Cindy's latest is awesome. I bet you, Don, would be good at long arm quilting. Is that next on your things for your business?
Well, it sure is an interesting idea, and it looks like it would be a lot of fun doing long-arm quilting, me being a computer geek and all. But it's a huge investment, and we really don't have room for a machine here. Hard enough finding room for the new fabrics that are arriving all the time. :D
We're at the point where we either have to cap our growth in terms of our store size, or move into bigger quarters at more expense, so it'll probably be the former...
ann clare
06-19-2010 01:20 PM
Welcome from Ireland
littlehud
06-19-2010 02:46 PM
Hello and welcome from SW Iowa. This is the place to be. I'm glad you joined us.
QKO
06-19-2010 03:11 PM
Originally Posted by Luv Quilts and Cats
Welcome from New Hampshire. Post some pictures of quilts you have made, we'd like to see them!
OK, you asked for it. I LOVE bragging up Cindy's quilts! :-D
Here's a couple more of Cindy's tops from the last couple of years. The first one is a "mystery quilt" she called "Alhambra Mystery Quilt." She adapted the pattern which was designed by a friend of hers, and it was made using "Alhambra" fabrics designed by Patricia Bravo, Art Gallery Fabrics. The top is 76 x 92 inches, full bed size.
The next is taken from the "Nosegay" pattern by Debby Maddy, Calico Carriage Quilts, and is called "Nosegay in Batiks."
It is 72" square and uses Hoffman Watercolor hand-dyes and Fabric Freedom India fair trade hand-dyes and batiks. Don chose the colors and fabrics for this quilt. We often collaborate on choosing the fabrics for a quilt, but Cindy is the artist that makes them come together.
Finally, the next one is Cindy's rewrite of a design for a Celtic bed throw by Sally Ablett, using beautiful metallic Celtic III fabrics by Fabric Freedom of London and a Maywood double-dyed black fabric. This is a 32.5 x 58" bed footer, and was a very complex construction. It about drove her nuts before she got done with it. :-D
