Quilting on Silk

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

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

NYB quilt

My customer came yesterday to pick up her quilt and loves it.  Now I'll share the pictures I took of it. Full quilt: Blocks: Detail of block (taken while on machine): Inner border design: Outer border design: Backing: This quilt is gorgeous in person, but extremely hard to photograph.  And my lighting that day wasn't … Continue reading NYB quilt