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Thoughts and photos shared by me ... Marcia. I am a professional modern freestyle long arm quilter and a fiber artist, a photographer, and a novice gardener. I love to create quilted items using old and new fabrics. I am also a mother, a daughter, a friend, a wife and a Grandmama! I am a blogger and I share it all here... Welcome!
Friday, June 5, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
A customer's quilt I quilted for a magazine
I am so proud to share with all of you, my very first mention in a professional quilting magazine, via Linda Halpin's beautiful quilt! The name of the quilt is “Don’t Fence Me In”. It is a split rail variation. It is called a 'bonus quilt' because it is a quilt made from the scraps from another quilt design by Linda called the "Northeast Quilt", aka Flying Geese Quilt.
I have been anxiously awaiting the print of this article for months. Now I finally have the pleasure of posting about Linda's quilt pattern and outstanding quilt which can be found in Quiltmaker Magazine's May/June 2009 Issue.
I am so proud of Linda's work and although I have already told her I would like to congratulate her again on another creative quilt design. Furthermore, I am very honored that Linda chose me to work on this project with her. Working with Linda to determine the exact personalized quilting design for her quilt was only half the fun, because then I got to quilt it! I love to quilt leaves and swirls that vine through the quilt. They fill the open spaces of the quilt just perfectly, letting the tiny triangles stand on their own.
On Linda's quilt I stitched with a freestyle quilting method. This quilting technique incorporates various shapes and designs to accentuate the already fabulous fence design and fabrics of the "Don't Fence Me In" quilt. As you can see in these pictures, as well as the pictures I took here in my studio (which can also be found, soon, in the Photo Gallery under the folder "Don't Fence Me In" ), the delicate meandering of the leaves and swirls, as well as the squiggle lines in the rail fence highlight the tiny triangles of this quilt which are complemented by Linda's lovely design and color choices.
See more of Linda's quilting designs and patterns at http://www.lindahalpin.com.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Two Color Ribbon Quilting
I used two thread colors for the ribbon quilting today and it looks incredible! I have used two thread colors before but did not get the same results (always seemed the ribbon quilting looked much better with the same thread color). But today was different because the color contrasts of the light color -- Zinnia on the dark fabric, and the dark Summer Berry shows up wonderfully on the light fabrics!!! Wow what a dramatic difference! I have posted a picture so you can see it too!! I will post more pictures next week so you can see the one color Ribbon Quilting too! Good night!!! P.S. Check out the EXAMPLES page on my website for more ribbon quilting with a single color of thread on two baby quilts made with chenille fabrics and brushed cotton fabrics!
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