Do you see a theme here? Dancing with the Stars ... Dancing Bear ... Come Dance with Me ... Let's Dance ...
Seems we be dancing!
So this is Barb's Dancing with the Stars quilt. I think it's going to be a shop sample for Tiny Stitches. She wanted something free and easy on the quilting so I used a great pantograph from UrbanElementz called Fossil. And in person and up close this panto is made for this quilt! It gave it lots of movement and a fun and quirky look.
Remember, you can click on the pictures to get a better look.
Next is Kathy's baby quilt, Pink and Chocolate Dots. Isn't it a cutie-patootie? She used pink Minkee on the back. I love Minkee and I don't have any problems quilting it. I used Ribbon Romance on this one.
Whew ... it's been a while. I've had my head down over this quilt for quite a few days. I love this working from home bit, by the way ... I would work for a while then come to the computer and check e-mail, news sites, quilting sites, etc. It makes for a comfortable work day!
Anyway, this is done. Barb did the piecing and Mindy did the applique. Isn't it absolutely gorgeous?!! These two ladies whip out these beautiful quilts like nobody's business.
This quilt got really playful on me ... I kept looking at the bright batiks and just couldn't do anything too structured on it, except for the melons and the insides of the rings. The borders became my playground and I had me some fun! It's interesting to just let my fingers guide the machine and see what happens. There are plenty of 'goofs' but I won't tell if you won't tell ... but the goofs just let me know that I was concentrating much too hard. I think this is my venue ... playful quilting.
In life, we have our 'gold standards' ... my gold standard for college instruction was Dr. C, who taught Calculus I, II, and III to a room full of science and engineering majors - tough, no nonsense, and knew his stuff. My gold standard for work manager is Tom L. who nursed me along when I graduated from college (later in life than most) and started working with Honeywell. My 'gold standard' in cars is my old 1987 Chevy Suburban that I had for years and years and years. That old ugly suburban took me and my brats from Florida to Washington, D.C., and all points in between during one hot August holiday. And my 'gold standard' for piecing and applique is Barb D. When I first moved to this area, I started shopping the LQS and took classes with Barb teaching. She is such a perfectionist and it shows in her work. Barb has mastered the Judy Neimeyer quilts ... she's done more than a couple! And she recently handed me her Misty Mountain Pond quilt to lightly custom quilt for her. It was sooooooo nice to quilt! Talk about a square quilt ... this one was square in all directions ... and the piecing and applique were excellent. Barb's coworker/friend Mindy did the applique. This isn't quilted til it stands up in the corner ... lightly quilted with some density in the center.
Remember that you can click on the picture to get a close-up. The wonkiness at the bottom of the first picture is due to fact it is raining outside and I couldn't take it out and hang it on the photo stand ... and DH can only reach up sooooo high! Gotta figure out a suitable in-door photo op.
This was done all free-hand.
