my.sewingroom's Gallery : Machine Quilting, Machine Applique

Flight of the Butterflies

Linda — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:28:44 GMT

This is granddaughter Hanna's 6th birthday quilt of my own design. It is simillar to baby sister Cora's quilt "Trellis Garden". I used some of the same fabrics and the same butterflies and flowers. That is where the resemblance stops. I made snowball blocks. The blocks that did not have machine appliqued butterflies or flowers in I quilted outlines of butterflies and flowers. The label has a photo of Hanna laying in the grass taken last summer.

Starring Pumpkin Table Runner

Linda — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:43:23 GMT

I spent some time on Thanksgiving Day just working on some of my own projects. This Starring Pumpkin Table Runner from Blooming Minds Half to Have is one of the projects I completed in about 1 hour. It will work perfectly on my breakfast bar in the kitchen. It is machine applique and machine quilted. It could easily be done by hand as well.

Trellis Garden

Linda — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:49:40 GMT

I'm calling my version of this quilt "Trellis Garden". It is for my 7th grandchild, Cora who was born September 12, 2011. The pattern comes from the September/October 2011 McCall's Quilting issue and is called "I Believe in Pink". It is a scrappy quilt using snowball and star blocks. The butterfly flight paths and antennae are hand embroidered. The butterflies and flowers are machine applique on my version. My machine applique is also part of the quilting process. The rest of the quilting is stitch in the ditch to follow the trellis which I extended out into the borders.

Sheila's Girls

Linda — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:09:05 GMT

This is a special quilt for a special friend. I had traced the hand prints of my friend's daughter and granddaughters and finally had to ask her for her hand print. I told her to ask no questions, but she would find out later. This quilt was the result. At the base of each hand print is a heart with their name and birthdate in machine embroidery. On the back, the label is my hand print. The quilt is machine applique and machine quilted. The fabrics reflects some of my friend's hobbies...fossils, collecting geckos, and her favorite colors.

OSU Buckeyes

Linda — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:56:42 GMT

My son wanted an OSU Buckeyes quilt for his 3rd son, so I created this quilt. There is machine applique as well as machine embroidery. The quilt is machine quilted. I've also made this as a wall hanging for a friend.

Quinn Has Arrived

Linda — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:48:50 GMT

I made this when my grandson Quinn was born. Pattern came from Quilter's World (Oct. 2003), but it was a Halloween wall hanging. I thought it was so cute. So I added some borders, didn't use Halloween fabrics, and put Quinn's birth announcement in the moon. It was a lot of cutting and machine applique, but that is my thing. It is machine quilted with stars. My daughter-in-law loved it!

Scrappy Oopsie Daisy

Linda — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:11:35 GMT

This is an excellent pattern for using up scraps. I hand quilted this quilt. If I ever make it again, I will machine quilt. My fingers are still healing! I must say, however, I love the quilt!

Fall, Pumpkins, Crows

Linda — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:35:12 GMT

This is a small wall hanging that is in my kitchen. It doesn't take long to make. It's all machine applique which is also the quilting.

Sing to the Lord

Linda — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:21:47 GMT

Our Women in Mission has a convention every couple years. I have had the honor of being asked to make the quilt/banner to represent our local group. At the end of the convention the quilts are given to the local pregnancy crisis center. This quilt has machine applique, machine quilting that echos the wording in the center. Two of the fabrics have musical instruments and bugs playing musical instruments. The design is my own. God has been merciful and given me grace since my car accident 4 years ago, so I consider this a very special honor to have been asked to make this quilt.

Mila's Starz

Linda — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:56:22 GMT

Another stars quilts...this time for my grand-daughter Mila. This one is paper pieced and machine appliqued; and the quilt is machine quilted with stars. The pattern is from Quilt It for Kids, 2003.

9 Lives of the Whyte Kat - Corner Block

Linda — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:28:23 GMT

I just had to show you the corner block. It doesn't show well in the photo of the whole quilt and I think it's so cute!

9 Lives of the Whyte Kat

Linda — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:23:56 GMT

A Fons and Porter pattern called "Feline Frenzy". I named my version "9 Lives of the Whyte Kat" since the quilt was given to a friend who has a white cat. She is always telling of his adventures and I think he's used up his 9 lives! This is a paper pieced pattern, but goes quickly. I machine stitched the whiskers and machine appliqued the nose, eyes, and words. Actually the words were not part of the pattern. The quilt is machine quilted. It is also made completely from scraps except for the backing.