Quilt-achusetts

Many of you may have seen on Instagram that I like to end the year with a summary of all my makes.  2018 Review So here is what I like to call 2018 by the, quilt, numbers: 40 completed projects, 8 minis, 32 throw - twin sized  23 shared, 17 secret sewing projects:   Quilt Stack 10 quilted on my domestic machine (8 minis + 2 throws) 30 on my Gammill longarm, 6+ large spoils and 4 cones of Aurifil 40 wt 3 ply thread. Learning my Gammill Statler Stitcher 5 Curated Quilts mini quilt challenge entries (top row 2017, middle and bottom 2018)   All Curated Quilt Minis 11 quilt shows, 21 accepted quilts, 3 rejected quilts, 6 quilt awards   Urban Trek - QuiltCon 2018 3 mini swaps 6 quilting bee prompts (one that didn't get finished yet, sorry Jenny, soon! and my prompt not counted so actually 7 prompts) Bee Inspired 2018 18 quilt patterns, 7 publications   Cover Quilt Dozens upon dozens of quil...

I finally know what quilts will be at QuiltCon 2019 in Nashville and which one will not be.  I entered a total of 5 quilts and 4 of them were accepted: Lilium , Fringe Area , Pickle Knots and a secret sew project . Top Left: Lilium, Top Right: Fringe Area, Bottom Left: Pickle Knots, Bottom Right: it's a secret I had one quilt not accepted into the show, Stratagem .  Poor Stratagem, it didn't get into the MQG Showcase so this really wasn't a surprise but I'm not giving up on it and I have already entered it in another quilt show. MQX - New England. Stratagem This means I will have 4 quilts in the show eligible for awards.  As usual I can't remember what categories I entered in but I do know Pickle Knots was submitted as part of the APQ Two Color Quilt Challenge.  Along with these 4 quilts I will also have 2 quilts not eligible for awards at the show in the Quilt of the Month Showcase: Positive Illuminations and Jawbreakers . Left: Positive Il...

My Trellis quilt top arrived from Honest Fabric and it moved right to the top of my quilty queue. Trellis Quilt The print quality is fantastic and even though I was a little uncertain about working with a synthetic I really enjoyed how easy it quilted up. Trellis Quilt - Quilting I'm getting to know my Gammill more and more and designed the most of this quilt using Gammill's Creative Studio (I got the pebbles from the Gammill library and used my friend Christine's (@ccpquilt) Iris motif for the arches. Creative Studio I'm really please with the finished quilt and am thinking about entering it in a show.  I've never entered a wholecloth quilt so it'll be new territory for me. Trellis Quilt I've already ordered my second quilt top from Honest Fabric , Gridwork, and can't wait to work on that one too.  I'm taking some free motion quilting classes at QuiltCon in February and think the printed grid will be a great way t...