A week ago today I got a text from my long arm quilter, Happy Rock Quilting, letting me know that my Australian Aboriginal Fabric Libby quilt was done and ready for me to pick up. I texted back, “can I come out right now?” She said she was just on the way to the gym so said to come by around 7 pm.
I always love seeing my quilt unfurled at my long arm quilter’s place. it’s like Christmas! Seeing all the glory of a finished quilt for the first time. I love the way it transforms the top. All that texture, the binding, all that work coming together. I just love it .
And tonight I finally pulled it out of the bag to get it onto my sofa where it will reside.
It makes me so happy to see all that luscious color in my living room! I love the way it pulls the colors out of that portrait of my Forrest behind the sofa. I loved the quilt I had here previously, but it’s positively bland compared to this one.
The quilting pattern on this is called Malachite. It’s sort of a wobbly spiral. It’s pretty perfect for this quilt.
I usually choose a light gray thread for my bright quilts because it sort of disappears on the vibrant prints. But this quilt was screaming for black thread. I’m so glad I went with that option.
I love the way it’s visible on some fabrics and completely disappears on others.
The thread and quilting disappears on the black backing.
I pay my long arm quilter to finish the bindings for me as well because my hands just can’t take all that hand sewing. I need to save my hands for pickleball!
I did actually spend a little bit of time in my sewing room this morning before I headed out for Pickleball. I sewed two rows of my Brandon Leftover quilt together.
That’s about all I could muster. I did also sew a two inch seam to repair my friend’s dog’s favorite toy. That nearly did me in. I want to get this off my design wall so I can start my black and white Interweave quilt.
The dogwood trees are in all their glory here right now. This one is really special.
The azaleas are also blooming.
These two good boys enjoyed their walk this afternoon.
Back to work tomorrow. It’s going to be a busy couple weeks. Our spring radio fundraising drive starts later this week.
agilejack 
Those fabrics in that design are beautiful! And I love the quilting, too! Nice to see a quilt getting to stay in your home! And great to open my email to find a new blog.
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That’s an absolutely stunning quilt!
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Perfect quilting design for your Aboriginal fabric quilt, beautiful finish.
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beautiful quilt …It’s great it’s a ‘keep’ quilt looks so colourful on the sofa back.
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As always I’m amazed at your quilts, they are stunning. I love your pictures of spring flowering trees. My dogwood were gorgeous but the blooms are gone now, some blew off in the recent storms. We are having much rain, but it’s normal here in spring.
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Love this quilt. Wh
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Beautiful!
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Lovely. And it’s great to hear how you pace yourself. I began several years ago to do my bindings entirely by machine. If it gets ‘em done and looks good, I’m all for it!
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Love, love, love your new couch quilt !
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Oh my gosh !!!
Your quilt turned out gorgeous.
Looks awesome on the couch.
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Just beautiful.
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Anne– It’s like getting “Oh, my” surprises when you post. Dogs, flowers and fabric! Thank you. Kate
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Love the new couch quilt 😻! The puppies you showed before were so cute, were you tempted to adopt one? That would be such a hard choice, they’re adorable. Hugs to the boys!
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As always, I love your quilts. This turned out beautifully. Such warmth and energy! Quilting design was great choice.
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I had my longarm friend use the Malachite quilting pattern on 3 of my quilts. I like it better than any pattern that has a lot of points or backtracking.
Those Azaleas are so gorgeous.
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I really prefer a more simple and dense quilting design. This one, with the wavy lines, seems to work really well with the Aussie fabrics.
I love the azaleas. some of them can be overly pruned, but they are absolutely covered with blooms.
Anne
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I love your quilts. They are truly works of art!
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That quilt is SO perfect, all the ways. You make exquisite things exquisitely.
And what a breathtaking dogwood. They are blooming here now, and still lovely, but the Boston area is just barelywarm enough for them, so they don’t get quite so luscious.Sweet pups. Thank you for taking the time to share your work and mind and heart with us.
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That quilt is SO perfect, all the ways. You make exquisite things exquisitely.
And what a breathtaking dogwood. They are blooming here now, and still lovely, but the Boston area is just barely warm enough for them, so they don’t get quite so luscious.
Sweet pups.
Thank you for taking the time to share your work and mind and heart with us.
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