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Over By The Pond from Night Owl Quilting

Lea made this fun "Over By the Pond" wall hanging. The pattern is still available through Quilting Daily and would be a fun project for someone who enjoys Foundation Paper Piecing.

Lea requested custom quilting. I mostly stitched around the paper pieced critters and plants. The frogs needed a few extra quilting lines. They will be complete when Lea adds the button eyes.

I added a watery background fill, curls in the inner border and a leafy feather in the outer border. In the strips between the critters I added a motif that matched the fabric that Lea used. Once ...

added by Lori S 2 weeks, 3 days ago. under custom quilting

Birch Street Collage from Night Owl Quilting

This is Sandra's version of the Fiberworks pattern called Birch Street Collage. I was a bit hesitant to take this one on at first as sometimes certain brands fusible web in multiple layers can cause stitching issues and gummed up needles. Sandra knew what products she used, so I felt better and thankfully I had no issues.

Trying to stitch the individual fused pieces down was not an option I was willing to consider as I was worried about causing fraying along the edges, and the number of thread changes required would have made this a very time consuming ...

added by Lori S 1 month ago. under custom quilting

Stars in the Garden from Night Owl Quilting

Ruth, a new to me client wowed me when she pulled this amazing quilt of out her bag!

The pattern is called Stars in the Garden from Piece O' Cake Designs.

Ruth is a master of hand applique! I stitched around all the applique with Micro Quilter thread which is 100wt, so it is a virtually invisible. Ruth opted for Quilter's Dream Puff batting and the loft it gave to the applique was very pleasing.

In order to keep the quilt soft we opted to not fully fill the background with echoes or pebbles, but just filled in the ...

added by Lori S 1 month ago. under custom quilting

Cross Stitched Flowers from Night Owl Quilting

This was a very unique quilt that came my way recently. Olga stitched the 4 preprinted panel sections together and competed all the cross stich flowers and borders on this top, but decided she was no longer up to hand quilting the project.

Olga purchased this kit from the Mary Maxim catalogue years ago, and it was stamped with the cross stitch designs and quilting lines. Olga asked if I could custom quilt this one by following the pre-stamped lines. This was a request that was new for me, but I couldn't see a reason why it wouldn't ...

added by Lori S 1 month, 1 week ago. under custom quilting

Vultures Rock Quilting Project from From My Carolina Home

Yesterday, my internet friend, Vicki, and I had plans to meet at the Asheville Quilt show. Unfortunately, hurricane Helene had other ideas. We got notice that morning that the show was canceled for the day, so we decided to meet for just a bit at a local breakfast spot. But it was closed when we got there! We were able to sit on a covered porch while it rained for a half hour, then they had to get on the road home to stay ahead of the worst of the wind and rain that was coming. I was happy we ...

added by Carole @ From My Carolina Home 6 months ago. under custom quilting , no waste flying geese , quilting , surprises (Comments)

MPQ 2025 Raffle Quilt from Night Owl Quilting

Earlier this spring I had the pleasure of quilting this jaw dropper! This quilt is the 2025 Manitoba Prairie Quilter's Raffle Quilt. The draw will take place at the Quilt Reflections Quilt Show in Winnipeg that is being held April 11-12. (I do have tickets to sell to anyone local.)

The fabric used in this quilt, including the back is from the Whale Song collection from Northcott fabrics.

The makers of the quilt left the quilting plan up to me, but they did say overall they preferred less dense quilting to very heavy quilting. This quilt definitely required a ...

added by Lori S 6 months ago. under custom quilting

Ghost Party from Night Owl Quilting

Reneta made this Ghost Party quilt using the Sweet 'n Spookier collection from Art Gallery Fabrics. The Ghost Party pattern is from Wooly Petals.

None of the pantographs that I initially suggested were feeling quite right for Reneta, so she asked if I could do some freehand quilting instead. She suggested handwriting the word "Boo" and then the idea was born.

In the background squares I used a hot pink thread and added loops and wrote the word "boo" every so often.

