Friday Quilt Finish: Color Outside the Lines is Ta-Done at Last! from Cheeky Cognoscenti

63 x 63 Color Outside the Lines, Bear Paw + Sawtooth Star Blocks

Happy Friday, y'all! I have a quilt finish to share with you today! I finally put the last hand stitches into the binding of my Color Outside the Lines quilt last night, wrapping up a languishing WIP (Work In Progress) that I started way back in 2014. Woo-hoo!

I Hope You Appreciate the Azaleas...

I goaded my grouchy and reluctant husband into driving around with me to find a photo location with azaleas in the exact shade of pink as the hand dyed fabric patches in the ...

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 7 months ago. under anna maria horner , bear paw , color outside the lines , e2e , graffiti quilting , long arm quilting , machine quilting , paint me a story , quilt backing , sawtooth star

Sesame Street Quilting With a Playful Floral Swirl E2E Design from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Hello, hello, and happy Thursday! Is it a "sunny day, sweeping the clouds away" where you live today? If not, don't despair -- "I can tell you how to get, how to get to Sesame Street..."

Seriously; by the time I finished quilting this one, I could NOT get the Sesame Street songs out of my head. "C is for cookie, it's good enough for me. Cookie cookie cookie starts with C!"

4 inch Tumbler Quilt with Floral Swirl E2E Quilting Design

This is the second of two donation quilt tops that my mom pieced for me to quilt ...

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 7 months ago. under charity quilts , charlotte quilters guild , e2e , giverny teleidoscope quilt , graduation quilt , judi madsen , kaleidoscope quilt , long arm quilting , machine quilting , pantographs , tumbler quilt

Oh-Ma-Goodness; My March OMG Goal Was Attained... EARLY! from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Guess what? If a quilter spends less time writing about quilting on her blog, she can get more actual quilting progress completed in her studio!

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 7 months ago. under bear paw , client projects , e2e , giverny teleidoscope quilt , graduation quilt , graffiti quilting , kaleidoscope quilt , long arm quilting , paint me a story , pantographs , patchwork

The Supreme Yumminess of the Hand Marbled Fabrics and the Graffiti Quilting from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Earlier this week, since I was all caught up with customer quilts and right on-track with the kaleidoscope blocks I'm making for Anders' high school graduation quilt, I finally -- FINALLY -- got my UFO Bear Paw quilt out of the Purgatory closet and loaded it on my frame for quilting. I am so excited to finally be finishing this quilt for myself! I stewed over how to quilt this one for three years, but when I discovered this digital edge-to-edge quilting design, Graffiti E2E #7, by Karlee Porter, I knew it would be perfect for this top.

I'm Loving ...

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 8 months ago. under anna maria horner , bear paw , e2e , graduation quilt , intelliquilter , kaleidoscope quilt , karlee porter , long arm quilting , marjorie lee bevis , paint me a story , pantographs

Party At My House, Y'All! C'Mon and Link Up your TGIFF Finishes! from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Hello and HAPPY FRIDAY, everyone! If you've come looking for the Thank Goodness It's FINISHED Friday Linky Party, welcome -- you're in the right place. I'm delighted to be hosting this week's finish party.

I'm so excited to share my finish this week. I know I say this a lot, but I found another new favorite edge-to-edge quilting design that I am crushing on this week:

37 x 37 HST Baby Quilt with Echo Bubble Meander E2E

This 37" x 37" quilt top was pieced by a fellow member of the Charlotte Quilters' Guild for ...

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 8 months ago. under baby gifts , charity quilts , charlotte quilters guild , e2e , long arm quilting , notorious r.b.g. , outreach

Preeti's Picket Star Quilt: Courage Like a Flower from Cheeky Cognoscenti

“Deep in their roots all flowers keep the light.”

– Theodore Roethke

Serendipity E2E Quilting Design on Preeti's Picket Star Quilt

One of the hardest things about quilting for clients is when you're working on a quilt that you are totally in LOVE with, but you can't share any pictures until after your client has a chance to share her own finished quilt on social media. It is like having a giant box of Godiva truffles sitting on your desk, with a fan set up behind them to blow delicious chocolate aromas in your face all day, but ...

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 9 months ago. under client projects , e2e , long arm quilting , machine quilting

First Personal Quilt Finish of 2021: Christmas Sweets Disappearing 9-Patch Snuggle Throw from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Yes, I see you all posting your timely Valentine's Day and Spring-themed quilts all over the Internet. I know what month it is! But I'm like that straggler way at the back of the race, finally stumbling across the finish line a month after the marathon ended... Or something like that!

I actually finished quilting my Christmas Sweets Disappearing 9-Patch throw on New Year's Day, when I wrote my goofy fairy tale spoof about it (you can read that here if you missed it). But then, as the Christmas trees were piling up at the curb and ...

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 9 months ago. under christmas quilt , christmas sweets , disappearing 9-patch , e2e , quilting

The Fabulousness That Is February: One (or More) Monthly Goals from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Hello, my lovelies! Happy Thursday, and happy FEBRUARY! Now that I have replenished my supply of Kona Solid in Ocean, I came close to finishing two more sampler blocks for my Retro '80s Building Blocks quilt last night. The 10" block below wasn't quite done yet when I took this photo:

Progress on Another 10 Inch Sampler Block

All of my block sections had been foundation paper pieced and trimmed, but they still needed to be pieced together and, in order to nest the seams the way I wanted them for crisp, perfectly matched seam intersections, I designed my ...

