I'm so excited to finally be able to share this quilt with you and the timing is perfect as the quilt has a Christmas theme. I quilted this for Raye back in March so we don't have this much snow yet. Raye actually made two appliqué quilts this year that I quilted for her and each are gifts for her two daughter in-laws for their birthdays which was this month. I'll share the second quilt in my next post.
The quilt is called Celebrate the Season and was a series of 9 individual patterns by The City Stitcher - Designs by Janet Miller. Raye did all the appliqué by hand with a blanket/buttonhole stitch and still had a few embellishments to add on the snowman and gingerbread men after I was done quilting it.
I had fun quilting swirls in the borders, different background fills in the blocks and did a bit of ruler work to make stars in the green squares.
I though this would be a fun quilt to show the before and after pictures as the quilting really did change the whole feel of this quilt.
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It's not a quilt until it is quilted! :)
very cute! nice custom quilting!
ReplyDeleteThe quilt is darling and the quilting is the icing on the cake. C
ReplyDeleteThat's right...it is not a quilt until its quilted! Your quilting looks awesome. The straight lines with all the swirly quilting are a great combo.
ReplyDeleteThat's so amazing, the transformation! I just love the way a flimsy really comes to life after the quilting, and especially how (time and again) a good quilting job takes a flimsy I've felt quite "Blah" about and made me fall absolutely in love with it later.
ReplyDeleteThe quilt is adorable and your work is beautiful. I just found your site and I love your quilting skills.
ReplyDeleteBig difference with the before and after photos.
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ReplyDeleteI always love your quilting and enjoy seeing the before and after shots. You're creativity is such an inspiration for me. Thanks for sharing.
Kathy that is fabulous! I love that kind of quilting-using different fills and designs in the borders-just take the quilt to the next level. And they are so much fun to quilt!!
ReplyDeleteLove this quilt, you did a beautiful job quilting it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful job on the quilting, Kathy - as always! Can you tell me if Rae did this raw edge with the blanket stitch, or is it turned under? I have one "Yuletide Joy" (Susan Garmen) sitting here right now that I want to start working on, but don't think I can do it turned under. Thanks for sharing your fabulous work!
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