On Golden Pond aka Misty Mountain Pond

Several years back I was asked to teach my first Judy Niemeyer classes at Pinwheels and Posies. I had 2 friends that wanted to make one of the “star” quilts so I decided to teach a STARS class. They could choose from Amazon Star, Prairie Star or Dragon Star. A friend and neighbor wanted to take the class but already had a pattern that she wanted to work on “Misty Mountain Pond“. I said SURE, it was an easier quilt than the one I was teaching and it would be fun to have her join our group.

For those of you that have attended or will be attending my “Seasonal Table Runner” Class, you can make this quilt!  Same units!

Well in this class I had several new quilters. One was so new I got to teach her how to use her rotary cutter. BUT, we had fun and many of the ladies in that group are still friends and most of them have taken several classes from me since that time so I guess I did ok!

Miss Drue worked on her quilt off and on for quite some time, I made a couple of quick trips down the street when she would run into difficulty and last year her quilt was completed and handed over to me for the quilting! It turned out fabulous and I can’t wait for her to see it!

The overall quilt
The overall quilt
Close up of the center medallion
Close up of the center medallion
Cattails!
Cattails!
Close up of the medallion
Close up of the medallion
The back of the quilt!
The back of the quilt!
Another view of the back
Another view of the back
And one last view of the back
And one last view of the back

And already loaded on my frame ready for quilting…..  A queen size Mariner’s Compass!  Photos later my friends!

Have a Dee-Lightful Day!

A Tisket A Tasket – It’s a Wedding Basket

One of my passions is quilting.  I am fortunate enough to also be a longarm quilter having the opportunity to collaborate with quilters all over the country to help them finish their works of love.

The quilt I am sharing with you today is made by a friend of mine, who will be giving this to her granddaughter as a wedding shower gift.  My friend is the mother of 5 and grandmother of 23 I believe.  This is the first grandchild to get married so it is a very exciting time.  My friend made these baskets a while back and then put them away, when her granddaughter made the big announcement my friend knew this would be the quilt to celebrate this occasion.

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After Quilting

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The large baskets are 9″ and the small baskets are 3″

The 9 patch blocks that include the 3” baskets took approximately 18 minutes to quilt, there are 20 of these 9 patch blocks.  I used brown thread in the border and a creamy white in the blocks, except for the feathered ovals in the large baskets, there a used a mustard gold thread.  I was thrilled to be asked to quilt this lovely quilt for my friend.  I think we made a good team on this one.

The back is a almost as pretty as the front.

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