Have A Heart

As many of you know already I am a BIG supporter of Project Linus and our local Chapter. We are always trying to come up with ways to raise money for the chapter to continue to thrive, so earlier this year our Linus Coordinator Sharon S. asked me about the possibility of teaching a beginners class. Its been some time since I last taught a quilt class but I jumped at the chance. I even decided to design a quilt just for us to use!

It didn't take long to come up with something (as i have a big old sketch book full of ideals for new quilts!) to pick out a simple heart design.Matter of fact it took longer to name the quilt than it did to design it! OK so I didn't name it, my Aunt G. did when I was completely clueless as to what to call it. It took a whole minute to come up with the Have A Heart name. Sometimes that woman is just to smart for her own good! 

I quickly spotted a perfect looking Moda Layer Cake (Winter Wonderland) at my local quilt shop, The Wooden Spool (Effingham IL.) that would be perfect to make a sample of the quilt. I also picked up a little matching yardage just to be sure I had enough creams for the background. I also picked out some prefect swirly Cream Minky/Cuddle fabric from Shannon fabrics for the backing. Once home I got to work right away, cutting the layer cake down into 5" squares. And laid out on the design wall.

Once I had everything ready to be sewn I thoughtfully asked (OK so I begged) My Aunt to do the sewing for me. What can i say except that I am more at home at my quilting machine than I am at my sewing machine! It didn't take her long, just a couple of hours and the quilt top was finished.

That very night I took it to my quilting machine and got to quilting, I was excited and I wanted to bring it to show a few friends the net day! I used Quilters Dream Wool Batting (the quilt was just screaming to be a soft puffy quilt!) Using Essential Pro thread from Connecting Threads in both Red (for the heart) and Cream (for the background) i quickly finished the quilt up! 

I wanted to share the pattern with you sooner however I also thought that since some had paid to take the class I wanted to be sure they got the pattern first! This past Friday & Saturday the class took place so its time to pass the pattern on to all of you as well. I only ask a couple of things from you. #1 If you do make this quilt using my pattern, please consider making one for your local Project Linus Chapter or another charity in your area. #2 Please don't make and sell any of the quilts made from my pattern, that's not what it is for. You are welcome to make and give them away but please don't make money off of them. #3, Please don't remove my name or any of my contact info from the pattern. and #4 Please remember I am not a pro at pattern writing, there will be mistakes and flaws and better ways to do things than the way I did them. But remember this was made for beginners so simple was, at least in my mind, the best way to go! 

On another note, this will be my last official job as a Project Linus Assistant. I have decided that it is past time to move on and let someone else enjoy in on all the fun. Just because I have decided to move on does not mean that I will not support our local Linus Chapter, Its just that as the time passes and the world changes I also change. Its time for me to start doing some of the things that I have been putting off for years and using some of that free time for me.

So without further adieu, here it is, Have A Heart!

Have A Heart
(Link should take you to the Google Drive download!)

How To Machine Quilt A Three Person Tent Into Submission!

Now come on, you all know what I'm talking about even if you don't want to admit it! We have all had a "Quilter's Oops Moment", one of the most common I see when machine quilting is were we sewed a block together not quit right but it was "close enough" to the right size that we just KNEW we could make it fit in with the rest of the other perfectly pieced blocks. But when we forced that one odd sized block in with the rest of them it created what I like to call a "Three Person Tent Block". Just think of it as a quilt block that when you pick it up from the center it would be a large enough tent to home three quilters on a retreat, all the projects, machines, tools, food, and wine that they also brought along with them! Maybe this photo will help explain it a bit better:

Now that is one roomy tent! 

I find that this happens on quilt blocks that are set on point more than any other. Also sometimes fabric is just a pain in the old butt and stretched out of shape when you were sipping that second third glass of wine at the retreat. Another reason could be that there was a misprint in the directions for cutting the fabric. I also see this a lot on quilts made by groups of quilters. Instructions may be the same but that doesn't mean the quilters are the same. We all sew with a 1/4" seam (hopefully!) but that 1/4" may be slightly larger on Marilyn's machine and slightly smaller on Colette's machine than it is on my machine. Don't think you are alone, we have all done it at least once if not a million times. Even big time award winning quilters will tell you that its just one of many things we goof up from time to time. Its also one of the things we Machine Quilters have to work with and still do our best to make your quilts look as perfect as we possibly can. Three person Tent syndrome is actually one of the easiest things to fix, we just don't like to admit it.

