Since I quilted both winning quilts, you might say that I won twice!
Announcing the winners of the Bay Festival Quilt Show! Viewers voted for their favorite quilt and their favorite wall hanging/table runner/small peice!Thank you all for making this another successful show!
Favorite Quilt was “Happy Together” made by Ann McCann of Bucksport!
Favorite Wall hanging was Antique Linen made by Katherine Collins of Winterport!
I teach group classes at BOLT in Bucksport, please check their website for an upcoming class schedule. I also offer private lessons in free motion quilting at my home. Please text me at (919) 475-8437 for prices and availability.
Patty really like the quilting on this shop display quilt. I will be teaching beginning free motion quilting again at Bolt in Bucksport on Saturday, March 25th from 9-12. Contact the shop at (207) 702-9469 to sign up.
After a few months of using Facebook to post pictures of finished quilts and giving contact information for quilting services, I asked Will, my IT guru, to help me make a website for quilting services. His idea was to utilize my already existing, but much neglected blog instead of starting from scratch. I now have pages of pictures of recent quilted quilts, price lists, and a special page for tshirt quilt information. Just this week I have 3 quilt tops come in. It is exciting to see what these women have pieced and see how I can make their quilts shine. A special thanks to Patty at Bolt Fabrics in Bucksport for having me quilt her shop quilts and help promote my business. Hopefully soon I will be teaching domestic free motion quilting at her shop.
Friday afternoon I had a message on voice mail saying that there was a cancellation at the local high school craft fair and my name was next on the wait list. Luckily I have all my little items, such as tote bags, organizers, purses, baby quilts, and bookmarks all marked with prices. So, I have one week to figure out how to display everything and price the bigger quilts. Tonight is quilt guild and I’ll take a few and ask the other ladies for their ideas.
This quilt, from Strip Smart Quilts, was fun to put together and even more fun to quilt. I loved making the flowers with variegated thread, figuring out which color would be coming up next added a little amusement to the process. I really like this book and plan to make another soon, once I get my list of ongoing projects pared down a bit.
Our guild has been issuing challenges for the past year or so, an attempt to get members to finish projects, rather than just begin new ones. We were asked in June to find two projects, one with a Christmas theme, to complete by our party on December 15th. My first was a 9 patch red and white top that wasn’t the best constructed quilt I’ve ever done, but I decided to practice some of my free motion skills with my first feathered wreath. I wish that I had gone over the back with a pair of scissors and clipped threads and used two layers of batting to make the feathers more puffy , but it still managed to collect a blue ribbon at the Blue Hill Fair.
My second challenge quilt was a pile of fabrics in July, featuring the only Christmas fabric I had in my stash. I said that I would make Union Stars and the size would be determined by how far the fabric went. As you can see, I managed to make a throw size quilt and had just enough blue grey flowered fabrics to finish the border.
My current quilting project is this red/brown/tan throw quilt that I’m having so much fun with making little variegated flowers and leaves. I was going to crosshatch the center squares, but I ripped it out after realizing how much thread it would use because I can’t sew it in a continuous line. The stippling looks better than the straight lines, emphasizing the more elaborate free motion work.
kissy frog quilts