curves of the design play so well with the lovely floral prints. Kapari is one of my pantos, and it’s stitches out beautifully. It’s available in my shop. A panto is another name for a quilting design that has several repeats of a single motif. Longarm quilters use pantos to quilt quilts, whether it comes in a paper or digital format, it is still called a panto. I have a huge variety of pantos, check them out in my shop or at Urban Elementz.

I’m loving the buffalo plaid look to this quilt. Very different having the mid color be so scrappy and colorful.

A couple of more looks at the beautiful texture!

I love a fast sewing project…which ones have you made lately? I’m typically a very slow sewer, that it takes me awhile to make a quilt. Part of that is finding the time to actually sew.

I would love to quilt for you!! If you’re hoping to get some of your quilts finished, send me a message or email me at quiltingit@gmail.com

For more info on my Longarm Quilting Services, check it out.

I love adding my little quilt labels to my projects. They were made by Custom Labels 4 U. Reach out to them, they are great to work with.

Here are a couple of progress pics. The one above is while it’s still on the longarm, and below is right before I started the hand binding…my favorite part.

Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you’re working on some fun projects. Take care, and happy sewing. - leisha

Susan’s “William Morris and Friends” Quilt

Hi Friends!!

Happy Monday! I hope your week is off to a great start. I have a gorgeous quilt to share with you!

Susan is one of my sweet clients, who mails her quilt to me from the east coast. I’m located in northern Utah, and shipping quilts back and forth is easy peasy. The pattern for this quilt is called William Morris and Friends by Michele Hill, and is in one of her books. Susan made a simplified version of the quilt.

I used 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline Textiles out of Ogden Utah and natural white Omni thread from Superior Threads.

The quilting is beautiful on the ornate fabric and appliqué.

Susan requested cross hatching, which I think is a perfect choice. I used my On Point panto design to quilt it. On Point is available in my shop.

Yes, I did quilt right over the appliqué. Which I think looks beautiful!!!

Thanks for the quick visit. Have a wonderful day! - leisha

Lisa’s Little Fishies Quilt

Hello Friends,

Does anyone else feel like summer is flying on by? I’m trying to soak up as much of it as I can!!

I have a sweet quilt to share with you!! But first, if you have some quilts that you’d like to get machine quilted, let me know. I’d love to quilt for you!!! Contact me or email me at quiltingit@gmail.com

Thank you!!

Lisa made this adorable baby quilt!!! The pattern is called Little Fishes Quilt by Whole Circle Studio. It was such a fun one to quilt.

I love quilting custom, but it’s also really nice to take a break sometimes and quilt edge to edge with my computer.

Especially when I get to use one of my own designs!! That’s a treat!! This is my Squared©️ design. Squared was one of my very first solo designs. It’s definitely been a favorite. I’ve quilted it on t-shirt quilts, baby quilts, geometric quilts and all different kinds of masculine quilts. It’s a good one!! If you don’t have it for your machine yet, head on over to my shop.

You can see how the design looks close up on the triangle blocks along the bottom of the quilt…it’s such a fun texture!

I used my favorite 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline Textiles out of Ogden Utah, and natural white Omni thread from Superior Threads.

Check out that quilty texture on the minky backing!!! Love it!

Thanks for stopping in!! Happy sewing! - Leisha

Beth’s amazing Smitten Quilt

Hi Friends,

I hope you’re having a great week! I have a few fun things going on over here. I recently had the opportunity to have a chat with Susan Smith on her Measure Twice Cut Once podcast. We talked about quilting, business, and creating passive income. Go have a listen. If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you may have seen me post about a running challenge I gave myself. If not, I decided to run 100 in 3 months which I accomplished in 2.5 months. So of course I had to keep going, and I’m hoping to get to 200 miles, which includes the first 100, by September 1st. I’m at 123.4 miles, after my run today! It’s exciting for me to have goals in every part of my life. I’m especially grateful to be able to run again, after not being able to for 19 years. Also, I just had a huge site wide sale!!! I’m so grateful for the support I’ve received over the years. Being about to create designs for you and your client’s quilts is such a joy for me. I love seeing them on social media when people tag me. Thank you!!

Now…let talk about this amazing quilt that Beth made. It’s the Smitten pattern by Lucy Carson Kingwell. It is done by hand using the English paper piecing method. Incredible huh?!?!!!! Beth said that she took 4 years to sew this together. Which I think is incredibly fast. I’m over 7 years on my hexie flower quilt. There are some Smitten patterns on Etsy that come with the papers.

