Getting Up Close with Paisley Swirl Quilting

Erin was the other winner of the two $50.00 winners from the "My Favorite Block Quilt Along" that was hosted by Kim at Persimon Dreams. Erin posts at Fallergirl Blog.

Erin chose pink and blue prints along with some batik fabrics for her quilt. There are a variety of light and medium and dark fabrics.  She did not put lattice in between the blocks, which gives her quilt a modern look.
  

Erin requested over all quilting and she wanted a a bright pink thread used for the quilting. I got out some of the pinks and reds just to see which one would be best. 

I like to start with several and then narrow it down. I moved them over to another quilt block to see what they look like on each color.

This one is the best!

and it looks the best here too!  The color is New Raspberry.

Started quilting --- Love the New Raspberry for the quilting thread! Looks great on the pink batik and perfect on the lighter prints too.

I love that Erin combined tiny prints and batiks. She has inspired me to combine my tiny blue prints with my batik fabrics.  I will share what I am doing with those fabrics in October. I am planning it for one of my quilt retreat projects. Thanks Erin for the inspiration.

You can see Erin's backing fabric in both of these photos - A grey animal print.  It looks fantastic for the backing! It's a busy print and the pink thread looks perfect on it.

I got a nice photo at an angle and up close to the paisley swirls.

The Paisley Swirl Quilting flows through the blocks, thus softening the straight lines of the blocks.

I love the combining of the batiks with the prints! Really makes the blocks pop!

Hop over and see Erin at Fallergirl. Tell her you saw her "My Favorite Block" Quilt Along Quilt!

Enjoy your day!

Marcia

Getting Up Close with Free Style Special Area Quilting

Sharon at Vrooman's Quilts  was one of the two $50.00 winners from the "My Favorite Block Quilt Along" that was hosted by Kim at Persimon Dreams. Erin was the other winner. I will share the photos of the quilting on Erin's quilt tomorrow. Erin posts at Fallergirl Blog.

Sharon chose brown prints with a few highlight colors for her quilt. A variety of light and medium and dark fabrics.  I chose a medium brown for the quilting thread.

When you make a Block of the Month or a Sampler Quilt there are so many different quilt blocks. The Free Style Special Area Quilting is a perfect choice.  This way you can highlight the special details of each block with a background of meandering. I chose meandering with a twist - meandering with leaves and swirls for the background filler.  I quilted swirls and wiggle lines for the special areas in each block.  The quilt is completed with a border of leaves all chained together to frame the quilt.

I took photos of every block.  The quilting gives this quilt a whimsical feeling!

 

Sharon will be posting about her quilt this week too!  Hop over and check it out ---  Vrooman's Quilts.

And tomorrow I will post Erin's quilt!

Enjoy your day!

Marcia

Wooden Shoes, Grand Baby, and Baby Quilts

Tourists have to have their photo taken in a wooden shoe!

This next photo needs no words....

My Grand Baby was a month old when we arrived for our first visit to the Netherlands.  Yes --- he is laying on a quilt I made and is covered up with a baby burp cloth!

The little quilt I made works perfect in his bassinet.

I made this quilt for a wall hanging, but we tucked in the sides and put it in the bassinet for a photo. It would fit better in the regular size crib or of course on the wall.

We covered him up with the quilt for another photo. He will be ready for winter's cool nights.

My daughter tells me that years from now she will tell her son that his Grandmama and Grandpapa traveled over 5000 miles just to sniff his sweet little head.  Yep it was worth the long airplane ride and the jet lag!

Yes, we took a photo in front of almost every windmill. That is what tourists do!

I also found some wooden shoes that I could step into for another photo. 

It was wonderful to visit my daughter, her husband and the new baby.  It was so hard to leave. I tear up often.  Thank goodness for computers and Skype as we can see our grand baby every day!

I have said it many times before:  "Don't be sad that it is over, be glad you did it!" and that is perfect for this. We are so blessed to have had such a wonderful vacation and a wonderful time with our family in the Netherlands.

and no words are needed for the last photo...

Enjoy your day!

Marcia (a very proud Grandmama)