My customer Marylou certainly has been busy lately piecing a bunch of quilts.  As happened last time, when she picked up her Baby Animals quilt, she dropped off this Log Cabin variation one for me to quilt. It's also to be a gift for a new baby girl. The quilting went smooth and it was on...

The 3rd of Eiko's quilts for her grandchildren is this interesting scrap and Peach one.  I don't know which block this is but it utilizes a lot of scrappy variety. Here's a before picture of it on my frame. I wanted to share a close up picture of the blocks.  There are a ton of bias...

When my customer Marylou picked up her French Roses quilt she dropped off another to be quilted.   this is her adorable Baby Animals quilt. I forgot to take a picture of the whole top before I started but I did snap this partial picture. What a difference a bit of quilting makes. ...

This is the 2nd quilt that I completed recently for my customer Eiko.  This one is destined for one of her granddaughters.  It's a nice mix of complimentary blocks. I remembered this time to take a "before" picture.  I love to see the difference the quilting makes. Finishing...

Last month, in the midst of the craziness that is the beginning of the school year, I squeezed in attendance at a quilt guild workshop and made my first (and definitely not the last ) barn quilt. Our speaker was Suzi Parron who wrote this book. Learning the history of how barn quilts got started...

My customer Eiko brought me 3 quilts to complete for her, including the binding, which are to be gifts to her grandchildren.  This Blue quilt was the first of the trio that was completed. This top was a challenge due to the fact that there was a lot of excess fabric in the blocks. You...