On the schedule this month was a silk quilt a customer brought me. Her request was that I quilt only the borders and sashings on this quilt, as she wants to embellish/stitch the blocks herself. We chose to use Quilters Dream Wool batting for dimension, and she chose a King Tut variegated green for the … Continue reading Quilting on Silk
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Twisted Bargello
On the schedule this week was a twisted bargello that the customer wanted feathering on, so I obliged! ;>) Isn't the twist in this just cool! One day I'll make one of these, but in the meantime, here's a little bit of freehand feathering following the twists of the colors: For the next couple days … Continue reading Twisted Bargello
Custom Quilting
Back to customer quilting this week. Every customer gives me their name for their quilt, whether that is "Mary's Baby Quilt", "Pink Quilt", or something like this one "Cosmos". When the customer and I met we agreed the blocks needed to shine out from the dark background and remain the focus. My quilting was not … Continue reading Custom Quilting