This is Beth’s second Smitten quilt that I’ve quilted. Her first she gave to her daughter. She actually made up a few of the blocks herself, using some of the shapes. It’s also fun to see all the Tula Pink fabrics that she fussy cut to show the print so beautifully.

The black fabric certainly helps all the other fabrics pop!

I used a Medium Grey Omni thread from Superior Threads to quilt it, and Beth brought a pieced batting from a bunch of leftover scraps. It worked great!

I quilted Patricia Ritter and my Sweet Marmalade design on it. I think the texture turned out beautifully on the fabrics and blocks. Sweet Marmalade is available at Urban Elementz.

I could quilt get a picture of the entire quilt, so hopefully you enjoy a few of these close ups.

Check out the fussy cutting on those blocks.

The block below is my favorite!! Tula Pink’s fabrics are perfect for quilts like these.

Another close up…

I love all those fabulous colors together.

And, of course a quilt swirl is always a fun picture to show the texture and colors.

Check out this backing!! Solid minky does an excellent job showing off all the quilty texture!

I am almost caught up with quilting. If you have some quilts that you’d like quilted edge to edge, please let me know. Email me at quiltingit@gmail.com or contact me. I’m hoping to quilt about 20 quilts a month edge to edge, and 5 or so quilts custom. I would love to quilt for you!! For info about my quilting services go to my Longarm Quilting Services page. Thank you, and happy quilting! Leisha

Loranne’s Beaded Lanterns Quilt

I’m excited to share this beautiful quilt with you, made by Loranne. The pattern is called Beaded Lanterns by Christa Watson, and it’s free on the Benartex website.

It appears to be a jelly roll friendly quilt. If you’re looking for a quilt pattern, check this one out!!

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a yellow background fabric on a quilt before, and isn’t it beautiful!! All of the beautiful jewel toned fabrics pop against it.

If I remember right, I used a yellow thread to blend with the background, and my favorite 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline Textiles out of Ogden Utah.

I suggested Birchwood for the quilting, and I love it!! Birchwood©️ is one of Patricia Ritter and my quilting designs. I’ve loved it quilted on a variety of different quilts over the years. Birchwood is available at Urban Elementz.

The great thing about picking a design like Birchwood, it adds some pretty amazing texture and it softens up all the hard lines in the quilt pattern. Birchwood is also a unique quilty texture…there is nothing out there like it.

A close up…

Thanks for stopping by!! If you’re looking to get some of your quilts machine quilted, I’d be happy to help you! I quilt edge to edge and custom. Send me an email at quiltingit@gmail.com and we can chat about how you’d like your quilt quilted. Thank you!! • Leisha

Caroline’s Baby Quilt

I have an extra sweet baby quilt for you!!! Grab your favorite charm pack and make one for the next new baby in your life.

Caroline has been sewing the stash of fabrics that she has, and this is one of the quilts that she made. Cute huh?!?!

I’m waiting to hear back from Caroline about the designer and pattern name. I will put that here when I know.

I used Patricia Ritter and my Villa design to quilt it. I love that the spine is a large stipple, with beautiful leaves meandering with the stipple. Villa is available at Urban Elementz.

I used a natural white Omni thread from Superior Threads, and my favorite 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline Textiles out of Ogden Utah.

This is just enough quilting to make it cozy to wrap up a little one, and also to give the quilt some beautiful texture.

Especially, with the soft minky on the backing!! Love it!

Do you have any quilts that you’d like to have quilted? I’m not very far out most of the time. I quilt edge to edge and custom. Send me an email, quiltingit@gmail.com, I’d love to quilt for you! -leisha

The Patchwork Duffle

Hello Friends,

I have a super fun duffle to share with you that I made recently!! Have you seen The Patchwork Duffle from Kaitlyn at Knot and Thread? I’ve been so excited to make it since she told me about it! You may be wondering how complicated it is…it’s one of the easiest bags I’ve made. Her pattern is great!! She also has some bonus videos if you need to check them out. Head to her YouTube channel.

