This quilt top was put together decades ago.  this quilt has a story that I will tell another time, after I get the binding on maybe...

I thought it would be good to pull it out for practicing my free motion feathers.  It is not the greatest and the top is definitely worse than the bottom, I got much better as I went along.  Still going to be awhile before I offer free motion feathers to my customers. 

Overall, it looks okay.

Here is the back.  It came out really nice with an on point grid of feathers with a digitized wreath in the center of each square.

Here is a better picture of my state fair challenge quilt.  I am happy with it but do not expect it to be in the running in any way.  Many amazing quilters in the challenge.  

This is a gorgeous customer quilt that I recently finished quilting.  I really enjoyed quilting it!

Hope everyone is having a great week of stitching.  I am about to start on a carrying bag for my ruler and cutting mat for the retreat that is fast approaching.  No pattern, I will be winging it!

Baby Clothes quilt...

Spoiler alert for Whitney- Go no further if you want the quilt to be a surprise!

I have been working on this baby clothes quilt for a while now and have finally had it on the quilting machine the last 3 days.  I have worked those days full and finally finished today!
There are tons of pictures.  Some of the quilting is free hand and some is by computer...





There are butterflies, and flowers,  and lots of curly cues.  Ducks and tulip rings and even some Hawaiian looking flowers. 

I won't bore you with more but there will be another photo shoot when I get the binding on in a few days. 
Off to fix dinner and then load another quilt on the frame.
Happy middle of the last week in June!

Quilting class with Janie Donaldson

Yesterday I had the privilege of taking a feathers class with Janie Donaldson.  Here is some of my work...

These are my seaweed feathers.  I really like them!  Hardest part is getting them spaced correctly. 

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these ruffles.  As you can see, I am better on the top than on the bottom.  Gonna take some practice but I will definitely be using these often!
you will be seeing many practice pieces from me in the near future. 
Today I get to take the Quilt Magician class with Janie.
I actually have a Shirley Stitcher II that has been refurbished and is supposed to be able to do almost everything a Quilt Magician can do.  I have been using it since January but hope to learn lots about it today!

Hope everyone is having a very restful Memorial Day!