Beyond the Color Purple - gorgeous embroidery
 

I just took this customer quilt off the frame. The gal who did the top took almost 2 years to finish it. It'a a Jenny Haskin's design called Beyond the Color Purple. What a beautiful quilt!!! I LOVE the embroidery and the color of this quilt. I used a double batting (cotton bottom, Legacy Wool on top). I did this to create some extra loft behind the embroidery and I love how that makes the embroidery pop - almost like a 3d effect.

Gorgeous quilt and quilting.

Everything about this quilt is just fabulous! There just are not enough words ... WOW .. WOW ... Your quilting is truley heirloom quilting! What a gift you both have ... Thank-you so much for sharing this outstanding quilt.
This quilt get my vote for "most outstanding quilt" posted this year.

That is one beautiful quilt. You and your customer both did an exquisite job.

Wow, what patience to do this beautiful quilt.

Beautiful quilt

Oh my gosh, this is stunning!

Really lovely quilt - you did a very nice job quilting it!!

This is beautiful, thank you for sharing.

this is truly awesome. I can't believe the quality of both quiters.

I see I misspelled a word. that should be quilters not quiters. sorry.

Elegance at it's best. Your quilting is stunning.

OMG! Gorgeous is an understatement!!!

Just beautiful....very striking.

Exquisite work of art....

Exquisite!!!! I couldn't think of a more perfect word to describe this quilt. Love everything about it. You should both be very proud. Just love it!

Nancy: I hadn't read your post before I replied, I see we both had the same description :-)

Gorgeous quilt and the quilting is just stunning!

Outstanding! What a masterpiece!!!

Beautiful quilt and well worth the time it took to complete it. A family heirloom for sure!

Truly a work of Art!! Gorgeous!

Heavenly days! Your quilting is amazing. Thanks for the link to your blog to look at the pics taken through the process in additional to other beauties you have quilted. Your customer also did a fabulous bunch of stitching.

Your quilting is gorgeous! :thumbup:

That is an unbelieveable quilt!

What she said!

OMG, that quilt is beautifully made, and your quilting is exquisite. Can I take longarm lessons from you? Seriously, how did you get so good at it? Is there a book, teacher, video that you recommend? I am so very much in awe of your talent.

Beautiful!!!

You both do great work! Love this one, it will be an heirloom for sure!

Thanks! I appreciate your comments more than I can say! I started by practicing on muslin and old fabric I didn't want any longer. I practiced feathers, feathers, and more feathers. then I practiced tight fillers (feathers, swirls, pebbles, etc.). I have a pad of paper by my chair and I doodle on that when a commercial is on or when I'm in a meeting at work. I also have a whiteboard that I practice the movements of some designs on. They key is to train/coordinate your muscles. I was lucky to have an aunt and cousin with a backlog of quilts to be quilted when I started and working on their quilts heled a lot. I did watch some YouTube videos - every one I could find - on longarm quilting. I love Sharon Schambert's quilting videos. Check those out online. A friend loaned me a couple of videos but those didn't help me as much as just surfing YouTube, or simply looking at all the fabulous quilts out there on different forums. I have taught a longarm class (a gal came all the way from Arizona for it!!) and have done some short demos for a group of gals locally, but mostly I just quilt for myself and others.

Fantastic quilt!

Oh my! What a work of art. That is one classy quilt.

Beautiful quilt, great embroidery. love all of the colors

Beautiful beyond words . . .

That is beautiful, looks like a lot of work.

Amazing work

OMG, it's awesome and not too heavily quilted. love seeing the piecing

Oh...Wow..just wow...absolutely stunning!

talk about a master piece,that is a fantastic quilt and quilting, both of you should have be so proud.

d.swindle