Kaitlyn wrote this pattern with the intention of helping us use our scraps. She does offer instructions in the pattern if you’d like to make the outside patchwork or a solid fabric, like I’ve done. You can use batting or Soft and Stable, like I did. Soft and Stable is foam with a fabric scrim on both sides. It’s a breeze to quilt and sew with, and it gives the bag a lot of great structure. My bag is empty and still keeping its shape. If you get it prepackaged, it may have fold lines in it, guess what…you can press those lines out with your iron. That’s what I did, and it worked great!

I added one of my quilt labels, that I had made by Custom Labels 4 u, to the binding on the pocket. Such a fun touch!!

Look at the sweet rose gold striped zipper, Kaitlyn has those on her website, too. They are zippers by the yard. I used the peaches and cream one. You do need to required length of zipper that the pattern lists, to help give you the extra room to sew the bag together. Don’t use a shorter zipper. I love that Kaitlyn thinks about all the details and the ease of sewing the duffle together.

I love the three Bonnie and Camille fabrics that I used. The pop of aqua is from their Hello Darling line, the pink diamond gingham is from Vintage Picnic, and the main floral is from their Smitten line. I also used my favorite natural white Omni thread from Superior Threads to quilt it.

I used my fun Domestic Stitches - Triangles for the quilting. Which is so much fun, seeing it on a bag!! Domestic Stitches - Triangles is available in my shop.

There aren’t pockets on the inside, but there are two large pockets on each end, which I LOVE!!!

I made this bag for a friend who is getting married. She loves to travel, and I’m hoping she will take this with her on lots of adventures.

Thanks for stopping by! - leisha

If you have any quilts that you’d like quilted, please reach out, I’d love to quilt for you.

Noreen’s In The Forest baby quilt

Noreen made this adorable baby quilt for one of her new grandsons, so sweet huh?!?!?!

The panel is called In The Forest by Riley Blake. I don’t know if there is a pattern for it. I couldn’t find one when I searched.

I used my favorite natural white Omni thread from Superior Threads, and 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline Textiles in Ogden Utah.

When I first saw this quilt, I wanted to quilt my Fort design on it!! It turned out so great!! I’ve seen this design on several quilts, and some of the quilter make it smaller than the suggested 4” height. Have fun with adjusting the height size when you set up the design on your machine. Fort©️ is available in my shop.

These blocks are a simple 9 patch with a border around them.

How cute is that little guy??? Panels are great! They add some fun designs to a quilt without having to do appliqué.

Fort adds so much fun texture!

I hope you’re having a great week and have gotten some sewing in.

If you’d like to have one of your quilts quilted, I have lots of edge to edge openings. Contact me or send me an email at: quiltingit@gmail.com

Thank you for stopping by! -leisha

Abby’s Aggie Quilt

Hello there! I have a fun quilt to share with you. Awhile back a friend asked if I could make a quilt like this for her to give her mom. I had too much quilting to do, so I recommend a friend of both of ours, Abby from Orange Peel Sews. Abby whipped up this quilt, I quilted it, and Cami gave it to her mom…and I heard she loves it! Team work!!

There is no pattern to this quilt, that’s the amazing thing about Abby!! She just figures it all out, and it’s great. We all live near each other in a college town, and as you can imagine there are some pretty diehard sports fans, which makes this quilt perfect!!

Abby was able to find some Utah State fabric and even a letterman A…for the Aggies! Which I think is a fun touch.

Cami requested my Southwest quilting design, for the quilting, which I think adds some pretty great texture.

I used my favorite Natural White Omni thread from Superior Threads and 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline Textiles out of Ogden Utah.

What is your favorite local sports team? Have you made a quilt to take with you to the games?

Check out that awesome texture on the minky backing!!!

If you have any quilts that are ready for quilting, send them my way. I’d love to quilt for you! Check out my Longarm Quilting Services page, and then email at quiltingit@gmail.com

Thank you!!! • leisha

Kathy’s Timber Quilt

Hi Friends,

Happy weekend!! I hope your having a wonderful day. I have another fun quilt to share with you, and this one is fresh off the longarm. Yes, it’s quilted. I’ll get to that in a moment.

Kathy made this fun Timber lumberjack quilt for her grandson. The pattern is by Buttermilk Basin.

First close ups…that beard. I love quilting freehand texture in beards, hair, fur, or other things along those lines. I’ve quilted several Santa quilts or pillows over the years, so beards have become a fun thing for me to quilt. That mustache has some great textures, too. I did quilt around the nose piece. Kathy requested no quilting in the face or hands. She is putting buttons on the face for the eyes.

