Andrea - your work always amazes me! Beautiful patterns & stitches! Thank you for sharing!

I am overwhelmed! If I practice from now till I die I will never be able to quilt like that! How long did it take you to get that good?

Andrea, your work is so wonderful. I don't know how you get such even, tiny stitches in those intricate patterns. It is absolutely beautiful. I hand quilt, but am not so consistent with the stitching. You are indeed a master of your art.
May you enjoy many years of doing your wonderful work.
God bless.

What a beautiful quilt you have started. The stitches are just maticulous!

Great-great Granny: I quilt in a 18" hoop on a stand, a Jasmine Easy Spinner.

Thank you, kwhite, for answering great-great granny's question about needlemarking! I already go to bed when you all in US are still awake... :wink:

Quiltincharlotte: Many of these traditional patters have names. The first picture is a variation of the "flat iron". You can see it often in North Country wholecloths from Durhham or Northumberland in UK. I have some books about these kind of quilts with many pictures, so I re-draw the patterns, sometimes add some details I like or change them a little. It is almost impossible to find stencils for these patterns. And yes, it's hand quilted.

Redhotnana: I started hand quilting in 1989 and specialized in wholecloths around 1995.

Thank you all or your nice comments and your encouragement! I will keep on posting pictures!

Your work just blows me away!!

My goodness, such neat and tidy stitches. Beautiful.

Andrea,

als ich die ersten Bilder Deines neuen Quilts mit dem sternenförmigen Muster in der Mitte sah, dachte ich, dass das nicht zu toppen sei. Klarer Fall von Fehleinschätzung... Die Blätter- und Farnmuster sind einach unbeschreiblich schön! Da bleibt mir wirklich die Spucke weg. Schade, dass Du so weit weg wohnst.

when I saw the first pictures of your new quilt, I thought, it couldn't get any better, but boy, was I wrong...
The patterns with the leaves and ferns are beautiful beyond words. What a pity you are so far away from where I live.

Anne

Breath-takingly beautiful quilting. Do you mark the design as you go and if so how?

Yes, I mark as I go. For this quilt I used needlemarking.