For the ghosts, I stiched around the perimeter and the eyes and then filled in the rest with ...

added by Lori S 6 months, 1 week ago. under custom quilting

Rose Anne's Scrappy Triangles from Night Owl Quilting

Rose Anne brought this lovely quilt in for some custom quilting. A few members of my local quilt guild got inspired to do some paper piecing and followed The Year of Scrappy Triangles blog post by Leila Gardunia. https://www.leilagardunia.com/blog/year-of-scrappy-triangles I had seen some photos of this quilt as Rose Anne was working on it and had thought her chosen background was black, but it is actually a beautiful deep green! It is a lovely compliment to all the batiks she found in her stash.

Initially I thought feathers would be the perfect suggestion for the ...

added by Lori S 6 months, 2 weeks ago. under custom quilting

Mountainside from Night Owl Quilting

Reneta made this quilt for her daughter's wedding and I can finally share it now that the day has come. The quilt pattern is called Mountainside by Lella Boutique and features the Smoke and Rust fabric collection. McKenna and Cole had planned an intimate wedding in Jasper, Alberta so this quilt is extra fitting. (Unfortunately due to the recent forest fires, they had to relocate their wedding, but it will still be taking place in the mountains.)

I have quilted many many quilts for Reneta and we have done everything for a simple meander to complex undertakings like adding ...

added by Lori S 7 months, 1 week ago. under custom quilting

Custom Quilting the Bird Quilt from From My Carolina Home

Here we go, after doing some stand-and-stare, I had made the decision to custom quilt this quilt. Settle in for a long and picture heavy post, with lots of detail for other quilters. The only thing I knew from the outset was that I wanted feathers in the strips. I loaded it on the longarm on a rainy day, and got started. Because I was going to quilt from top to bottom, then come back from bottom to top, I needed to stitch all the edges down first. This always makes me nervous, that I won’t get the tension ...

added by Carole @ From My Carolina Home 7 months, 2 weeks ago. under bird quilt , custom quilting , embroidery , quilting (Comments)

Just Takes Two - 100 Block Quilt from Night Owl Quilting

Leslie brought this amazing sampler quilt for some custom quilting. The pattern was a mystery from Sentimental Stitches back in 2012 called “Just Takes 2”. I have the same quilt top pieced but unquilted as yet. Mine has a white background and be a variety of bright colours so it hardly seems like the same pattern at all! Twice a month we received a minimum of two block patterns. The pattern is now available for purchase as a complete single pattern.

Leslie left the quilting designs up to me. We talked a bit when she dropped it off, but it ...

added by Lori S 8 months, 1 week ago. under custom quilting

Vintage Lonestar from Night Owl Quilting

Cynthia brought this vintage top that was made by her great grandmother. She decided it was time to get it finished and enjoyed instead of hiding in the closet. It was my pleasure to work on this family treasure.

We decided on some light custom quilting. Continuous curves in the star diamonds and free flowing open feathers in the background.

I'm sure that the background fabric was flour sacks and it has a feeling that just can't be replicated.

Cynthia opted to have Marion bind her quilt using the same fabric she used on the back. This modern ...

added by Lori S 11 months, 1 week ago. under custom quilting

Serpentine from Night Owl Quilting

Cathy brought this fabulous Sea Monster quilt and asked for custom quilting. The pattern is called Serpentine and was designed by Tula Pink and is made with fabrics from her collections. It is available as a free download on Free Spirit fabrics website.

Angela Walters quilted Tula Pink's original quilt and Cathy like they feel of the quilting, but requested for hers to be done less densely.

I doodled a variety of ideas and sent them off to Cathy for her opinion and she selected the version you see below. I stitched in the ditch around the points and ...

added by Lori S 1 year ago. under custom quilting , sea monster quilt

Year of Scrappy Triangles from Night Owl Quilting

Liz brought this striking quilt in for some custom quilting. A few members of my local quilt guild got inspired to do some paper piecing and followed The Year of Scrappy Triangles blog post by Leila Gardunia. https://www.leilagardunia.com/blog/year-of-scrappy-triangles They did it at a faster pace, approximately one per day as time allowed.

