My Quilting Masterpiece

A.K.A. Star Spin 

Pieced by Stitch & Craft 

Quilted ~ by me!

Full Frontal (why does that sound dirty??)

 Most of the back view

A little closer of the back view

Showcases "McTavishing" Technique - Front

Meandering Paisleys - Front

Paisleys on back

Star center is done with Freehand Victorian Feathers - Front

Feathers & McTavishing - Back

 Freehand Victorian Feathers - Back

This marvelous sucker took me 34 HOURS to quilt! And I must say, though I felt stress from being under a deadline, I thoroughly enjoyed the process.

Hot Off the Machine

This gorgeous Radiant Star quilt was pieced by Maureen at Stitch & Craft and quilted with the Outline Loops panto.

Short & sweet today! I'm too busy playing with my new iPhone!!!

My Etsy Shop is Open!

After YEARS of talking about doing it, I've finally set up shop on etsy! 

I'm just getting started, so there are just about a dozen items listed. It'll be interesting to see how I like it? I often look at projects & think, "Ooohh that's lovely eye candy, but WHAT WOULD I DO WITH IT?????" 

Sometimes I just want to make something for the pure fun of it, the art of it, but then my practical side kicks in telling me if it's not useful & pertinent to my life then I should move on & save my money. 

Sooo now I have AN EXCUSE to make things... sooo I'll need to have fabric & whatnot to make those things... soooo I might just have an excuse to purchase some SUPPLIES while at the Hershey Quilt Show  coming up later this month! 

WOOT! Do you think I might be able to translate this into "I need a working budget for my longarm & etsy businesses" to my hubby?? (heehee this here mind is allllways thinkin')

I do hope you'll pop in to visit me at etsy & give me your feedback. Since I'm just getting started, I'd love help shortening my learning curve. Though it seems fairly straight-forward, I'm hoping I didn't forget to do/say something important!

Okay, onto some show & tell...

I finished this quilt a couple weeks ago, but since I had to deliver it back to Stitch & Craft, I've allowed a bit of a delay, never wanting someone to see their quilt posted here before seeing it for themselves!! That just seems rude!!

I wish you all a good day! We've been blessed with a gorgeous, sunny day here in Lancaster, PA.

We have 6 & 1/2 weeks of summer left. Exactly half our summer is over! How 'bout instead we just say WE STILL HAVE 6 WEEKS OF SUMMER LEFT! 

(How's that for looking at our lemonade glass as half full??)

Random Quilt Finishes

I've been finishing client quilts left & right, but I've also been winding up our homeschool year & dealing with numerous appointments, and just generally being hectic, that I haven't kept up with posting the finishes. 

So today's blog is short on words & long on eye candy 

(or pics for those of you who don't "dig" quilts)

Remember these are quilts pieced by clients & given to me to do the actual quilting part:

Flannel plaid blocks pieced by an unknown client through the quilt shop Stitch & Craft in Manheim, PA

Quilted with freehand Puzzle Piece pattern

Front

 Back 

(I almost like the quilting on the back better because it usually shows up more)

Victory Quilt pieced by Renee Thomas

Quilted with Freehand Leaves, Ferns, Butterflies

T-Shirt Memory Quilt pieced by an unknown client through Stitch & Craft

Quilted freehand Puzzle Piece pattern

 A couple shots of the blocks in closer detail...

The back is a pieced dark/light fleece. 

Not sure the name of this quilt pattern, but it was pieced by an unknown client through Stitch & Craft

Quilted with freehand Diagonal Water pattern

This is a $5 BOM pieced by the shop Stitch & Craft

Quilted with freehand Custom Quilting 

(meaning each block and/or sashing area is quilted according to it's individual pattern & piecing)

This is a "before" shot

Some of the sashing/border work

I tried to keep the writing & descriptions to a minimum. I hope I didn't cause eye-glazing to occur with so many pictures one after the other??

 Tomorrow I'm hosting a Sanity Saving Sewing day here at my house-- actually we're celebrating a dear friend's birthday, but it'll also help save my sanity :)

And I'm hoping to have another Christmas present or two finished....