True North Home Quarter Quilt

I am sharing one of my own quilts today.   Last spring I purchased a Kate and Birdie 'True North' fat quarter bundle from Fabriculous and I knew I wanted to make our Highway 10 Designs 'Home Quarter' quilt with it!  I was able to start this one in September at our weekly quilting group that meets in town and I finished stitching the binding on two weeks ago. 

We had our first snowfall this week so it was a perfect opportunity to get some pictures against my favorite snowy backdrop.   I quilted this one with the Ombre pantograph, used beige So Fine thread and Quilters Dream Blend batting.

The True North collection is such a fun Canadian themed fabric line.  Cute campers, tents, and maple leaves. I mixed in some Grunge fat quarters and used a beige and red Grunge for the borders and binding.

When I was visiting Lori last week we took a few quilts to Lower Fort Garry and she was a great quilt holder for me!

The Home Quarter quilt is a great fat quarter friendly pattern and perfect for directional prints!  You can purchase it in our Etsy shop or Website in either PDF or paper format.

Cascading Ribbons Quilt

Ellen made this fun Cascading Ribbon quilt for her granddaughters graduation gift.  She adapted the pattern to make it Queen sized and figured out the math to make the ribbons a smaller scale.  Her grand daughter picked the colours and many of the fabrics I recognize as Art Gallery Fabrics.

I quilted it with a new pantograph called Windswept.   I used black So Fine thread and Ellen brought a 80/20 batting.

 

Oversized Fancy Fox Quilt

Peggy made this wonderful oversized Fancy Fox quilt by doing the math and making the blocks 12". With a 8 x 8 block layout she had a quilt that measured 100" x 100".   She made it scrappy by using orange fabrics from her stash for the fox heads and light grey background.

She asked for Modernish for the pantograph and I used a light grey So Fine thread and Quilters Dream Blend batting.  The backing is Smoke and Rust fabric by Moda. 

Lug Nuts in Love Always

This Lug Nuts is very different from many of the samples I have shown on my blog!  I asked my friend Wendy, who owns Fabriculous Quilt Shop (Brandon, MB), if she would like me to make a shop sample for her new store that had its Re-Location Grand Opening this weekend!  She decided on our Highway 10 Designs Lug Nuts pattern and a collection of Anna Maria Horner fabrics called Love Always.  This is one of her favorite collections in the shop and it is very much out of my usual colour palette. But I love to work out of my comfort zone and it turned out fabulous, she loves it!   

I quilted it with the Fascination pantograph, used purple So Fine thread and Dream Wool batting.  The wide backing is also from the Anna Maria Horner's 'Love Always' collection. 

Lori and I took it to Lower Fort Garry, just north of Winnipeg, to take pictures.

I was able to hand deliver it to her, binding done and all, as Lori and I drove to Brandon to help her with the Grand Opening.   Here are some pictures of the big event.

Wendy's husband George free hand painted the front windows, it was beautiful! And here is Wendy a few minute before opening getting the last of the signs up while the customers lined up outside waiting for door opening.

One thing that makes her shop so unique is she carries Fusion Mineral paint and has many painted furniture samples in the shop.

George made the sales counter out of old doors, so cool!

And this lovely Janome came home with me.  My Janome 6500 which I bought back in 2004 is being retired after years of great service.  This 6650 is a great replacement with a few new features.  It will be wrapped under the Christmas tree with my name on it! :)

And here is a peek at the Lug Nuts quilt hanging in her longarm area beside all the embroidery supplies.

We also bumped into Shelley from Ma Tante Quilting as she lives close by!  She took a great photo of us all together and shared on Instagram! :)

Matrix Quilt

Bev made this fun kids quilt from a pattern in the Spring 2014 Easy Quilts Magazine called Floral Matrix.  Instead of floral fabrics she use transportation themed kids fabrics and a black background. 

I quilted it with the Cool Beans pantograph, black So Fine thread and Quilters Dream Blend batting.

The backing is a soft red flannel to make it extra snuggly!

 

Bringing Home the Christmas Tree Quilt

Peggy made this fun 'Bringing Home the Christmas Tree' quilt, the pattern is in Lori Holt's book Vintage Christmas.  The fabrics Peggy used are Red Barn Christmas by Sweetwater for Moda. 

I quilted it with a pantograph I recently purchased called Advent, great for Christmas themed quilts!   Used off white So Fine thread and Quilters Dream Blend batting.

Neighbours horses came over to take a look too!

I had a great opportunity to photograph some eagles by our house the other day.  I noticed 2 eagles in the field eating something then a group of crows started to bother them so one took off.

Once that eagle flew away I turned my attention to the one still eating in the field.

After getting home to take a closer look a these pictures I realized they were eating a duck! You can see its head very clearly dangling from its talons as it flew away.