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 9 months ago. under bear paw , client projects , e2e , kona solids , long arm quilting , mission impossible graduation 2019 , moda modern building blocks , pineapple log cabin , quiltcon together 2021 , sampler blocks

Channeling Aristotle: Using Ancient Design Principles for Better E2E Quilting from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Good morning, Lovelies, and Happy Tuesday!

I often see quilters -- even seasoned professional longarm quilters with years of experience -- crowd-sourcing ideas for quilting designs on social media and in online forums. You know, "how should I quilt this," "which thread would you choose," and "which panto design would look good on this quilt?" If the quilter has a computerized machine, there are additional questions about what size to scale a particular design for quilting as well. My interior design background kicks in whenever I'm faced with these kinds of choices, so I thought I'd take a moment today ...

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 10 months ago. under charity quilts , design , e2e , intelliquilter , long arm learning , long arm quilting , pantographs , technology , thread

Fresh Off the Frame: A Feather-Licious Peacock Flourish Snowball Quilt for a BRAND NEW Quilter! from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Fresh off my frame, and full of fabulously scrumptious feathery texture:

I just finished quilting this snowball quilt for a customer who is also my mom -- this is her very first quilt that she's made by herself from start to finish, and she decided to make it KING size! Didn't she do a great job?

It's a 12 x 12 layout of 8" snowball blocks that she made following the pattern in the book Quilts! Quilts! Quilts!, 3rd Ed., by Diana McClun and Laura Nownes.

Peacock Flourish Opulence Fabric, Mottled White Multi

When my mom picked out ...

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 10 months ago. under beginner quilt , e2e , feathers , intelliquilter , long arm quilting , pantographs , peacock flourish , peacock tail feathers , snowball quilt

More Square Drama for a NICU Cuddle Quilt from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Good Monday morning!

More Square Drama E2E on a 39 x 42 Baby Quilt

I quilted a new E2E design yesterday on a 39" x 42" outreach top that was pieced by a fellow member of the Charlotte Quilters Guild. Kind of fun, don't you think? The digital design is called More Square Drama from Wasatch Quilting and it's dense but not thready because there's no backstitching. I see marshmallows, or melting ice cubes, or roses, or Flintstone wheels, or fried eggs...

I love quilting designs that can be chameleons like that, evoking something different each time ...

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 11 months ago. under baby gifts , charity quilts , charlotte quilters guild , e2e , long arm quilting , outreach

Study In Softness: Marybeth's Flannel-Backed Baby Quilt from Cheeky Cognoscenti

I just finished quilting this sweet and snuggly-soft baby quilt for my friend Marybeth. Her #1 priority was keeping the quilting light enough so the quilt would be as soft as possible for tucking around a little one in a stroller. Isn't it sweet?

Marybeth's Snuggly-Soft Baby Quilt

We chose the pantograph Gingersnap from Urban Elementz and I adjusted the pattern density in my IntelliQuilter to where the scale of the double circles complemented the scale of Marybeth's pieced squares and HSTs. The thread is Glide in a pale blue color called Cloud.

Gingersnap Pantograph from Urban ...

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 11 months ago. under baby gifts , client projects , e2e , flannel , gingersnap , long arm quilting , pantographs

Why Does Rebecca Need SO MUCH THREAD? And Will It Go Bad Before She Uses It Up? from Cheeky Cognoscenti

So here's how the "Firemen Heroes" charity quilt turned out the other day:

"Firemen Heroes" Pediatric Hospital Outreach Quilt

I quilted this donated top using Jessica Schick's Fantasy Flames digital pantograph, scaled to a pattern density of .92, with Glide thread top and bottom in color Lemon Ice.

Top Prior to Quilting

I always like to compare photos of what a quilt top looks like before and after quilting, don't you? With this quilt in particular, simply pieced from large rectangles, I wanted to choose a quilting pattern with curved lines to soften the "brick" effect of ...

added by Rebecca Grace 3 years, 11 months ago. under charity quilts , e2e , intelliquilter , outreach , pantographs , thread

IntelliQuilter Learning Continues: Exploring Digital Pantographs for E2E + Background Fills, with No Sew Zones from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Good morning, lovelies! After my little R.B.G. block detour, I returned to the cheater cloth panel that I'd loaded on my long arm frame for IntelliQuilter practice. Feeling comfortable with resizing and distorting block designs to fit less-than-perfectly-square quilt blocks, I decided to practice laying out and sequencing some E2E (Edge-to-Edge) designs. Oh my gosh, you guys -- I LOVE how my APQS machine stitches these designs out with R2D2 (yes, that's what I've named my IQ) doing the driving instead of me! Smooth feather curves, crisp points, and perfect circle bubbles with beautiful stitches on ...

added by Rebecca Grace 4 years ago. under aphrodite grande , cheater cloth , custom quilting , dewdrops , e2e , feathers , intelliquilter , long arm quilting , pantographs , practice , quilting with rulers , technology

Tuesday's To-Do List: Quilt a UFO + Start Cutting Out a NEWFO! from Cheeky Cognoscenti

Good morning and Happy Tuesday! If you're looking for my Long Arm Linky party, that's in a separate post here, where I've written about my favorite method of joining batting scraps together. This post is my wrap-up/reckoning regarding what I accomplished last week and what I'm hoping to get done in this last full week of September.

Looking at goals from last week, I hear the band Meatloaf singing in my head: "Now don't be sad, 'cause two out of three ain't bad!"

Recap of Last Week's Goals:

✅ Load & Quilt pantograph on ...

added by Rebecca Grace 4 years, 2 months ago. under e2e , long arm quilting , modern baby clam shell , pantographs , quilting

What Are Quilters Blogging About Today?

“Deep in their roots all flowers keep the light.”

– Theodore Roethke

Recap of Last Week's Goals: