It looks like a work of art, which it is. Your work is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Absolutely fantastic!!! Wow - beautiful work! You have a gift for quilting!!!

Stunning work! You are a natural.

I can't believe that you've only been longarming for a year and a half. It is sooo beautiful that I'm speechless. Please keep posting your progress.

Your quilting is so unbelievable. I am floored that you have only been quilting 1.5 years. That quilt should be into competition in the fall. It is a winner in my humble opinion. You are sooo talented. I love ruler work and yours is so precise.

What an exquisite job you are doing. That is the most beautiful quilting I have ever seen, and the quilt will most certainly become an heirloom. The lady who pieced the quilt must be estatic as she watches her quilt become a piece of art while seeing it blossom before her eyes in the pictures on the board. Oh to have your talent!

I have been looking at a pre-stamped wholecloth and have been wanting to order it. I wanted to hand quilt it, but am afraid I may never finish it. I like the pastel material and I like your choice of batting, gives the quilt more depth.

Absolutely stunning

Wow that is very beautiful.

Just beautiful, great job and thanks for sharing
Have a Blessed day
Ellen

Very beautiful quilting!! Wonderful work. Congratulations....I have been quilting with a short arm for longer than you, and I cannot do work like that.

Priceless!!!

I second what Kim said ...!

Speechless, lovely work.

This is amazingly beautiful!

Oh my gosh, that is stunning!! I am in awe!

Wow it is georgeous. Can't wait to see the next steps.

Add at least 10 more Wows from me.

Beautiful. How long does it take to do a full size quilt?

Oh my goodness. Your work is truly artistic and just beautiful.

OMG, that is spectacular !!! Beyond words.

Oh, my goodness! I have never seen anything soo beautiful!

Wow, you are doing an amazing job. People will be lining up at your door.

WOW just isn't enough. Gorgeous, stunning, lovely and amazing - none of them describe this. :)

I have never seen anything I like better!

Very stunning!!

I guess my question is: why two batts...with the intense quilting most of it is locked down....granted the feathers are great-could those have been machine trapuntoed?. Also, I would like to see the quilt after washing...to remove those blue marks? Will it be just as beautiful?????? It seems to me that once washed that fresh, puffy look is gone.
Your quilting is beautiful? I hope you are planning to enter this into a juried show??????

Excellent question Geri. The reason for 2 bats is to try and acheive the look of trapunto without all the extra labor of traditional machine trapunto, which would be to load the top and one layer only of batting on the rack, outline quilt trapunto motifs with water soluble thread, then all the trimming away and then reload on the rack with the backing and thin batting and do all my quilting. Some LAers are finding they are getting very close to that look with only half the work. I follow blogs of some LA quilters and it seems quite a few are doing the double batting to try and get different looks. Two that immediately come to mind are Greenfairy and Charisma. Because one of the bats is a poly it should hold it's shape and "puffy" factor after washing. At least that has been my experience with most polys I have used in the past, they really don't lose the puffyness. I sure hope that is the case with this quilt anyway. 99% of my blue marking is coming out with a simple spritz of water from my spray bottle but it will need a good soaking to ensure all the water soluble ink is out.

The quilt is not mine to enter in a show but I do believe the owner of this quilt may have plans of entering it in a show. I hope so, even if it doesn't win anything I'd love to see a picture of it hanging up in the show hall.

You are doing an amazing job. Please keep sharing your work.

Kat

Oh my goodness! Really amazing, please do keep us posted on progress

I am not keeping track of time as well as I should. Lets see... this quilt measures 84 x 96 so it is close to being full size. At the point where I took these pictures, which is almost to half way I'd say I have about 16 hours of quilting time in. Maybe a tad less. So for a full size quilt with this much quilting and ruler work, I would say it would be easily 40 hours including the couple of hours it takes to mark it.

Absolutely amazing! What a great job you are doing. Can't wait to see it finished.

Gorgeous quilt and quilting. What a lot of work you have done to get this far. Thanks for sharing.

Love it! Can't wait to see it finished

wow is not the word , maybe Blessed in your God giving Talent it is a beautiful quilt

You got my fire burning!

Please continue posting as you go.

I love it.

I can't find words to express the work and beauty of this quilt.
You are a super quilter...Thanks for sharing.

wow outstanding work ,your work is so beautiful and thank you for sharing what brand of batting and thread you used .