Little Orange Quail

Tracy’s lap quilt (or table topper) is sensational in its simplicity.

Orange and grey on white; a clean and fresh citrusy quilt.  You can almost smell oranges in the air.

These are the cutest little orange quail you have ever seen.

They cannot help but to make you smile.

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You can envision a herd of them running across the fields with their little headdresses bobbing in the sun.

Made you smile didn’t it.

6 Ave Quilting 2012 Challenge Quilt completed.

 

Well that’s not bad, it only took 4 months for me to do my 2012 Block Challenge quilt on the longarm. That was because I finally decided I had to treat myself as a customer and put the quilt in queue.

I have to tell everyone that I had a ball making this quilt over the year.  There were times that I was pulling my hair out with the rest of everyone when I found a mistake in the block pattern (it only happened twice).  Times when I laughed at myself, wondering if I was ever going to get time to complete a few backed up blocks.

The hardest part for me was the colour theme I picked; I’m just not a pastel kinda gal.  Going in for bright bold colours normally, made me think out of my comfort zone on this quilt.

Topstitching the final quilt top was way too much fun as I decided to stay with the ‘sampler’ theme and try a bit of everything. 

There are freehand blocks, ruler blocks, hump and bump blocks (ok quite a few hump and bumps), wiggles and waggles and feathers and basket weaves and anything else I could think of at the time.

Keeping the sashing and borders consistent made sure that the quilt did not look like a messed up conglomerate of topstitching.  Even the back looks awesome.

But don’t take my word for it, come see for yourself.  The 2012 block challenge quilt will be hanging in the longarm room for the rest of this year.  At least until the 2013 block challenge is completed.



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Courthouse Steps

Another beautiful quilt from Saskatchewan. Ardene loves to make really big quilts. 

She says she is not stopping until all her stash is used.  We all know what that is like.

Big in design as well as size.  This rich coloured quilt will make a big presence in any room.

Topstitched with large heart shaped leaves on a meandering vine in a matching burgundy thread really compliments this quilt.

 

 

Fresh as Daisies

Ingrid made this fresh as daisies quilt for a very lucky young lady.

Topstitching large flowers with the occasional butterfly fluttering by was ideal for this quilt.

 

The flowers matched the existing pattern in the border fabric.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Candy floss pink thread really shows on the bright pink backing.

Very nice quilt Ingrid.

 

Watery World

Gerri’s Jungle fever reminded me of water.  So water was the perfect pattern to topstitch.

A nice cool, calm, rippling pond of water.

The meandering water pattern flows from one side to the other giving a feeling of cool calm.

It is also a great pattern to do on the longarm, a bit of soothing music and you can really get a nice easy, almost waltz like rhythm to sway to.

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Don’t forget that all of the Jungle fever and New Denver Quilts will be on display at the Knox Hall, May 18, 2013 from 1pm to 4pm.  Enjoy scones, jam and tea while viewing a wonderful collection of quilts.

 

Rail Fence in Blues

Sharon’s rail fence quilt shows a wonderful melding of blues.

It will be a great quilt to curl up with and I can hear the saxophone playing in the background.

Add a cup of steaming hot chocolate with a touch of southern comfort to create the mood.

This was another quilt that ribbons made the perfect topstitching pattern.

Moving in and out of the quilt in time to your favorite blues tune.

 

The neon thread really shows on the back. Wonderful quilt Sharon.

Jacob’s Quilt of many Colours

Gail’s jungle fever is called Jacob’s quilt.  With such a variety of colour it seemed the natural name.

A large quilt, requiring a simple flowing topstitch pattern.

Ribbons were perfect for this quilt and one of my favorites as it flows and looks like a surprise package covered in ribbons.

But I’m sure Jacobs coat was never this colourful or warm. 

The back is a big surprise all of its own.