New Long Arm Quilter and some Beautiful Quilts

The morning I found out about Jennifer's passing I was meeting with my new Long Arm Quilter.  I think Jennifer would be pleased with my choice.  Becky Silbaugh of Ruby Blue Quilts in Madison, Ohio.  Becky is the daughter of Beth Safik of Cottonpickers Quilt Shop in Chardon, Ohio.  Becky is a grapic designer, pattern designer and a great quilter.  She has won awards at the Lake Farm Park Quilt Show and has really added to her longarm skills.

 

That day I dropped off 3 quilts for her to complete.

 

Two of them where Day and Night Quilts by Eleanor Burns



 

The third one was my first Judy Niemeyer Quilt Desert Sky

 

 

I selected Fireside for the backing of these 3 quilts to make them all soft and cuddly.

 

I picked up all 3 quilts last Saturday and I can't wait to get them all binded!!

 

 

 

 

Becky did a great job on all 3 of the quilts.  You can see more pictures of these quilts on her 

Ruby Blue Quilts Blog

Sunshine on my Quilts

I took advantage of the sunshine yesterday to take a few pictures of my Scarlet and Gray quilts.  The natural light helps to show the quilting that Jennifer McCann did and the colors of the fabrics.

Scarlet and Gray Allover

Pinwheels and Whirligigs

Southwestern Star

Looking at the first 3 quilts you might think I only do square quilts.

Buckeye Stars keep Shining

This is my first Day and Night quilt by Eleanor Burns

I hope you enjoyed looking at my quilts in the Sunshine!!

Please visit my quilts at the Madison Library

I have three quilts on display at the 2011 Madison Library Quilt Show on Middleridge Road.

I enjoy showing people my quilts with the hope to encourage them to start quilting.  If you get a chance to stop at the library there are some beautiful quilts with great stories for you to see!

Pansies in the Moonlight is the first quilt I have completed from Eleanor Burn's Day and Night Book.

Gerber DayZ Chain is made using a great fabric line from Lakehouse Fabrics.  It is based on a Triple Irish Chain pattern.

Run for the Roses is made of great horse panels that were cut apart and then sewn back together with shashing a nine patchs.

Yes, I did quilt while in Orlando!!

When planning our trip to Orlando I realized that I would really miss piecing on my sewing machine.  So I decided to take one of my quilts that needed binded with me.  I have a number of quilts that are wating to be binded.  I was able to get two and half sides done!!  It's my first of many Day and Night quilts by Eleanor Burns, for some reason I don't have many pictures of this quilt??

I also talked my Dad into taking me to a Quilt Shop in Haines City. 

It's called P's and Q's Quilt Shop

I found a chalk refill I needed and then I found a Blank Quilting Fabrications Strips set of Black and White fabric.  So now I need to find a pattern or design one that will use the strips and the other coordinating fabric I already have.

My two boys love to help me Quilt!!

My husband Jim and I have never been blessed with human children.  We have had a number of cats over the years.

The summer of 2006 we adopted Garfield.

People laugh when we say the Garfield follows Jim around in the yard like a dog.

He also thinks he helps me quilt.

Garfield likes bright colored quilts!!

This past summer we adopted Nermal.

Nermal's my little boy and he helps me write my blog and quilt!!

Nermal likes my batik Day and Night Quilts by Eleanor Burns http://www.quiltinaday.com/default.asp

With the help of my boys I make some beautiful quilts!!  But it also means I invest in lint rollers to remove cat hair along with my threads.