Before I get started on how I fixed the problem block in the photo a little info:

#1 Just because this is how I fix the problem doesn't mean all machine quilters do it this way. There are many ways to work in the extra fabric this is just one of them.

#2 I have only ever done this fix on cotton fabrics. I would never ever, EVER try it on it on anything other than cotton or cotton poly blends.

#3 It works best (at least for me) on 100% cotton fabrics.

#4 I did not come up with this method, its not mine, I don't own it. I do not know who came up with it but I can tell you I learned it a few years ago from a amazing machine quilter by the name of Jamie Wallen. If you haven't see Jamie's work look him up! He is not only a great guy but he is a amazing teacher. He also has tons of great videos on YouTube, Just search for Quilters Apothecary and you will find them!

OK first up, for some reason I almost never notice these problem blocks until I have already started quilting the quilt so that is why you will notice the quilt in question is already loaded on my Longarm and there is some quilting already happening. This quilt, lucky for me, has easy quilting designs that also just happened to help ease in the extra fabric and hide it. Here you can see the extra fabric all ripply and not so pretty. Also, see that spray bottle? Remember it for a bit as it will come in to play very soon.

Step One: Spray It!

Step number one: When you find that not so perfect block grab your spray starch. Yes Spray Starch, any kind will work from good old Niagara to Best Press, you just need starch and you will need lots of it. When I first started doing this method I was a stickler for using Niagara Starch but In the past few months I have started using Mary Ellen's Best Press. Why the switch? Well I can get Best Press in a gallon jug and it is available in Unscented. I just picked up a cheap Spray bottle at the local big Box store and refill it when needed. Ok back on the subject of step one, spray the heck out of that block! Yes really, you want that block to be almost (but not quit) dripping. 

Step 2: WALK AWAY. Put your starch down and walk away for at least ten minutes, let the starch soak into the fabric. Don't watch, it will only make you wonder if I'm crazier than you already know I am. It can be longer than ten minutes so don't worry if your sister happens to call and your stuck listening to her cry about her best friend not doing what she is supposed to be doing or that her husband refuses to listen to whatever it was she said he should listen to.

Step 3: Has it been at least ten minutes? Good, now go back and take a look. Is the fabric laying flater? Yes, good! you can move on to the next step! was your answer No? Well that's OK you just might need to "tickle" it a bit with your fingers. I know that's sounds wrong but its the best way I could discribe it right now so lets just go with it! Run the tips of your fingers lightly over the fabric and evenly distribute any of the extra bulk. Basically you don't want to push all the extra fabric to one side or to the center you want it to be as even looking as you can get it to look.

Step Three: Tickle That Fabric! 

Step 4: Now if your are a patient quilter you will walk away again, and let it dry on its own after all that really will give you the best results. But if your like me and are always in a rush because the quilt needs to be ready to hand back to its owner then next morning you can break out your steam iron. Doesn't need to be a fancy iron, it just need to be able to steam without dripping water drops all over the place. Fill your iron with water, plug it in, and set it on its highest setting. When the iron is all hot and steamy take it to your quilt and hold it just right above the fabric, touch is OK but really right above works best. Now quickly move the steam iron over the top of the block. you should notice the fabrics "pulling in" just a bit. By the time your block is nearly dry it should be laying nice and flatish.  I know what your thinking, "How in the world is a steam iron going to dry all that starch?" and your right it wont, but it will get it pretty darn dry. But before you move on to the next step you want to be sure it is completely dry so not to harm your machine in any way! 

Step Four, Hold the iron right above. but not quite touching the fabric

After Steaming: Nice and flat and pretty! 

Step 5: Quilt away! This method works great for any type of batting, this quit happened to have Quilters Dream Puff which "Puffed" up and help to hide any extra fabric that night have been left after starching and steaming. 

And its done!

Well that's it, I hope it helps at least one other quilter out there. And remember, Quilters Oops Moments can strike anyone at any time, even the most experienced of quilters!

Did the photos above not show the steps clearly? Then take a look at these photos of another block from the same quilt that had some bulky issues that needed taming:

Step One: Spray It!

Step Three: Tickle That Fabric! 

After Steaming: Nice and flat and pretty! 

See that crease? Don't worry, it will go away when quilted is added!

And its done!

