Pointless Quilter

This was the The Quilt Show's Block of the Month for 2017.  It was designed by Sue Garman who was one of my favorite quilters of all times  Our guild was fortunate enough to have her as a speaker and teacher before she passed away.  (Haven't finished the quilt from that class yet-but it's on my lit to finish this year too.)   This quilt is pretty much all paper pieced.  And because I spend so much time piecing it I felt the quilting deserved as much time.  Here are some close ups.  I got to use my machine quilting rulers a lot on this quilt for the curved cross hatching.  Got better the more I did it.  Used some stencil work for the big setting triangles in the center and the rest I used the rulers to draw the spine of the feathers but the rest was done free motion.  And a lot of  'in the ditch' quilting. I didn't buy the kit from The Quilt Show but was able to find most of the fabrics that they used.  I just loved the spring colors.  I have several

My how time flies.   I can’t believe it’s been more than a month since I posted.   I have not been idle though.   I finished making and quilting the guild’s mystery quilt.   I’ve already given out 4 clues and I think they will have either 2 or 3 more left to do.   They should have all the components of the blocks by the end of this month.   Here’s a sneak peak of the quilts. I’d love to show you a picture of both quilts, but I can’t yet – that would ruin the mystery.   I made two since the guild members like to have a small and larger option.   My small one I made with Christmas colors and the large one I made with Halloween/fall colors.   However, there is really nothing Haloween-ish about the fabrics I used on the top except for the colors.   I did use Halloween fabric for the back though.   I also started machine quilting the Quilt Show’s Block of the Month from last year.   Here’s a sneak peak of the center.   I just finished quilting the curved flying geese arches la