My longarm sewing machine has been humming away this fall, and will continue on for one more month before we move house. In December I will be relocating my sewing room and longarm to a new home away from home, in a business rental. I require a rather large office space because of the longarm, so I must also raise my longarm quilting service prices slightly as of December 1st. Just FYI in case you want to put in a last order before that change!

I always feel so grateful to collaborate in the quilting stage on someone’s special project. Each quilt that comes through my studio reminds me again of all the possibilities that quilt-making offers. There is so much yet to discover. Shall we have a little quilt show?

Hexagon Flowers by Kerry Dixon

Like everyone else, I do love the classic hexagon flower. It never gets old. This is the first time that I saw one sashed, and what bold sashing too! Don’t you love it?

Kerry’s take on grandmothers flower garden is very much like something I would sew someday. I also like to applique English paper pieced shapes onto backgrounds so that they’re faster to finish as quilts. Plus the way that she used a variety of blues for the background fabrics is so practical. I imagine that she used her blue scrap solids on hand rather than buying new yardage.

But it’s the wide stripe sashing that really makes the quilt! It transforms a traditional style of patchwork into something quite punchy and fun.

I suggested a natural style of quilting for this quilt, in order to bring softness and organic shapes to the more rigid layout. We settled on Pansy quilting, which is a very open flower pattern. A pleasing finish!

Stars + Springs variation by Allison Richter

Allison of @Campbell_Soup Diary is a queen of applique. She teaches courses and designs beautiful patchwork patterns that show off her modern applique style. Recently I had the pleasure of seeing this gorgeous quilt top in person in my longarm studio (photo by Allison).

Allison likes simple, soft and open quilting. After I made a few suggestions, she opted for Wind Swirl, which gracefully fills in all that negative space.

Simple quilting is definitely my preference for applique. It doesn’t have to be fussy and detailed at all, and this way the quilt stays soft and cuddly.

Basketweave Ombre Quilt by Jose

Now this is a cool quilt!

Take a good look at the patchwork. It’s created with triangle blocks, where each block starts with a white triangle and grows like a log cabin block. So cool!

Of course, I love the ombre color change as well. It’s beautifully done.

Simple wave quilting looks amazing and allows the patchwork itself to stay center stage.

I’d be happy to finish your projects with a beautiful quilting texture too. My services are available to those who live throughout the European region. Please be in touch if you have any questions or start the process off by placing your order. I can’t wait to collaborate on YOUR quilt!