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.

Simply Dashing in Blue Stonehenge

Gay made our Highway 10 Designs Simply Dashing quilt in twin size for her grandson.  She picked Northcotts blue Stonehenge Gradations Ombre and a solid black background. 

I quilted it with the Bayside pantograph, used black So Fine thread and Quilters Dream Blend batting. This is a gift for her grandson and he had asked for a blue, black and orange quilt.  You can see in the next picture where she put the orange! Orange Fireside for the win!

We had a lovely display of Northern Lights on Oct 12 so I was out enjoying the show with my camera.

They were still active the next morning at 6am. More purple with the sun ready to rise soon.

This got me thinking about pointing my camera up at the night sky again now that the days are shorter.  Last night I tried to capture Saturn and Jupiter and without a telescope it is pretty tricky.  I used my 600mm zoom and experimented with many different settings so I could finally see the rings on Saturn and the colour bands on Jupiter. So happy to finally capture them with my camera.

 

Making Waves Quilt

Nancy made this lovely modern Making Waves quilt which is a free pattern on the Art Gallery Fabrics website.   She bought the fabric as a kit at Keystone Modern Creative a few years ago.  The fabric line is called Catch and Release by Art Gallery.

Nancy likes her quilts to be densely quilted so I had the perfect panto, Time Warp! I used a teal So Fine thread and Quilters Dream Blend batting.

She brought a Northcott Shimmer wide backing and it matched so well!  I used dark grey Magna Glide bobbins for the back.  I have switched over to using the Magna Glide bobbins this year.  I use to wind my own Bottom Line bobbins but was having a lot of tension issues once the bobbin was half empty. Might have been my winder, might have been my bobbin, no idea.   But once I switched over to the Magna Glide bobbins no issues so I'm happy I made the change.

Tilted Nine Patch Quilt

This is Chris's Tilted Nine Patch quilt which is a pattern by Missouri Star Quilt Co.  She used scrappy beige fabrics for the background and shades of brown and a pop of green in the Tilted Nine Patches. 

Love the secondary star pattern that emerges with her colour placement when the blocks are sewn together. You don't see this on the original pattern cover.

I quilted it with the Tickle pantograph, used light beige So Fine thread and Quilters Dream Blend batting.

Chris brought a lovely beige Fireside for the backing.  Shows off the quilting pattern so nicely.