The nature of these blocks allow for seemingly endless possibilities for unique layouts. With the layout Liz selected, the black background to the paper pieced triangles became a prominent and interesting feature to the quilt. Liz agreed with my suggestion of using a ...

added by Lori S 1 year ago. under custom quilting , molar feathers

Beary Patch from Night Owl Quilting

This darling quilt was made by Eileen for her great niece. The pattern is called Beary Patch as was originally published in Quiltmaker magazine, but now is available on the Quilting Daily website.

Eileen requested custom quilting on this one and specifically crosshatching in the background and my 3 and E freehand design for the fur. I was happy to oblige with those ideas and added some curved lines in the cream pickets of the outer border, and stitched in the ditch along the brown pickets. Loops in the pink inner border and a loopy design in the outer corners ...

added by Lori S 1 year ago. under custom quilting

Traditional and Contemporary from Quilt Vine

This past week or so I have been trying to catch up with some of my client’s quilts.

Life is busy in so many ways right now, so I do not take in as many quilts from clients as I used to. I like to try to stay caught up with them.

Both quilts I am featuring today were made by Cathy. Even though they are quite different, both quilts were custom freehand quilted.

This first quilt is more of a traditional quilt and so I quilted it more traditionally. The feather wreath is very traditional. This traditional quilt ...

added by Candy 1 year, 1 month ago. under baltimore album quilt , client quilt , contemporary quilt , custom quilting , customers quilts , feather wreath , freehand quilting , traditional quilt

Simple Triangles - ROYGBIV from Night Owl Quilting

This was the first quilt I made for my first grandchild. I had seen a similar triangle quilt used to take monthly milestone pictures and I loved the idea. I headed out to see Jennifer at Needle Craft and Studio to select a fresh new rainbow of 1/4m cuts and I also found the sweetest rainbow confetti background fabric. My friend Kathy (Tamarack Shack) made a set a milestone number circles which make the milestone photos perfect.

I decided to add custom quilting. A pantograph certainly would have done the job, but I had the time and thought it ...

added by Lori S 1 year, 1 month ago. under custom quilting

Chandelier from Night Owl Quilting

This pretty Chandelier quilt was made by Marion. Marion used to do custom quilting for clients on her domestic sewing machine, but she no longer does because of the wear and tear on the body. Marion had a real vision for how she wanted this quilted, and it was fun collaborating, doing things a little out of the norm and bringing her vision to life.

Marion's request was for me to quilt the body of the quilt and to leave the borders for her to do on her domestic machine. Not the typical request, but totally doable if we ...

added by Lori S 1 year, 3 months ago. under custom quilting

Quilting The Tree of Life Quilt from Podunk Pretties

Maybe I should have called this one The Redwood Forest. Measuring 94 x 98, it's one of the largest quilts I've ever made. And I'm pretty sure it's the largest I've ever quilted on the frame.

As with all of my quilts, I'm quilting using Superior Threads Microquilter 100wt. thread. It's lightweight, strong and allows the quilting to shine without a heavy look of thread. Not everyone likes this look, it's a personal preference thing. Most quilters use this thread for stitch in the ditch or on quilts with lots of backtracking ...

added by Podunk Pretties 1 year, 3 months ago. under custom quilting , midarm quilting , tree of life quilt

Turning Leaves from Night Owl Quilting

Sydney brought this wonderful batik Turning Leaves quilt for some custom quilting. The pattern was originally published in a 2002 Quiltmaker magazine but now is available as a download on the Quilting Daily website

I have seen this pattern done with machine applique in the past but Sydney decided to hand applique her blocks. I used a thin Microquilter thread to stitch in the ditch around the leaves. I was able to quilt the rest of the quilt with one blendy color of So Fine thread.

Veins in the leaves, some accent stitching in the block corners, loops in the ...

added by Lori S 1 year, 4 months ago. under custom quilting

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