What happens with your quilt, part 3

**This is the final post in a three part series about what exactly happens to your quilt once I take it home for quilting. Part Three will cover the different styles of machine quilting that are available. Please remember, every machine quilter has different ways of doing things. Just because I do things this way doesn't mean your machine quilter doesn't have a different way of doing things. Be sure to check with your personal quilter before assuming anything! ** 


Before we get started I want all of you to remember this: There are NO QUILT POLICE & NO RULES IN QUILTING!!! No one should be able to tell you what to do with your quilt! They can make suggestions but you do not have to let them talk you into them!  If you want modern quilting on a tradition looking quilt then go for it! If you want tradition quilting on a more modern looking quilt then have at it! Its your quilt and should ed up looking the way that YOU want it to look!

Machine quilting has a number of different styles, from basic simple all over freehand quilting (like a stipple that can be finished in just a few hours, to full blown Heirloom custom quilting that can take weeks to complete. Each and every style has a place in the quilting world, don't let anyone tell you it doesn't! 

Let me say right up front I don't know much about Modern quilting! The modern movement has not hit my area they way it has in others, with only a handful of modern quilters around me I haven't had the chance to do much of that style of quilting just yet. I have done a little modern quilting for a handful of clients and a bit on a couple of my own personal quilts but that's about it! I will talk about it, however briefly after we discus what I would call Show Quilting.  

The most common form of machine quilting my area of Southern Illinois is freehand allover designs such as Stippling, Stars and Loops, Ribbon Meander and so on. These types of designs can be quilted out relatively  quickly even on large King sized quilts so the cost for quilting is the lowest. Why do they quilt out fast? Fewer stops and starts, no set pattern that you have to follow, and no backtracking on a stitching line that the quilter would have to slow down for! Here are a few examples of allover freehand designs for you to take a look at but please remember, i can quilt these designs out on my machine way better than i can sketch them on my iPad! :

Stipple & Twisted Ribbon Stipple

Stars and  Loops & Just Loops

Windy & Swirls

Another common style of machine quilting in my area is Pantograh quilting, or as a lot of the ladies like to call it Row Quilting. Pantograph quilting is a style that is quilted out in rows across the quilt top and can be done by manually moving the machine following a paper pattern with a stylus or a laser light as well as by using a computerized machine that moves for you. Please remember that a computerized machine does not mean faster, as a matter of fact I have seen computerized pantograph patterns that can take over a hour to stitch just on row across a quilt. Pantograph patterns come in many styles and density of quilting, can contain backtracking on a single stitching line, but are always stitched out in rows.

A internet quilting friend of mine, Leisha Farnsworth has designed some amazing Pantograph patterns and if I was a Paragraph quilter I would own pretty much every single one of them! Really I am not exaggerating on this one, they are perfect for today's quilts both traditional and more modern quilts! If you would like to take a better look at what Leisha is doing and to see some more of her designs you can find her on Facebook at Quilting It ~ Machine quilting by Leisha Farnsworth. Here are a few of Leisha's favorite designs for you to have a look at! 

Meadowlark 

Morocco 

Veranda 

Pricing for Pantograph quilting varies a lot in my area. Some machine quilters have a set price for any and all designs that they offer. For instance one area quilter offers to quilt baby quilts up to 40"x60" for only $35.00 no matter what pantograph or allover freehand design is chosen. Other machine quilters in our area have different prices for each photograph offered, based on the time it takes to stitch out the design &/or the density of the design. Others charge by the square inch, once again basting the pricing on time &/or density of the quilted design. 

Next up would be custom quilting, which also has many different styles within itself. When it comes to trying to define Custom Machine Quilting each and every machine quilter tends to have his or her own version of the definition! I'm going to give you my own personal definitions on exactly what i call custom and my versions of the different styles. Remember your machine quilter will more than likely have his or her own definitions so be sure to ask before assuming anything! 

To me custom quilting is anything that involves using more than one design over the entire body of a single quilt. For instance to me Simple Custom would be a a single design (like a allover freehand) in the main body of the quilt and a different but coordinating design for the border. Simple custom is great for bed quilts of all kinds. It would look something like this: 

close up of  very simple custom quilting

Then I have what I like to call Second Level Custom, this would be the type of quilting I do the most of!) This would contain different border designs as well as multiple quilting design for the blocks in the body of the quilt but contains little or no Stitch In The Ditch Quilting. Pricing for this type of quilting can vary, but I do charge by the inch based on how long it will take me to quilt the designs you have chosen. I have a couple of different prices that fall into this type of quilting which is why I always like to suggest to let me sketch up a few different options (in different price ranges) for you to look at and pick from. That way you will know upfront exactly what you will get for your money. This type of quilting is very suitable for bed quits that you just want something with a bit more than just basic pantograph quilting or simple custom quilting on. Here are a few different options for custom quilting design on a single quilt:

close up of what i like to call Level 2 two custom quilting.

