Your hand work is beautiful. Love looking at your quilts.
Thany you for sharing with us.
Wolflady

I am in awe of your quilting!

Nice quilting. Can't wait to see the whole piece done.

Absolutely stunning as usual! I love when you post your quilts. Your work is amazing! I can see why you say this one is quite a bit of work.

WOW!! that is amazing!!

Beautiful quilting!

Totally outstanding!

Exquisite work of art. Thanks for sharing.

You are soooo amazing!!! Your work is out of this world spectacular!!!

Can I be a very good friend? LOL. It really is beautiful work. :):):)

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.

beautiful, thanks for sharing

The things that grab us by the throat.:) I doudt you have many equals. Your design and stitching are superb. How many awards have you won?

Your quilting is beautiful! What kind of fabric do you use for your wholecloth? Thanks!

I am very proud to say I have won 6 ribbons so far. We don't have judged quilt shows like in US and other countries and I have to send my quilts abroad which is quite expensive. But I plan to enter quilts in more competitions in the future. It's great to know that many interested visitor can see my work there....

:)

I use "regular" quilt solids with 44" width. Unfortunately the wide fabrics for backings that we can purchase here don't have the quality I want for my quilts and only very few colors.
I try to find a fabric that has a high thread count like 75. The P&B brand is great for me, also the Moda Bella Solids.

That is awe-inspiring. Your quilting is amazing!

Andrea,
As always your work is beautiful. I definatly see some similarity to Welsh quilting in this quilt, I can't wait to try it.

Love your work!!

I so love to admire your work. You do a fantastic job. I only wish I could do it. No amount of practice will make me half as good as you! Keep up the great work and can't wait to see more.

I continue to be absolutely amazed at the quilting you do. It is so perfect and beautifully designed. Please share with us often so we can keep drooling!

so neat and such patience.

You are a beautiful quilter. Such even stitches. Can't wait to see the whole quilt.

Your stitches are beautiful. When I grow up, I want to stitch like you. :)

Simply stunning! Excellant work, top notch.

your quilting is extremely gorgeous... I think you were born to quilt. How awesome is that? Thank God for making you wonderfully.

awe very nice

That's lovely!

Andrea, what do mean by cross hatching with a zig zag stitch? I have never heard of a zig zag stitch? Elizabeth

very nice job. love it !

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing quilting.