Best Ever Applique Sampler

Chris made this fantastic quilt from the book, 

"Best Ever Applique Sampler" by Piece O' Cake.

 And yes we do have this book in stock.

New Pattern and Sample

I just finished the shop sample for this new pattern, Lola.

I tried my hand at some Angela Walters Style Quilting. 

I also used 2 battings to highlight the quilting. 

The bottom batting is a low loft poly and the top batting is wool.

The fabric featured in this quilt is "Lola" by Dear Stella.

If you can't make it in for the fabric and pattern just give us a call.

Two More Elephants

Previously I posted about the Elephant Quilts some of the 7-Sisters were making. 

Here are two more.

This is Barbara's. I love how she put something in for the eye. The pattern just left it empty with background fabric. I think it has more life with the eye filled in.

This is Chris' elephant. She also put something in for the eye. I love it. Her elephant is not yet quilted.

Here is mine again. I am going to have to go back and put something in for the eye.

This is Earleen's.

Starburst

We had 2 finish up with the starburst class last week. 

Barbara's is blue and white

Sharon's is scrappy

I decided my disappearing pinwheel needs sashing. Here I was auditioning different ones. I am going with a light gray dotted print.

Surrounded

The pattern for this quilt is ready.

 I love the fabrics in this quilt.

We have all of these fabrics in stock.

It looks very soft and peaceful.

After I am done with this quilt at the shop it is going home on my guest room bed.

Baby Elephant Walk

 Last week seven of the Seven Sisters Quilt Guild decided to make this Elephant quilt. I love how they are looking and could not wait to share them. So here are three of them so far. 

Earleen is the first one to finish. 

She used yellow and pink Batiks and it is absolutely beautiful!

She quilted it on her midarm.

Mine is almost done. It just needs to be bound.

I used 21 different pinks all from the shop.

I quilted mine on the longarm before applying the pinks.

Lou is well on her way. She is using all blues from the shop.

Lou is sewing on her blues first and will have it quilted afterward.

Chris, Cheryl, Barbara, and Margaret are also making one.

The pattern for this quilt is in the book "Scrap Happy Quilting."

Long Arm Quilting

I have been doing quite a bit of long arm quilting lately but have not been keeping up with the posting of the quilts. This week, however I am really booked so will not be quilting much. My hope this week though, is to catch up with the posting of my quilting. So, hopefully there will be a lot of posts this week.  Below are just the quilts that I quilted last week. 

"Spools"

I am anxious to get "Spools" quilted. I went to the shop today and loaded it onto the longarm. At first I loaded it on vertically like I do most quilts. After it was loaded and basted I was looking at it to decide how I want to quilt it. I wanted to get it all figured out so that the next time I am able to quilt I will be able to get right at it. Well, what I decided on will be some much easier to quilt from top to bottom.To keep the quilting flowing and to avoid a lot of starts and stops, I will need to have it loaded horizontally. So, I had to take it off and reload it. At least I have it all ready to go. Hopefully I will have the time to quilt it tomorrow.

Marmalade

We now have the fabric line, Marmalade by Bonnie and Camille for Moda.

Lou made this quilt, Spools, for a shop sample. This pattern is also by Bonnie and Camille and uses the entire line of Marmalade.

Here is that beautiful line of fabric on the window seat. Twenty six lovely fabrics to choose from. If you can't make up your mind you can always pick up a jelly roll.

 The two patterns that go with this fabric line.

We will be making kits for the Spools quilt.

What's New at Quilt Vine

Wow, it has been way too long since I have posted here. Things at the shop are keeping me busy. We have set up two display areas to showcase our newest arrivals. The top photo is what you will see immediately upon entering the shop.

This new line, Everlasting, from Moda arrived this week. 

For all of you Batik lovers, Briar Rose Balis is the other line of fabric that came in this week.

We also got a new mannequin/dress form for displaying wearables.

Here are a few odds and ends that arrived from Westminster.

This line came in a couple of weeks ago but I did not post about it. Chris chose this fabric to make her next class/shop sample. Friday she finished the top. We will be offering this class in the first quarter of next year.

Friday we hit a milestone of 100 Likes on Facebook. To commemorate that achievement we gave away a $25 gift card.