Another example of level 2. This may look more complected but i can quilt a entire row of the
main body of the quilt with only one stop and start, also with no S.I.D quilting or marking needed, the
amount of time to quilt the entire quit is reduced dramatically. 

The next up of course, would be Third Level Custom Quilting. This type of quilting would offer much more Stitch In The Ditch quilting. One wouldn't think this would change the price of the quilting all that much but it does. Stitching in the ditch involves Ruler Work, a type of quilting that can (at least for me!) take a lot longer to do as I must slow down to get a good quality finished quilt! S.I.D. (stitch in the ditch) really allows for the piecing to "pop" out a bit more. This type of quilting is also suitable for bed quilts but it will tend to be a tiny bit more "stiff" than the Second Level quilting would be. Here is a example of a quilt that I quilted with this level of quilting: 

a example of what i call 3rd level Custom. This quilt has ruler work straight line quilting
approximately 1/8" inside the seem lines instead of S.I.D. quilting.
Be sure to click on the photo for a larger better view!

Last but certainly not least would be Custom Heirloom Quilting &/or Show quilting. Just so you know I do not normally offer this type of quilting without being begged and even then I will more than likely give you the contact information of another machine quilter that I know will give you better results than I could ever think about giving you! This is the type of quilting that can be used on a bed quilt but is more suitable for just looking at and oohing and ahhing over. You know, the kind of quilting that you see at large National Quilt Shows like the AQS Paducah show. This type of quilting takes not hours but days, weeks, and possibly even months to finish correctly. All stops and starts must be properly finished in other words the loses threads must be tied and then using a needle and thread, worked to the inside of the quilt so no thread ends show. It is also common that these quilts will need to be blocked by soaking in water then stretching across & pinning onto a pin-able surface (such as foam insulation board) and left to dry completely. Why? Because we need these show quilts to end up being perfectly straight and blocking will help with that if done correctly. If you would like more info on blocking a quilt search YouTube, there are many videos there that can help you out. 

Example of what i would consider Heirloom Quilting,  with both S.I.D. quilting and the added 1/4 inch line
 inside of the seams this quilt has a lot of ruler work, and therefor took a good deal of time. to complete.

Modern quilting. were does modern quilting land on the chart? Well it can end up pretty much anywhere! Some modern quilting designs are fast and simple, containing only lines across the body of the quilt, some are more detailed and time consuming.  If you want modern I suggest talking to your quilter face to face and disusing your options. I haven't done much modern quilting myself as its not that big of a movement in my are (darn it!) Here is a example of some of the more modern quilting that I have done:

example of my mid level modern quilting

Is it moderns? Well I'm not to sure myself! I would say this is a mix of modern & traditional
 quilting. The time involved in quilting this quilt would put it into the Heirloom Quilting range. 

OK, so this post has ended up being much longer than I thought it would! I am thinking I had best stop here for now and continue with a fourth post on just the questions that I am asked most often so not to bore you all to death before I get to the end! Hope you have ll enjoyed things so far, and feel free to ask any questions you might have and I will do my best to answer them for you! 

What happens with your quilt, part 2

**This is the second of three posts about what exactly happens to your quilt once I take it home for quilting. Part Two will cover everything i do to get your quilt ready for quilting as well as how i set up the machine for quilting. Please remember, every machine quilter has different ways of doing things. Just because I do things this way doesn't mean your machine quilter doesn't have a different way of doing things. Be sure to check with your personal quilter before assuming anything! ** 

What happens when its time to quilt your quilt? No its not as easy as just pinning the quilt on the frame and pushing a button, there is a lot more to it than that.

First up I pull the next quilt in line out of the closet and off its hanger. I hang that hanger with its number on the handle of a nearby drawer so I can easily look and see exactly what number and whose quilt I am working on. I do a quick check to be sure the backing fabric is straight (if its not I will straighten it up) and then, just to be safe, a quick second check to be sure the backing fabric is large enough for the quilt. I then take the quilt to the ironing board and give and "hard" wrinkles and creases a quick pressing using the lowest setting I can use just in case there is some odd fabrics or notions in your quilt top that might melt under higher heat.

Thanks you client for all that extra backing fabric! 

