January Free Motion Quilting Challenge 2012

Here is my January free motion quilting challenge. I did some on the long arm and some on the Juki.

Good to try it both ways.

Turtle tote

I have just finished this tote bag or purse. I was using the Bow Tucks pattern but customizing the pockets and divisions. I strengthened the bottom by using a pack cloth lining for the bottom section. I used a polyproplene web inside the handles. I put a zippered pocket on the inside for valuables. Then I made the inside pockets to meet my needs. I'll test it out tomorrow!

Hawaiian Dreams Center

Here is the close up of the center applique of the turtles and the quilting.

Maria's "Hawaiian Dreams" Turtle Quilt

This is the quilt I made for Maria and was commissioned by her mother Delores for Christmas. I named it "Hawaiian Dreams". I completed the center while vacationing in Hawaii February 2011 in Kona. Our hotel had lots of turtles swimming in the tide pools. I have Storm at Sea blocks framing the center and Delectable Mountains for the borders. I have microquilted ocean waves around the center applique with turtles quilted in the setting brown triangles. I also have palm trees quilted in the brown Delectable Mountains around the border. It was the most complicated quilting I've attempted on the longarm.

Jim's "Reggie's Nightmare" Quilt

Happy New Year! I am back on this blog.

Above is "Reggies Nightmare" for my brother, Jim. It features alligator fabric around the Rubick's cubes in various stages of the solution. He usually doesn't let me play with his Rubick's cube, so this is really a "Sister's revenge!" Each face of the cube is appliqued and then button hole stitched to secure it then quilted with a general stipple pattern with the name quilted into the top. Designed in EQ7.