Dixie's Moonglow.....

"Dixie's Moonglow" is finally done!  This quilt was definitely a labor of love...pieced by my customer, Dixie. It's from Jinny Beyer Studio;  Dixie made it for herself and it will reside at her house in Arizona.  I quilted it with many freehand double curly feathers and much stitch-it-the-ditch.  The juxtaposition of simple lines and curly feathers turned out perfect for this quilt.  It was sure hard giving it back to her....

I couldn't resist taking the picture outside yesterday in front of our tree, as the fall color was just so beautiful.  Just a peak to add to the beauty of her quilt.

Six different colored threads were used on this quilt.  Each stacked area of logs was quilted with it's coordinating color.

I love how the curved feather created a wreath around each pieced star block. 

 This was my favorite star!  Although I should say they were all my favorites, because the piecing was perrrrfect!!!!!

The black borders were all filled with freehand curly feathers too!  

With black thread....eeek, hard on the eyes...but well worth it!

Some of you have asked what longarm machine I use...here is my A-1 Elite Longarm.

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Stay tuned for more.... I'm now working on her coordinating Bargello Wallhanging Quilt.  I'll post pics as soon as it' done.  Thanks for the visit!

Happy Easter and Spring has finally arrived!

First off, I want to wish everyone a Happy and Blessed Easter!  Spring seems to finally have arrived in Southern Idaho.  We have warm sunny weather (perhaps we'll hit 70 this weekend) and the wind is not blowing.  I've noticed that there are many new birds in the neighborhood and it won't be long before we have to fire up the lawn mower.  I even heard a rototiller the other day.  Hopefully it won't be snowing next week....you never know.

Nearby Shoshone Falls, First time I visited the falls was on an Easter weekend 5 years ago

  

Gay's Stars

I also want to share this delightful table quilt that my friend Gay made.  It was her first attempt at paper pieced stars.....and they are perfection!  This little piece was a delight to quilt.  It is quilted with both freehand quilting and a few CompuQuilter motifs in the cornerstones and borders.  The stars were all stitched-in-the-ditch with Fil-Tecs new clear thread (which is divine by the way).

I connected the flower motif with straight line quilting
 inside the sashing and then filled in freehand around the stars.

The borders and sashing were done using my CompuQuilter
 and added a nice coordinating touch don't you think?

All of the stars were stitched-in-the-ditch at each layer.  Whew!