Yesterday, my internet friend, Vicki, and I had plans to meet at the Asheville Quilt show. Unfortunately, hurricane Helene had other ideas. We got notice that morning that the show was canceled for the day, so we decided to meet for just a bit at a local breakfast spot. But it was closed when we …
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Custom Quilted Quilt of Valor Finish
When we left off the Quilt of Valor, I was about halfway finished. Continuing on, I finished the white in the flag, quilting wavy lines like a waving flag. Then I changed the thread color to red, and quilted the red stripes in the same way. Advancing the quilt down, I outlined the lower wide …
Custom Quilted Quilt of Valor
This quilt is for a special friend, a really interesting guy. When his wife told me she was making it, I actually begged her to let me quilt it. I said I would do a nice stars and loop pantograph on it, one I use for most Quilts of Valor that I quilt. When she …
Finishing the QOV and the Quilt Festival
Friday and Saturday were both a bit rainy, and I had some time to get progress made on the custom quilting I was doing on the Quilt of Valor. After putting motifs in the rest of the darker triangles and elements of the last blocks, I changed the thread color to an ecru, and went …
Reworking a Quilt of Valor
Sometimes our local chapter of Quilts of Valor receives a quilt from someone outside the organization that just doesn't meet the standard for our veterans. This one was such a dilemma, as it had some gorgeous blocks, but it had significant issues. We loved the quilt idea, the workmanship of the embroidery and the effort …
Finishing Orizuru – the Cranes Wall Hanging
Orizuru was finished on time, and is currently hanging at the Mountain Regional State Fair, in the Quilts Division category Wall Hangings. But, finishing it gave me a few more headaches before it was done. Since the blue markers were working well, I continued with them and marked a few feathers on the outer border. …
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Quilting the Snowflake Runner
One thing I need to practice much more is free hand quilting. I can do feathers most of the time, and some ribbon candy but I am often stymied by the lack of ideas for quilting without a pattern or pantograph. Small projects do lend themselves to experimentation, so I decided to custom free hand …
Feather Boot Camp
Quilting feathers. Is there any other quilting motif that excites us and terrifies us at the same time? Whether you use a sit down domestic machine or a longarm, feathers can be challenging. They come out wonderful, or are full of hot dogs and potato chips. Wait, you are laughing right now aren't you! Hot …
Quilt of Valor custom
I finished up the quilting on this Quilt of Valor as I had a lot of time over the weekend. I did a lot of stitch in the ditch around all the blocks, and around the stars or spools inside the blocks. I got a little more feather practice, and put egg-and-dart in the sashing …
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