Winter has finally arrived in NC. On this cold Sunday this is under my needle. I began it last night and plan to finish it and 2 other small quilts today! The pantograph on this quilt is called Bossa Nova and it's a favorite of mine.
This is one of the other quilts I need to finish for a customer. It has a travel theme and I'm stitching campers on it using my robotics.
I have a customer quilt on the frame tonight, I'm working late. On the wall are 2 quilt tops I made over the summer. I haven't had time to longarm my own tops lately but I'll have more time after the Christmas rush is over.
I've been busy this week, trying to catch up with my longarming schedule. I'm a bit behind! This is the quilt on my frame this afternoon, a king size made by a customer. I have 8 more lined up and I'm having fun!
I'm longarming, and on my frame will be 2 Quilt of Valor tops. Both are for the national Quilt of Valor Foundation. This was the first one...
If you would like to serve veterans in this way you can visit the QOV Foundation website to find a quilt sewing group in your area. There are groups all across the country!
https://www.qovf.org/about-qovf/whos-in-my-area/
The search function on their site doesn't work very well if you enter a zip code. You have better results if you zoom in on your location using their map.
I'm working on a large quilt today, 116" x 93"! I haven't sent a post lately about what I'm working on in awhile. I have my new wall hanging where it can be seen easily.
If you're visiting my page looking for information about my services, I would love to help you finish your quilt!
This is a baby quilt I longarmed this afternoon, it's a top made by a customer. I used a design that reminds me of the curves in Van Gogh's Starry Night.
My longarm machine is finally back from being serviced, being gone 6 weeks! Far too long, I'll take it somewhere else next time. In the meantime I spent time working on UFOs. Here's one... the Sugar & Spice quilt from Studio 180 Design. The fabric collection I used is called Promenade by Moda Fabrics.
Here's the latest Quilt of Valor I'm working on today! National Sewing Day is this Saturday and I have 4 QOV tops to longarm so I can turn them in on Saturday.
My latest quilt is called Triangle Stars. It has 560 HSTs. In August, my husband and I spent a week in Williamsburg, Virginia at a resort. He spent some of his time riding his bike on the bike trails and I spent my time sewing the HSTs. I put the HSTs together last month and now I'm making the applique blocks. There are appliques that go in each corner and then I can assemble the blocks!
My next quilt project is starting this week. I found the very last fat quarter pack of the fabric collection Promenade by Moda. This collection is sold out everywhere but I found one website that still had the fat quarter pack!
The pattern calls for the use of 2 rulers made by Studio 180 and I have those rulers. One is the Tucker Trimmer I and the other is the Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star ruler.
I made this quilt a few months ago, longarmed it and finally finished the binding this afternoon. It’s being donated to the QOV sewing group I’m in.
I've longarmed 15 quilts since my last post and I thought I'd better get another post up since it's been so long! This is a customer's adorable Winnie the Pooh quilt. It's a queen size and it's looking great!
The Christmas rush has begun! I've got 14 more quilts here, waiting to be longarmed. 4 of those are charity quilts, all for the Quilt of Valor sewing group I'm in.
I'm working on more Quilt of Valor tops this week. It is a privilege to do a small part in making these comforting and healing quilts for Veterans who gave so much of their lives serving our nation.
If you sew, please consider becoming a volunteer to make quilt tops for these men and women. You can find a local QOV sewing group by contacting the National foundation. Their web site is https://www.qovf.org/
I have the honor and privilege of longarming Quilts of Valor for both our local sewing group and for the national foundation. I was happy to receive photos from the award ceremony of one recent quilt. This quilt was awarded to Army Veteran Master Sergeant Christopher Pfahl. His military service began in 1997. He went into the Army reserves after two enlistments and has been deployed twice to the Middle East, once as recently as last year.
Thank you for your service Master Sergeant Pfahl!
I've been stitching quilts for others for so long I forgot I had some of my own to get finished. Today I put one of those on my frame. Here it is! This one was made 6 years ago! It has 1840s reproduction fabrics used in it, and they are homespun all except for the background fabric. I hope to get one more of my own on the frame before I start back on client quilts!
I've taken a week off from stitching because I stretched a ligament on the side of my knee. Not wanting to make it worse I rested my leg for several days to give a chance to heal. Today I'm gingerly walking around my longarm frame to start a quilt for a customer. Here's a photo! You can't see it in the photo but I'm stitching the Linda's Daisies pantograph on it with pink thread.
This quilt top is from a friend of mine who is also a customer. She found this top for $15 at the Scrap Exchange! The Scrap Exchange is a thrift store where any type of leftover materials can be donated. You might find a microscope, pool noodles, beakers from UNC or anything you can think of! Businesses, individuals and Colleges donate their leftover scrap/materials and you can buy it for a song.
I haven't posted a quilt top in awhile so I thought I'd show the Quilt of Valor top I'm longarming today. I love QOV quilts. I attended our group's last awards ceremony where we awarded over 25 quilts to deserving veterans. The man I gave my quilt to gave me 3 hugs because he was so grateful.
If you would like to serve veterans in this way you can visit the QOV Foundation website to find a quilt sewing group in your area.
There are groups all across the country! https://www.qovf.org/about-qovf/whos-in-my-area/
The search function on their site doesn't work very well if you enter a zip code. You have better results if you zoom in on your location using their map.
