Linda's 'In Love With Africa' Quilt

I have my customer's 'In Love With Africa' quilt loaded on my frame... the machine is threaded... and the pantograph, 'African Samba', is taped onto the table.  I'll start quilting it tomorrow.

This quilt is hand-appliquéd (with neat, beautiful stitches) and pieced, front and back.  I attached the glide foot to my machine so it will travel smoothly over all those pieces and the stitching.

There's a bit of fullness in this top border; but I'll be able to tame it with starch and a hot iron, and maybe a heavy soup can or two, rolling along behind the hopping foot.  😏

This is what my customer, Linda, wrote about this quilt:

My husband and I lived in Argentina for 14 years for his job in mining.

A gal came from South Africa with 250 kilos of fabric.  She was a quilter also.  When she left, I bought something like 50 pounds of fabric from her.  So, for the most part, this quilt is made up of mostly African fabric.

Ruth's Botanica Park Quilt, Finished

 Last night, I finished quilting my customer's Botanica Park quilt, a kit by Wing and A Prayer.  It measures 108" x 108".  The batting is Warm & Natural 100% cotton.  There's 'Sandy-Gray' Gütermann 50-wt. cotton thread on top, and 'Putty' So Fine 50-wt. poly in the bobbin. The pantograph is 'Wave on Wave'.

Sorry about the shadow on the quilt; that's from the deck umbrella.  And I couldn't wait until the sun had moved; I had to get the quilt to the post office.

Past Midpoint, Ruth's Botanica Park

 I've passed the midpoint on my customer's Botanica Park quilt, a kit by Wing and A Prayer.  It measures 108" x 108".  The batting is Warm & Natural 100% cotton.  There's 'Sandy-Gray' Gütermann 50-wt. cotton thread on top, and ‘Putty’ So Fine 50-wt. poly in the bobbin.  The pantograph is 'Wave on Wave'.

I’d hoped to give it a couple more hours, but my back, right hand, and left big toe are protesting loudly. Why does quilting make that big toe hurt??? I must try hanging onto the floor with it as I’m going along! heh I applied first Capzasin, then Soothanol, and finally Pain-A-Trate to my back. That helped, but finally the cacophony of complaints brought me to a halt. 

Well, that, and the fact that I ran out of bobbin thread. Sometimes that’s the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

Starting Ruth's Botanica Park

This afternoon I started another customer quilt. This one is called 'Botanica Park', a kit by Wing and a Prayer. It measures 108" x 108". The batting is Warm & Natural cotton, and I have Gütermann 50-wt. cotton thread in 'Sandy-Gray' on top, with a similar color, ‘Putty’, in So Fine 50-wt. poly in the bobbin.  The pantograph is called 'Wave on Wave'.

Linda's 'Frolic', by Bonnie Hunter, is Finished

 My customer's 'Frolic' quilt, designed by Bonnie Hunter, is all quilted and on its way back to her.  The quilt measures 86" x 86".  The pantograph is 'Pink Hibiscus'.  There's pale silver 60-weight Bottom Line thread on top, and a melon-peach 60-weight Bottom Line thread on the bottom.

Quilting Linda's 'Frolic', by Bonnie Hunter

  There are about three rows to go on my customer's quilt, 'Frolic', by Bonnie Hunter.  And these rows only take 15 minutes, unlike the last quilt, whose rows took about 4 hours! That's the difference between pantographs and custom quilting.

The pantograph is 'Pink Hibiscus'.  There's pale silver 60-weight Bottom Line thread on top, and a melon-peach 60-weight Bottom Line thread on the bottom.

As usual, Teensy is sprawled on the rug behind the frame, right where I need to walk.  Tiger is cuddled in his Thermabed under the frame.  And the neighbor man combining his corn at the top of the hill to the north is distracting me.

Linda's Quilt, 'Frolic', by Bonnie Hunter

 I just started on another customer quilt, 'Frolic', by Bonnie Hunter.  I'm using the pantograph called 'Pink Hibiscus'.  There's pale silver 60-weight Bottom Line thread on top, and a peachy-orange 60-weight Bottom Line thread on the bottom, since that's the major color of the back.