A True Treasure!

Happy Friday everyone!  My little ones are on mid-winter break for the next week.  WooHoo!  Take a look at this unbelievable treasure that Lyn made for her son.  I'm not sure if this was a kit or if Lyn put the fabrics together, but the attention to detail on the fabrics is just amazing.  Not to mention the incredible job Lyn did with the applique and putting it together.  Nice work Lyn!!!   So Lyn does not like stipple, so I ended up doing echoing and lots of swirls so it would appear like wind was dancing around the lighthouses and the boats.  I even hid a couple of treasures under the flaps on one of the lighthouses.  See it you can find it!  Hope you like it - I sure had fun on this one.  Take care,  Richla

Bliss!

Good Afternoon Everyone!  Take a look at the quilt that Nancy made with a fabric line called Bliss!  Such nice work Nancy!  Your daughter is super lucky!!!  The fabrics are wonderful.  Nancy gave me a solid white backing - so no pressure on my part.  We used a design called Fandangle allover.  Nancy brought her own cotton batting and we used a lime green thread.  Hope you like it!

Fractured Quilt

Good Evening Everyone!  I can't believe it - but I finished a quilt for me.  Well, almost finished - I still have to do the binding AND it is just a wall hanging.  BUT, I finished something this year - woohoo!  This quilt came from a class I took in January at Gathering Fabric called Fractured Quilt.  Eda taught the class and I think the finished result is really cool.  You will see on the back of this quilt what the original purple fabric started out as and then of course the finished result.  You literally take the same piece of fabric, cut it up, rearrange it and sew it back together.  I quilted feathers/pearls in the outer border, snails in the small green border and a design all over in the middle called Tangled.  Let me know what you think!

Dragonflys

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!  Hope you are having a great evening!  Here is another gorgeous batik quilt by Kathy.  She made this one for a very close friend.  We chose dragonflys for the outer border and an allover design in the middle called Ferns.  Variegated thread and cotton batting.  Great work Kathy!  Hope you like the way it turned out!

Ocean Froth

Good Evening!  I can't believe tomorrow is Valentine's Day!  The year is already flying by - before I know it, it will be 4th of July then Halloween and then Christmas.  So much to sew, so much to do!  Take a look at this beautiful batik quilt that Kathy made for her daughter.  Nice work Kathy!  It was super flat on my frame.  We chose a design all over called Ocean Froth with cotton batting and a variegated thread.  Hope you like the way it turned out!

French Country

Good Morning!  I am just loving the fabrics in the quilt below.  There is alot going on with the fabrics so it is hard to get good pictures of the quilting but in person it is just wonderful.  Mayumi made this beauty - nice work!!!  We chose a design called Brocade in the big red border and allover in the middle.  Feathers are in the golden yellow border and I put feathers and leaves in the flying geese.  Mayumi's initials are in the bottom cornerstone.  Wool batting for that puffy look and coordinating threads.  Hope you like it!!!

The Vintage Spool

It's Saturday!  Yeah!  Lot's of things to get done around the house including to start cutting up my next quilt.  Just look at these fabrics.  It is a kit down at Gathering Fabric.  I'm going to try and get it pieced and quilted so you can see it finished.  I'm thinking of putting 2 love birds in a feathered heart right in the middle.  The fabric collection is by Verna Mosquera of The Vintage spool.  You will have to check out her website at http://www.thevintagespool.com/.  This is the softer side of the palette.  She also made an applique version which is being carried at Keepsake Fabrics up in Bothell out of the stronger fabrics in this collection.  Have a great weekend and if you get out to the quilt shops, then have fun shopping too!  Take care, Richla.

Rapunzel

Hello everyone!  Hope you had a wonderful day!!!  If you didn't, then just take a look at this beautiful batik quilt that Trudy made and your day will get better.  Aren't these fabrics wonderful?!!!  Nice work Trudy!  We used cotton batting and a variegated thread all over.  The design all over is called Rapunzel.  It looks like a big frothy ocean on the back.  Hope you like the way it turned out!

Tapestry

Have I mentioned lately how lucky I am to be a longarm quilter?!  Take a look at this stunning quilt that Mo made.  It is going to be a featured quilt for Gathering Fabric's quilt club April - June of this year.  Nice work Mo!  We chose a design allover called Tapestry which I think just perfectly fits this quilt.  I did some echoing and swirls around the applique block in the middle.  A golden brown thread used all over and cream thread around the applique.  Hope you like it!