As long as the quilt is laying out over the ironing board I take the time to try and trim up as many threads from the back of the quilt that I can. These threads can shadow through the fabric and leave some not so pleasing to look at vein lines if they are left as is. This is also a great time to double check the seams, just to make sure there are not any that look like they might pull apart and fix them before I take the quilt back to the quilting machine. it is WAY easier to fix and popped seams now than once I start quilting the quilt! I will stitch any backing fabric together if you didn't do it already. You might be surprised to hear that I do not press backings, more on that in just a bit! And yes you do get charged for the time that it takes to trim all threads and fix any seams. I don't charge extra for the pressing of wrinkles and creases because honestly there is no way that anyone can keep creases and wrinkles from happening. if there is a excess of problems that need fixing I will contact the client before I start in, giving them the option to fix the quilt themselves or to pay me to do it for them. Most of the time I can press and trim threads in under 30 minutes.

This thread actually wasn't that bad, it was just the only one on the back of  this quilt top I could
find to show you but you get the ideal! 

At this point its back to the quilting machine were I take the backing and find the center point of the edge I will be pinning to the leaders of the frame and mark it with a pin. Then I match up the center mark with a center mark on the front leader and pin, starting at the center and working my way out. Yes I still use pins, I don't stitch the backing to the leader, I don't use staples, nor do I use clips to attach the backing fabric to the leaders. I have tried the clips, they work great but I find I can pin, taking just a couple more minutes than it takes me to use the clips. Its a personal choice and there really is no wrong way to do it! Once its pinned to the first leader I roll the extra fabric up on the front leader roller then go to the back leader and do the same thing all over again.

Start in the center and pin outward toward the edge to keep everything wrinkle, and pucker free!
See that heavy cream colored canvas? THAT is a leader! 

Remember when I said I don't press backing fabric? Its true I don't, I mist them ever so lightly with a very fine mist of water as I roll the fabric onto the leader rollers. Once the backing fabric is rolled up I allow it to dry for a bit. This will take out 99.9% of all wrinkles on the backing fabric without having to fight the large piece of fabric on a ironing board! Some machine quilters use a wrinkle reducer for this step but I find water does the job just fine.

Backing drying after I misted it lightly with water and tightened ever so slightly to remove most of the wrinkles

Have you ever heard of "Floating a quilt"? Well I do like to do what is called a Full Float. In other words the only part of your quilt that gets pinned to the frame is the backing fabric. The batting and the quilt top are left to "float" until its time to start the actual quilting and are not pinned to the leaders in any way.

So we already have the backing pinned in and tightened up on the rollers, now I find the correct bating and just lay it on top of the backing fabric. On large quilts O will stitch a straight line of quilting across the batting, not only to help hold it in place but to give me a straight edge to line up the quilt top with. Then I take the quilt top and lay it on top of the batting, using the stitching line if needed to be sure everything is nice and straight. I can't lie, on smaller quits I just wing it, its much easier to see if a small quilt straight versus a large quilt!

Batting goes down no top of the backing then the quilt lays on top of that.

I then take a few pins and pin the quilt top in place so it doesn't move around on me during the next step. now I like to stitch around the edge of the quilt before I start the quilting. This is totally optional but I always do it unless you ask me not to. Why? Well it helps hold everything in place during custom quilting. It also helps to ease in "extra: fabric you might have in your borders. And most of all its helps to have everything stitched down when its time for adding your binding! Just leave the stitching in place, stitch your binding on and trim off the extra backing. Or trim then add your binding whatever trips your trigger! Why would you not want the stitching around the edge? I have no clue but I have been asked by a few clients to not do it so for them I leave everything and just use a ton of pins to hold everything down until i have it quilted.

Stitching ( or just large basting stitches) around the edge of the quilt and easing in any extra wavy border fabric. 

Whats next? Quilting of course! I wont go in to a lot of detail on the quilting step in this post but instead let me answer the one questions I always get asked. "How long does it take to quilt a quilt?" There are a lot of things that can contribute to it taking a very long time, or taking just a short time to quilt a quilt. This week for instance I quilted two quilts that were just a couple inches difference in size. The smaller quilt took twice as long as the slightly larger one did. The first on was custom quilted with lots of ruler work, lots of stitch in the ditch and even more time spent on trimming all the threads that the client left behind. The slightly larger quilt took less than half the time, a simple quick allover quilting design and only a couple of threads to trim. The longest I have ever spent on a quilt was four days, everything (and i mean everything) was stitched in the ditch, it had tons of ruler work, lots of feather quilting that I wanted to match so each one had to be marked, and lets not forget that 14" border that had to be filled in. I am very proud of that quilt, and I wish I could have shared it with you but as a request from the quilt maker I can not. She made it for a wedding gift for her granddaughter and the wedding isn't until later this year. So until then all I can do is set on the photos and wait for the wedding to take place, hopefully then she will say OK to me sharing the photos with everyone.

