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Laurie’s Yellow Brick Road Quilt

Laurie helped a friend make this fun quilt for her granddaughter, so cute huh?!?!

The pattern is the classic Yellow Brick Road by Atkinson Designs. I’ve made a few quilts with this pattern. It’s fast and fun!

I used my favorite 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline Textiles and natural white Omni thread from Superior Threads.

The panto is called Dear Heart by Hermione Agee and is available at Urban Elementz. It’s a fun simple design that creates beautiful texture.

What is your favorite heart panto? Cupid is one of mine!! I’m actually going to use it on the first quilt I quilt this year.

A couple of close ups…

A minky swirl with all that quilty texture, is my favorite!

Are you ready to have some quilts quilted? Check out my calendar and schedule yourself a day or two. Hope your new year is off to a great start. • leisha

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LeAnn’s Rose Garden Runner

I have a darling table runner to share with you today!!

LeAnn made this Rose Garden Runner from a kit available at My Girlfriends Quilt Shoppe. The pattern and Market Street fabrics are both by Heather Peterson from Anika’s Treasures.

I was going to quilt it with yellow thread, but didn’t love it, so I swapped it for a cream Omni thread from Superior Threads. I also used 8020 cotton poly blend batting from Winline Textiles.

I gave LeAnn a few options, and she chose my Beaded Orange Peel, which I love!! It turned out so perfect for this particular runner. Beaded Orange Peel is available in my shop.

I love how the circles within the panto design adds interest to the traditional orange peel design.

If panto designs that touch scare you. Here is a link to a video of what I do when I quilt pantos. I hope it helps.

This cheerful runner has me dreaming of spring already!! How about you?!?!

If you’re interested in having me quilt for you, check my calendar at https://calendly.com/quiltingit

Thanks for stopping by, happy quilting! Leisha

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Kathy’s “Who’s in My Garden” Quilt

Hello,

This incredible quilt was on my machine back in February, and with a little bit of time this afternoon I want to tell you about it.

Kathy created this design herself and called it “Who’s in My Garden”. Which, if you notice all the little creatures…you’ll see who visits her garden. There is no pattern for this. She had the center panel for awhile and possibly the floral border fabric, which she designed the whole quilt around. There are 7 pieced borders on this quilt.

The delicate floral arrangement in the center is so beautiful and classy, and I didn’t want to take away from that with the quilting so I cross hatched it with a long Edge ruler from Linda at the Quilted Pineapple.

I quilted my freehand Overlapping Circles design in the corners behind the birds. If you’re interested in having me teach you how to quilt freemotion from the comfort of your own home, check out my Quilting It Freemotion course.

Then I just kept quilting and trying to highlight each border, repeating some of the designs to create cohesion throughout the quilt.

If you’re interested…Check out the quilting details for the first couple of borders in this instagram video. I used my 4” Circle2 ruler for curves behind the outside scalloped blue border. My Circle2 rulers are available in my shop, in a set of 6 ranging from 2” up to 13”…with two circles per ruler. Check them out!!!

I share the rest of the border quilting designs in this video. I used my 5” Circle2 ruler for the petals in the flying geese blocks. More freehand Overlapping Circles and lots and lots of lines.