Pink Hearts for Gracie

She's only 12 years old but someday she will be the CEO of a big corporation or the scientist that invents the cure for the common cold or maybe she'll be the President of the United States. Yes, Gracie has the world on a string. She has no fear. Not a timid little pre-teen. Well, she is little but you know what they say, "Dynamite comes in small packages".

So Gracie wanted a new quilt, her other one was full of pinks, too. But this one reflects her mother's love of retro fabric. It is all pink and brown cirlces and hearts glazed with some fairy frost. I thought that it should be all girly with hearts but what do I know, my kids are boys. Cutesy hearts are not her mother's first choice for a pattern. So Gracie was allowed to choose the quilting design. I submitted four different custom motifs, setting triangles and border designs for her consideration. And just to be fair, I threw in some pantograph patterns for an all-over quilting look.




So what did Gracie choose for her quilt? It's called Wandering Daisies by Jodi Beamish. It is full of hearts and flowers. The girl knows what she likes. I'll even put some hearts on the borders for her. I'll be using Signature's Pinks cotton thread on top and Superior's # 628 Baby Pink in the bobbin.

Martha's For the Birds quilt from Buggy Barn

For the Birds is the name of this fun quilt. The bird houses are tilted, the fabrics are batiks and the flowers are fun and funky. This pattern is from the Buggy Barn book named Perennially Crazy by Janet Nesbitt and her sister, Pam Soliday.




Their web-site is Buggy Barn Quilts











Martha generally doesn't like a lot of quilting on her quilts. I didn't have a lot of choice with this one. The odd seams and funky pattern make for lot of angles and seams in odd places. I had to go back over this quilt because some of the seams were popping up. I was afraid to use more thread, that mustard color pops quite a bit. So I used Superior's MonoPoly thread to nail them down. I was not able to adjust the tension on my longram to use the Monopoly but it worked great on my Bernina. So I outlined the birdhouses after I finished quilting it. The back is a lavender hydrangea fabric.



I got a new stencil for these Buggy Barns quilts. It is called Sweet Potato Birdie and has leaves and obviously, birds. You can see birds new the bird houses and in the borders on this quilt. I got the stencil from Stensource. I love this company. They have a nice variety of stencil products and they ship very fast.

I used a mustard yellow PolyTex thread on the top and a light purple Superior Bottom Line in the bobbin. She plans to use this as a wall hanging in her living room.

Laurel Burch Ocean Songs jacket

I spotted this new Laurel Burch print in our local quilt shop and had to have it. I decided that it would look good on a sweatshirt jacket. I am loving the way it turned out.