Why is it so hard the see the quilting, you may be thinking? I used an Omni Medium Gray thread, color number 3024, from Superior Threads. It was a perfect match, and blends great on all the fabrics. I used my favorite 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline Textiles.

Now let’s talk about the quilting. I quilted a freehand small stipple in the background, as well as a variety of different lines in the lumberjack.

As you can see here, I quilted 45° angled lines 1” apart in the shirt, with a vertical 1/2” line in the overalls.

I quilted a triple pinstripe in the axe, with a softer line on the handle. The boots have angled quilted lines 3/4” apart, and the cuffs are pinstripes.

The tree has some fun freehand wood grain in the blocks, starting at the top and working it’s way to the bottom.

One of my favorite parts of the quilting, were the triple pinstripes in the inner border. Which I did with a Edge ruler from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple. If you’re interested in starting freehand or freemotion quilting with your longarm, check out my Quilting It Freemotion course in my shop. I teach 10 different freemotion quilting designs, starting with Stippling and going through the basics…loops, swirls, wood grain, and so on, including two of my personal designs Overlapping Circles and Overlapping Lines. Check them out!!

Such a fun quilt to quilt!! Hope you enjoyed being here, and seeing all the quilting details! Thanks for coming by. Happy quilting! • leisha

Denise’s Pollinate Quilt

Hello Friends, I hope your summer is off to a great start!! Mine has been great. A few days ago my niece was born…and I still need to share with you her baby quilt that my mom and I made. I’ve also been running a lot, which I’m grateful to be able to do again. I’ve challenged myself to run 100 miles in 3 months, in order to be more consistent. I was doing great with less than a 1/4th to go when I got a little injury from playing volleyball with friends. I’m hoping another week off, I’ll be ready to start back up. I’ve also been golfing with some friends a few times, which has been fun! I’m loving the warm weather and sunshine. You’ll have to comment below and tell me what you love to do during your summer months.

I’ve been talking with some quilty friends about life/work balance. It’s so important for me to have balance. To take care of me, and fill my life with a variety of different things. It fills my bucket. Which in turn helps me enjoy my job even more.

For instance…check out this amazing Pollinate quilt that Denise made!!! Yes, it was pieced with the english paper piecing method. Which means, it was pieced by hand. I’ve been working on a EPP quilt too, so I definitely appreciate all the work that went into this incredible quilt.

This amazing pattern is called Pollinate by Kitty Wilkin from Night Quilter. I loved the variety of fabrics Denise used!

Here are a couple of close up pics of the quilting when the quilt was still on the machine.

Another progress pic.

I love all the pops of color!! You may be surprised, but I used a Natural White Omni thread from Superior Threads on the entire quilt, and my favorite 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline Textiles out of Ogden Utah. The thread blends beautifully!

When I first saw this quilt, and she told me she wanted it quilted custom, I was so excited but unsure how I was going to quilt it. I found a couple pictures of one that my friend Teresa from Quilting is My Bliss quilted, and that gave me some great inspiration.

Because there are so many similar shapes, I couldn’t quilt everything the same. It was fun adding swirls with a hook to the center flower, and also my loopy diamonds to the very center star. I actually added the loopy diamonds to the 5 pointed stars throughout the quilt, as you can see below. That became my favorite design to quilt on this quilt. I quilt them freehand. I also love all the simple lines quilted throughout the quilt, like the lines in the star below.

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

I love the texture that multiple lines give to a quilt. Simple beautiful texture!

When quilting a quilt like this, I like to stitch in the ditch ever so slightly to get to the next block or in this case the next epp piece, which is a huge time saver and I save a lot more thread that way as well.

Check out this incredible backing fabric. Perfect for this quilt!!

Such a fun quilt to quilt!!

Along with the Edge rulers, I also used my 4” Circle2 machine quilting circle ruler to quilt the bee body. My Circle2 rulers come in a set of 6, and the range in size from 2”-13”. They are made in America with 1/4” high quality acrylic, and come in green and clear.

What is your favorite part of this quilt? Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you have a delightful weekend. • Leisha

Abby’s Half Square Triangle Quilts

I always love Abby’s pattern and fabric selection, when it comes to her quilts! She’s a master at it.

Abby made these two modern half square triangle quilts for her teen sons. I love everything about them.

There is no pattern. If I remember right the half square triangles are about 7”or maybe even 8” big.