OK, that's it for now. The next post will be the last of this three part series and will cover Machine quilting styles, as well as answering some more of the questions that I am always asked. I hope you have enjoyed everything so far & thanks for reading!

In case you were wondering, here is a couple of photos of the finished quilt I used in this post!
Construction Zone, made by Martha H. and machine quilted by Elizabeth Karnes. Quilters Dream Wool Batting and quilted with Master Quilter thread from WonderFil

Quilt Show Winners

I feel bad.... OK not that bad but still i should have totally posted this info for you all months ago! As you already know my quilt guild The Crossroads Quilters Guild of Effingham IL., held their annual quilt show back in September (like i said MONTHS ago!) I did send a list of the show winners to the local newspaper but i have been told by many that the list never appeared and if it did no one has ever seen it.  So here it is, the list of all the winners as well as photos of each of the winning quilts!

The winning quilts are listed by the name of the person who entered the quilt into the show. Also listed is the name of the person that quilted the quilt. If no quilter is named it is assumed that the same person who made the quilt also did the quilting.

Miniature Quilt Category

1st  - 110 Diamonds In The Rough - Elizabeth Karnes

2nd - 103 Nine patch Flowers - Carol Bidrawn

3rd - 109 Wee Garden - Joy Voltenburg

Baby/Juvenile Quilts (smaller than a twin)

1st  - 214 The Cat In The Hat Is Back - Sharon Shields

2nd - 201 Yipes Stripes - Carol Bidrawn

3rd - 203 Scrappy Trails, - Harvy Gerth quilted by Sharon Shields

Wall or Lap Quilt (smaller than a twin)

1st  - 309 Cream Fantasy - Jeanne Harbin

2nd - 314 Star At The Heart Of The Sampler - Carol Bidrawn

3rd - 306 Patriotic Wall Hanging - Gerry Thoman, quilted by Karie Wines

Art Quilt (any size)

1st  - 402 Climbing Clematis - Becky Miller

2nd - 410 Summer Breeze Over Lake Ontario - Rena Van Zee Smith, quilted by Elizabeth karnes

3rd - 409 Just Cause I Can - Elizabeth Karnes

Embroidery or Applique (twin or larger)

1st  - 502 State Flowers- Becky Miller

2nd - 505 Purple Daisies - Betty Boos

3rd - 503 Budding Beauty - Shirley Zimmerman

Mixed Technique (twin or larger)

1st  - 604 Vintage Purple  - Glenda Edwards, quilted by Joy Voltenburg

2nd - 601 Spring Shadows  - Joy Voltenburg

3rd - 605 My Latte  - Glenda Edwards

Pieced or Whole Cloth (twin or larger)

1st  - 703 Queen Anne Star - Dana Silva, quilted by Dana Silva & Shirley Zimmerman

2nd - 715 - Habing

3rd - 706 Daisy Dash - Pam Romack

Pieced or Whole cloth (pantograph machine quilted)

1st  - 805 Christmas In July - Angie Neu, quilted by Sharon Shields

2nd - 802 Summer Porch - Janet Kay Hall, Quilted by Gloria Hall

3rd - 806 Christmastime - Harvy Gerth, Quilted by Deb Workman

Pieced or Whole Cloth (custom machine quilted)

1st  - 912 Grandmother’s Diamond Ring - Mary Hagen, Quilted By Elizabeth Karnes

2nd - 922 Dresden Dreams - Elizabeth Karnes

3rd - 915 Primrose  - Mary Hagen, quilted by Elizabeth Karnes

Crossroads Quilters Guild 2013 Challenge

(Crossroads Quilters Guild members only)

1st - 1010 Carol Bidrawn

2nd - 1013 Bev Elving

3rd - 1015 - Nita Motogawa

Judges Best of Show:

301 Fireworks, Tylene Alexander, quilted by Joy Voltenburg

Viewers Choice:

904 No Diamonds In The Sky, Mary Hagen, quilted by Elizabeth Karnes

(full view of quilt can bee seen above)

If you would like to see photos of the other quilts in the 2013 Crossroads Harvest of Quilts show you can find them all on flickr!

2013 Crossroads Harvest of Quilts Show