Extraordinary Quilting!

Have you ever seen such quilting? Amazing! I love this.

I found this photo on Pinterest. Searching for the source led me to a nasty site. 

If you know who did this awesome quilting, please leave a comment.

Amazing Machine Quilting!

Martha Briese of Oregon did this beautiful machine quilting when Cindy Needham was the guest teacher for Martha's guild. You can see more about this project on her blog: Nana. 

Wow, I'd like to try this. It looks like flowing Zentangle!

Machine Quilting by Angela Walters

Everyone knows Angela Walters' gorgeous machine quilting, but I just had to feature this photo of her work. You can see more about it on her site: Quilting is My Therapy. She said she turned up the music and really enjoyed doing this quilting. Look how small her designs are. I'd love to be able to do this. Maybe it will be my New Year's resolution to give it a try. I'm just thinking.

Sneak Peek at Sea Breeze Quilt

My new quilt "Sea Breeze" was expertly machine quilted by Maika Christensen in Utah. 

I think she did a fabulous job! Thank you for making my quilt so beautiful, Maika! For her email address, see Comment #1.

Today I'll bind and photograph the quilt, and then show you the whole thing tomorrow. There will be a pattern too. Happy quilting!

Machine Quilting by Jill Schumacher

Jill Schumacher of California says that machine quilting is like learning to ride a bike. Isn't her quilting beautiful? She offers classes, workshops and retreats. For details visit Quiltmaker to the Queen. 

Jill has quilted more than 550 quilts! I love the hummingbird!

Machine Quilting Videos by Leah Day

Here is a treasure trove of machine quilting videos! I could watch these videos for hours. 

Take a look here. She has hundreds of wonderful designs. 

Vermont Show Quilts - Continued

I kept finding more and more wonderful surprises in this quilt to show you: "Gilding the Arbor" by Bethanne Nemesh of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Just look at this masterful quilting! Then scroll down and I'll tell you about Bethanne's quilt.

Bethanne was inspired by her love of the garden, whole cloth quilting, oriental silk tapestry and old botanical etchings. She drew the designs on the quilt top with chalk and wash-out markers, and quilted this with a longarm machine. Wow! This quilt has some well-deserved ribbons on it.

The quilt above is "The Jewel in the Crown" by Dawn S. Hayes of Upper Montclair, NJ. She used silks and cottons to make this opulent quilt. I love the black and white sawtooth sashing.

Below, "Looking Out - My Lunchtime View" by Susan Bishop of Queensbury, NY. And what is she having for lunch? A peanut butter and honey sandwich. 

The quilt below is titled: "Smuggler's Notch" by Anne Standish of Cambridge, VT. She took this photo, then turned it into a quilt using skills she learned from Mary Ellen Krantz. She used oil paint, inks and threadwork.  She really captures late autumn, don't you think?

And finally, here are some quilters taking a good close look at "Illusion" by Susan C. Sherman of Westport, NY (with the help of a "white glove volunteer"). This tumbling blocks quilt was inspired by an antique quilt by Ann Johnson circa 1890. Susan used a combination of recycled silk neckties and new silks. The back is also silk, as is the embroidery floss. Oh, there is a lot of embroidery in this quilt!

I enjoyed taking these photos so we could "visit the quilt show" together. 

I'm so inspired, I can't wait to get sewing!

The Secret Life of Mrs. Meatloaf

Take a look at the beautiful longarm machine quilting of Jan Hutchinson of Kansas. Jan also quilted Mayleen's amazing selvage spider web quilt that you saw here a few days ago. She isn't Mrs. Meatloaf; you'll have to visit her blog to see who that is: The Secret Life of Mrs. Meatloaf. Wow, I love her quilting.