Teddie Quilt Back Reveal….

Here is the back side of Teddie’s quilt.  Why only the back side?  I do not want to spoil the surprise for her.  🙂 Anyhow, I love the back side of this quilt.  Looks like a whole cloth design, doesn’t  it?

Postscript from Carla- notice an small empty space on photo 2?  See, it happens to us all.  You go over the quilt carefully, and you still miss a small motif!   Will only take me a minute to quilt, but thought you would like my confession!  🙂

 

Quilting by Carla Barrett

quilting by Carla Barrett

Quilting by Carla Barrett

quilting by Carla Barrett

More Feather Star Quilting

Here are the updated images for the green feathered star quilt:

I am now working on the center quilting design, and plan to finish quilt on Monday.   Here is the center section, with a pin in the picture to show you scale.  I added some SID to the center star area, too:

I will update this post later to provide what designs are quilted freehand and which ones are digitized.  You all know I love to give credit to designers if I use a stencil or digitized design on a quilt.

Enjoy your weekend!   Carla

Feathered Star Quilt

I am working on a small quilt project- a feathered star quilt.  Here is a picture taken during the quilting, since I am mid-way through the quilting.  I plan to finish this quilt tomorrow.

If you look closely, I am adding some linear texture in the negative space between the motifs in the green area.

The quilt top was pieced by a friend and given to me as a gift years ago.  I decided it would be a fun quilt to turn into a wallhanging.

Other news:  Been drawing away on some new quilting designs to be turned into digitized designs for computer quilters and embroiderers.  I have to wait to show you the designs, until they are released for sell at Digitech Patterns.  I promise to share more designs when they become available.

Recent Pixeladies Class- We have had another successful class and have enjoyed the students!  We are trying something different- adding an extra week to allow extra time for students to turn in homework.  This was based on student feedback, so we decided to give it a try.

Your turn- what are YOU working on?

Nancy Gwyn’s Last Quilt

I am almost done with Nancy’s last quilt.

Nancy Gwyn passed away last year and she is greatly missed.  Nancy was a truly gracious southern lady,  born on January 24, 1924 in North Carolina.  I had the pleasure of quilting many of her quilts over the years, and sharing in the joy when they won awards in both North Carolina and California.

I decided to quilt Nancy’s quilt in a light to medium custom density.  The quilt includes lots of freehand work with a touch of digital design.  She always left the quilting design decisions to me.

Here are some pictures taken before the Stitch-in-the-Ditch and any fill- which I do as a last step when I quilt.  The quilt is still loaded on my table:

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Off to finish Nancy’s quilt now…  Btw, the 2 digital designs used in this quilt came pre-loaded with my IQ computerized system.  All other quilting designs are mine.

Hugs, Carla