Quilting the Happy Scrappy Quilt

I've begun the quilting on the Happy Scrappy quilt.  This quilt is square and has a design that radiates out from the center, making it a good candidate for concentric circle quilting.  I pin basted this quilt to prepare for quilting on the Janome Memory Craft.

 I used a circle template to mark the first circle on my quilt.

 I thought it would be fun to try out a few of the specialty stitches on my new sewing machine, so I quilted a circle of tulips.  I may plant another garden further into the quilting.  That was fun!

 I'm quilting with a guide to keep the circles about one inch apart.

I got pretty far along, when this happened.  Fuzzy.  He said, "You are done for the evening".  Haha.  He is way too heavy to sit on my quilt while I'm working on it.  I moved him twice, but he kept coming back.  Time to put it away.  I can finish another day.

Are you following the Spring Clean Your Studio Blog Hop?  Today's hopper is:

May 9 - Sarah Myers -  http://www.quilted-diary.com/blog

Be Creative ~ Sew Something Beautiful Today.

Jennifer Thomas

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Log Cabin Quilting Update ~ Quilt Block Classics

 Here's the latest on my Log Cabin Quilt Block Classics quilt.  

 I decided to quilt this on my domestic machine, rather than on the frame.  It's a small quilt, the frame was occupied with another project, and I was excited to get started on the quilting.  So I laid this out on my cutting table and basted it with safety pins.  

I've always admired quilts with concentric circle quilting from the center out.  I thought this would be a terrific quilt to try it on.  I marked my center circle with a template, and started stitching.

 I'm using a minty color King Tut thread by Superior for the quilting.  It's soft tone blends well with most of the fabrics.

 I'm stitching the circles about 3/4" apart.

 Stitching around,

 and around,

and around.  Nearly finished!  Hopefully I can finish the quilting in my next session.  I'm enjoying this technique.  It seems like it would be fun to add pebbles inside some of the rings of quilted lines, and vary the widths of the circles for more interest on a future quilt.

Be Creative ~ Sew Something Beautiful Today!

Jennifer Thomas

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