I used my favorite 8020 cotton poly blend batting on both quilts, and a tan thread on both as well.

I used my Lined 1/2” quilting design on both of these quilts. They both turned out fabulous!! Lines like these are perfect on every quilt Abby brings. It’s what she loves, can you blame her? I can’t.

Next up, the orange and navy version. As you can see the layouts are a little different.

Have you made a large 1/2 squared triangle quilt? I haven’t, and I want to now!

The fun thing about doing large blocks like these, is seeing more the fabric prints vs when you cut the pieces of fabric so small you don’t get to see much of the print.

Adding this one to my list of future makes.

Quilting this design can be tricky, because of going back and forth and thread breaks. Watch this Instagram video and see if it helps.

Such awesome texture!

Thanks for coming by. Happy quilting!! • leisha

Laura Lee’s Hawaiian Quilt

This quilt has so pretty amazing color and texture!

Laura Lee was given these fabrics by a friend of hers…who fortunately is also a friend of mine. The fabrics were found in Hawaii by Chris. Chris made several quilts, which I quilted. Because Laura Lee sews, she was able to make herself one.

Laura Lee wanted more of a Hawaiian design, and I think Patricia Ritter and my Cedar design was a great choice! It looks beautiful with the leafy patterns in the fabric, and it creates the most perfect texture. Do you have a quilt that could use some Cedar on it?

I used a bamboo batting, my favorite for sure, and a natural white Omni thread from Superior Threads.

To make it even better, yes…there is aqua minky on the backing.

Now, look at that fun texture!

Do you love minky???

I also quilted this baby quilt for Susan. I used Patricia Ritter and my Soda Pop design to quilt it.

I also used cotton poly blend batting from Winline Textiles, and the natural white Omni thread from Superior Threads.

Thanks for coming by!! Happy sewing!

Alyssa’s Baby Quilts

I met Alyssa years ago. She used to longarm at a local quilt shop. She since got married, had a little boy, and is trying to adopt. She made several quilts and went to a show to sell them to help with adoption expenses. These are some of her quilts!

I love the simple modern look to these baby quilts/throws. The quilting texture is so so good.

I used natural white Omni thread from Superior Threads and 8020 cotton poly blend batting on all of the quilts.

This is my Kapari quilting design. It’s simple yet adds so much fun texture. Kapari is available in my shop.

It’s so exciting for me to see a design I create come alive on a quilt!!!

If you ever need a quick gift or want to make yourself a throw, find a few fabrics you like and make a quilt.

I used Soho by Sarah Ann Myers from Urban Elementz to quilt the star quilt below.

I used Cross from Jess at the Longarm League to quilt the next stripe throw. I love love love the texture! Look at the minky backing.

I used Donut Connection, also by Jess. This is such fabulous texture!

I hope from this post you can see how simple quilting designs can add so much wonderful texture to a quilt!! Happy quilting! • leisha

I would love to quilt for you! Check out my Longarm Quilting Services page for all the details, then email me at quiltingit@gmail.com and I’ll get you on my schedule.

Lisa’s Farm Sweet Farm Quilt

So excited to share Lisa’s amazing Farm Sweet Farm quilt with you!! The pattern and fabrics are by Lori Holt.

Lisa reach out and requested some custom quilting on her amazing quilt, and I totally agree. A quilt like this, deserves the attention to detail. I wish my pictures were better, they definitely don’t do this quilt justice.

Whenever I quilt a quilt like this, I try to mix the curves with the hard lines, they play so great together. I also don’t want to make it too cutesy.

I started off with 1/2” lines in the border. Check out the video I posted on my Instagram to see me quilting it. I also quilted the thin inner border with a pebble. There is a video for that as well. I kept the quilting in the animals bodies pretty simple with various different lines at different angles.

More and more lines throughout the trees, barn, and windmill. I love using Edge rulers from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple.

The farmers , tractor, animals, and plants all got a little bit of quilting.

I love the lines details in these three trees. 1/2” on point lines, double pinstripes, and a plaid…are just so fun together.

I also decided to quilt my Overlapping Circles design in the background, and I love how it makes all the appliqués pop!! I quilt my Overlapping Circles freehand, here is a video of me quilting this quilt. If you’d like to learn how to freemotion quilt, my Overlapping Circles is one of the designs I teach in my Quilting It Freemotion course. You can pick and choose from 10 different designs, or buy the whole course. They are available in my shop.

