Christmas in July Tutorial for Benartex!

Hop on over to the Benartex blog for the tutorial to make this Christmas table runner and napkin set using their Frosty Forest line by Cherry Guidry!

After you check out the tutorial, stop back here to win a fat quarter bundle of Frosty Forest care of Benartex and the coordinating Let It Snow and Frosty patterns care of Cherry Guidry!
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Here's the schedule for the rest of the Benartex blog hop, make sure to check out the other tutorials out there:

Monday Chris from Made by Chrissie D using Happy Holidays Snowmen

Tuesday Debby from Debby Kratovil Quilts using Homespun Holiday

Wednesday Kelly from My Quilt Infatuation using Ornamental Splendor

Thursday Kristen from KD Quilts using Santa's Here

Friday Melissa from My Fabric Relish using Frosty Forest

Monday Nikki from The Girl Who Quilts using Frosty Forest

Tuesday Wendy from Ivory Spring using Shades of Winter

Florentine for Sew Many Creations

This post is going to be a big pic heavy, because I love this quilt so much! I quilted this paper pieced "Florentine" pattern for Sew Many Creations.

The background is Essex linen, and it has such great texture against the cotton prints! I went with my favorite background - straight lines! They are about 1/4" apart, but I didn't use a ruler so they have a bit of variation to them.

All of the blocks are quilted the same way, but the center area is rotated 90* from one block to another. I don't like to give a quilt a definitive top or bottom, unless it was designed that way, so I like to rotate the designs a bit!

The blocks have arrow shapes in the corners, and when these arrow shapes meet up they make great stars! I quilted a different fill in each arrow, but kept the fill consistent by fabric. Just another trick I use when I'm trying to keep track of several different fill patterns through a top!

And here's the back! I really love how the design looks on the back of this one.

It's always so fun to quilt for others!

Navigate quilt for Sew Many Creations

After the rush of quilting for Market this spring I've actually spent some time working on my own projects! It's been really nice to get a few things done, but I'm also trying to show more of my long arming and build my client base a bit. :) I'm going to share more projects on here - some new, and some a bit older, some are mine, and some I quilted for others!

I quilted this for Jessica of Sew Many Creations. I think this was part of fall Market 2014, so maybe you've seen it around the quilting world by now! The pattern is called Navigate, and you can purchase it through the link above.

The pattern calls for paper piecing, and is made up for 2 blocks. I quilted the same design in each matching block. Here's the block with the cream background, I mixed up some straight lines and curves:


Same block at another angle (I love this bright orange, but it's hard to photograph!):


And here's the second block:


Another angle of the second block:


I used a mix of pebbles, swirls, paisleys and echos in the background, and I let the background quilting flow out into the two borders. I really wanted the blocks to pop, because they are so pretty!

I have another paper pieced quilt by Sew Many Creations that I can't wait to share - I just need to figure out where my new Mac "reorganized" it to for me. :)

Smith Wedding Quilt

I made this quilt for my cousin and his new wife. I was in a bit of a time crunch, so I went with a super-sized plus quilt. I actually really love the result, and I think I'll be making more of these! Besides, it leaves some great open areas for quilting!

Front:

Detail quilting in the heart:

Swirls!!

A funky feather:

My favorite block, which didn't photograph very well. Bummer!

And the back!

It was a super quick quilt to piece, and lots of fun to quilt! I hope the bride and groom enjoy it for years to come!