Dream Big Panel by Hoffman Fabric, Free Motion Quilted for Classes- "Dream Big with Free Motion Quilting"- see also my Teaching page for availability and class info.
Bear Quilt for Eli- Quilted with an all over design (custom) of leaves in free motion quilting
Quilt for Katie and Chad on their wedding day
Some quilts to be custom quilted - Deb a customer of www.quiltingintheloft.com
Traditional quilt, done with meandering in the pieced area, smaller meander and outlining in appliquéd centre and custom quilting, feathers, loops and vines in 3 borders
Close up of Borders done on our long arm machine
A modern quilt with diamond piecing in centre, the rest whole cloth done completely in straight line quilting on our Long Arm Machine
Reaching for the Sun! - the same as Summer Blossoms except using different colours and 4x the size- makes a large wall hanging.
Also taught this in BC with Kitimat Quilters Guild- "10 Ways to Applique" Machine fused appliqué, long arm quilted/thread painted- pic below shows the dense quilting on the back and the appliqué up close.
Also from 4th and 6th Designs
Summer Blossoms quilt - "10 Ways to Applique" class taught at Kitimat, BC Quilters Guild- this sample and small wall quilt was needle turn hand appliquéd, machine quilted and then hand embroidered to give it dimension. Background is squares of blues and greens pieced together on point. Commercial pattern by 4th and 6th Designs.
Close up of Needle Turn Applique and Hand Embroidery
Heat Wave! - Completed using a Northcott cotton jelly roll and added the appliquéd and long arm thread painted sun flower to add more interest to the quilt. Long arm quilted using a wavy, heat wave like pattern. quiltingintheloft.com original design
Warm and Indigo - indigo jelly roll quilt with appliqué flowers cut with an Accu Quilt Go Baby- Machine quilted with a leaf and flower motif using my long arm machine. quiltingintheloft.com original design
A baby quilt for my new little nephew Benjamin -Machine appliquéd with a strata for letters , long arm machine quilted with a simple large stipple stitch and quick pieced border. quiltingintheloft.com original design
Northern Cardinal- Fused appliqué, dense thread painting and quilting - a quiltingintheloft.com original design based on a personal photograph and as a result of a workshop with davidtaylorquilts.com
Back side of the quilt - thread painting shows the cardinal by night
"Snowy"- a machine pieced, machine quilted, hand and machine embroidered and long arm machine trapunto'd wall hanging made with a unique 8 pointed star method- see method in blog- January 2015 a quiltingintheloft.com original design
Natural Vines- a quiltingintheloft.com original design Quilted with a continuous stipple, leaf and swirl design in 2 colours
Close up of quilting
4 Seasons Wallhanging- continuous quilting in the border, custom quilting and Machine Cross Stitch for the blocks.
Modern style quilt a quiltingintheloft.com original design Custom quilting in all negative space (navy blue) ... swirls, flowers, e's and o's, stippling. cross hatching and many more. Sorry so hard to see the quilting as the camera cannot capture the navy thread on navy fabric
Calendar Bunnies - Commercial Pattern by Sue Garman -with July altered to be Canada Day Bunny and November altered to be Remembrance Day Bunny to reflect Canadian holidays
Close up of feathers on Calendar Bunnies border
Berries and cream on the long arm- stay tuned for completed pictures- Dot to Dot Long Arm Quilted using Angela Walter's Class from Craftsy.com
Underwater World Dresden- Quilted with
a Pantograph and variegated thread