Charity Quilt Patterns

For the last couple of months, I've been working on putting together some charity quilts that I can use to start developing my free motion longarm quilting skills. I chose the Ronald McDonald House as a place to donate to as they request quilts that are approximately 40" x 40" - which seems like a very good practice size.

Disappearing Nine Patch

When I found a picture of this quilt on pinterest, I didn't realize it was a Disappearing Nine Patch, so I cut all the pieces for the blocks their final size, instead of making a nine patch and cutting it in quarters. I designed the quilt to have 12 inch blocks (finished size) with 1 inch sashings/borders. There were three rows of blocks, with three blocks per row. Final size is 40" x 40". I'm going to make two of these quilts; one to practice the loops and hearts quilting motif and one to practice the loops and stars quilting motif.

Rail Quilt

coming soon...

Flying Geese

coming soon...

Hourglass Quilt

coming soon...

I bought a longarm!

My longarm quilting class went well last July, so I decided to buy one! I've been shopping and researching the last several months, and finally decided on the right machine for me. I chose the Millie from APQS. It has electronic vertical and horizontal channel locks as well as motorized advance - two of my favorite features. My friend Ricklie helped me to set it up - and in another month I'll be taking my beginners longarm quilting classes with Angela Huffman to learn how to use it! I can't wait to see what I'll be able to do with it!