Another love quilt! Bauhaus baby pantograph

This pattern is quite popular here in my area.  We love Tula Pink and all her creative designs, fabric, and patterns.

This quilt was made by Kathy at Stash for her daughter (see Love quilt with scooters on it in past posts for story…).  Now the couple will each have their own quilt with this fantastic minky backing that was very difficult to photograph for some reason!!!

Bauhaus baby pantograph on red mink - backing

Very difficult to see in this picture but the quilting is done in red thread.  

Stipple

Stipple!!!

I love to stipple. This is a meandering stitch that can be dense and can be very loose. Everyone has a little different idea about size, how close they want the stitches, based on what they want the quilt to look like once washed.  The closer/tighter the stitches are to one another, the more antiqued look the quilt will have.

Quilted this for Vikki.  I love this pattern and black and white!  She is making this into a pillow sham. 

My friend, Kelly, is having a little boy in June!  I  made this quilt for her and just love how it turned out! 

A little closer look while on the machine.  

Drift pantograph

This is DRIFT!  

I admit I didn't like this pattern at first on paper but after stitching it onto a quilt, I just adore it.   Here are a few samples of some quilts I've just used this pattern on.  

This is one I quilted for Stash Quilts:

Thread blends in so well it's hard to see in a photograph.  

This pattern is called "Come What May" by Jaybird Quilts

And this is one I quilted for Kathy at Stash.  Will be a sample for a beginner paper piecing class coming soon!

I believe this is called "Fractured", a pattern by Judy Neimeyer

The back - I love this batik!  Colors are just gorgeous. 

Pineapple baby quilt made by Stash Quilts for a friend's new baby

Drift looks fantastic on this quilt.  Wish you could see it better! 

Drift….I'm sure I will use this pattern much more in the future!

LOVE quilt!

 It has been said that every quilt has a story. This is very true of this Love quilt.  A young couple got married in Hawaii last summer.  The day before the wedding, a group from the wedding party rented scooters to have some fun on the island.  Among the party was the groom.  A concerned bride told her soon-to-be husband to be very careful with anything he did.  Well, a few seconds on the scooter and a "Woo-hoo" and he  crashed the scooter.  You can imagine the rest of the story!

Good thing all was well with a few scratches, a bit of drama and some good teasing....

This is a pattern by Tula Pink, quilt made by Kathy, the bride's mom!

I stippled the whole quilt and practiced some custom swirls and pebbles in the letters.   If one looks closely at the stipple they may find a few words adding to the memory with the wedding date, "woo hoo",  Maui, and the couples name.  I love little touches like this!

I didn't get any photos of the back on this one but it is backed with minky.   And I have heard this quilt has been used for a bit of tug of war - everyone loves minky!!!  :)

This scooter fabric is so fun!

Pineapple quilt

This quilt was made by Ann.  As some of you may know, this pattern is quite popular in a movie called "The Proposal".  They call the quilt "The Babymaker" in a particular scene.  (One of my favorite movies!) I like the way Ann arranged the fabric to form the blue squares.

Stitch pattern: stipple

A beginner's quilt

Rebecca made this quilt.  I love it!  It's her first quilt ever.  I don't know the pattern  but I believe these are fabrics by French General.

Quilting design: Stipple

Grandmother's garden quilt

 A friend of mine brought me a very old quilt she/family found one day last summer.  Every hexagon was hand-pieced and had been tied with yarn and a very ugly strange fabric for backing that had become part of the edge of the quilt.  I personally have never worked with restoring an old quilt but thought I could handle the task.  It sat in its bag for many months.  I wasn't sure what the best method would be for quilting it as I didn't want to distract from this amazing pattern but needed to re-inforce many of the seams that were coming apart and repair holes such as this one.

I traced each flower and added a flower swirl through each flower.  It was definitely good practice using a ruler!   Old quilts are pretty amazing.  I am in awe of anyone who hand stitches that many stitches!  I almost didn't want to ruin it with my machine quilting!  Had to cut off the edges to get rid of the old fabric backing...

What a fun project!  Almost makes me want to make a hexagon quilt...almost...maybe someday!  ;)

The color is off on this...not really this bright! Just off the machine

The back all finished!

Finished!!