Quilting around buttons can be difficult. That’s why I had to rethink the quilting on the blades of the windmill. I think it turned out so great! Plus, I was loving the look for 4 pinstripes in the cloud.

The barn got some 1/2” lines in a variety of different angles.

I quilted all the star blocks the same. I used my 2” Circle2™ rulers to quilt all the curves in the smaller star blocks.

My Circle2 rulers come in a set of 6, which gives you 12 different sizes of circles. Ranging from 2” to 13”. As you can see the 2” ruler, has an 8” circle on the outside. Below the 4” ruler has a 10” circle on the outside. For more info on my rulers, check them out in my shop.

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I used the 4” Circle2™ to quilt the curves in the star blocks that are in the four corners.

I used my favorite 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline Textiles, and Natural White Omni thread to quilt the entire quilt.

If you follow me on Instagram you may have seen me share about the quilting on this quilt as I was quilting it. If you’re interested in following along, and you don’t quite yet. Click here: @leishakaye

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great week! Leisha

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Jan’s Ugly Sweater Christmas Tree Skirt

Hi Friends,
Have I got a fun tree skirt to share with you!!! Jan made this ugly sweater Star Wars themed tree skirt for her son and daughter in law. Yes, she fussy cut the star wars fabrics for the sweaters. The Original Ugly Christmas Sweater paper pieced pattern is by Kerry Goulder from Kid Giddy. Jan modified the pattern to work as a tree skirt, by making it bigger and wider.

I used my favorite 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline and a natural white Omni thread from Superior Threads.

Three skirts can be interesting to quilt. I always have the opening at the bottom, in the center. (This picture is taken on an angle.) By having the opening at the bottom it helps me lay the tree shirt flat.

I used my Southwest design for the quilting. It added such a fun texture with all those angles. Which I think is cool with all those fun Star Wars fabrics. Southwest is available in my shop.

Have you made a tree skirt before? I haven’t, but it sounds fun.

Jan said the diameter is 51.5”…if you’re curious about the size.

Thanks for coming by!! Happy quilting… Leisha

Debbie’s 30 Stars Quilt

Hello there,
I have an amazing quilt to share with you. Debbie and her mom made this beautiful 30 Stars quilt, which was designed by Mary Etherington and Connie Tesene of Country Threads for Country Living magazine. Can you see all 30 stars? The amazing thing…this is a not very big wall hanging.

Debbie cut out all the pieces, and her mom sewed it together. That’s great teamwork!

Debbie and I were in the same sewing group years ago when I started quilting. Although we don’t sew together anymore, I have fond memories of those days and being associated with women who have become so dear to me.

When I saw the log cabin blocks, I knew that I wanted to quilt some feather wreaths.

Here is a short video of me quilting the wreaths with my 3” Circle2™ ruler. I also used my 2”, 3”, and 4” Circle2™ rulers on other curves throughout the quilt. If you’ve followed my custom quilting over the years, you know that I love mixing curves and lines. It creates the most amazing texture. My favorite straight rulers are from Linda at The Quilted Pineapple.

I used a single layer of Hobbs wool, it’s a dreamy addition which adds the right amount of puff. I used a tan Omni thread from Superior Threads.

I love seeing all the textures play off of one another. What is your favorite part?

Another view…

And, the backing! I sure love what I do.

Here is a look at my 3”/9” Circle2 ruler™. I have 6 rulers in my Circle2™ ruler set, and from those 6 rulers you get 12 different sizes of circles. Ranging from 2” up to 13”.

- Ruler Design Patent D875,574 -

My Circle2 rulers™ are available in clear or green high quality 1/4” acrylic and are made in America. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks for stopping by! Happy quilting…. Leisha

Laurie’s Yankee Doodle Dandy Quilt

Hello Friends,
I hope you’re having a great weekend. With summer coming up, I have a fun quick quilt to share with you.

Laurie made this Yankee Doodle Dandy Quilt for a friend. The pattern is by Holly from Maker Valley. It’s a great stash buster, if you have lots of navy, reds, and white/cream fabrics.

I used my favorite 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline, and a cream Omni thread from Superior Threads.

Laurie wanted a wavy line, and Patricia Ritter’s Good Vibrations is a perfect design! It’s available at Urban Elementz.

I hope you have some fun sewing planned in the near future. • Leisha