Longarmed wholecloth part 2 half way there
 

I was overwhelmed by all the nice comments on my first sneak peek of "Creme Brulee" posted here http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...e-t183485.html

I am longarming this quilt for a friend who pieced this.

I want to thank all of you for your wonderful encouragement and kind words. Some of you posted an interest in seeing my progression. I got sick as a dog on Friday and couldn't quilt at all until today. I am on the mend now but boy did this spring cold really knock me for a loop. Anyways, I managed to get almost to the half way point today and wanted to share what I have done. As always I welcome your comments, input, and constructive criticism.

For those interested in the technique, this is longarmed on an Innova 26". There are two layers of batting, a layer of bamboo on the bottom and Hobbs Poly down on the top. I am quilting it with Glide thread in top and bobbin. The main motifs are designs by Karen McTavish that I enlarged and marked the quilt with a water soluble "Mark-B-Gone" blue pen. I used an overhead projector to enlarge and mark the design. Cross hatching is done with a small ruler and is a 1" grid. The background fill is McTavishing. I have been longarming for about a year and a half. This is my 17th quilt.

Wow, your work is so beautiful!

I agree with all those wows. That is stunning!

So gorgeous and amazing!

She must be one heck of a friend! That is beautiful!

It's breathtaking! I am speechless.

Be very proud of this one. It is fabulous. I am enjoying the progress of this quilt. Thanks for sharing!
peace

That is spectacular work!

Love it! I am really enjoying seeing it step by step. Please continue to keep us posted on your progress. Thumbs up to you!!

let me add my wow!

beautiful :)

'Wow, how do you do that??

I think you are touched by magic, my friend. This is beautiful and I could look at it all day. Please keep up the good work. For someone relatively "new" to the business, you rate five stars in my book. I am mesmerized.

It looks gorgeous!!!

That is asolutely stunning. Thanks for sharing.

Your quilting on this is absolutely gorgeous!

How wonderful that is! Really, really impressive! Will be watching!

I love Karen McTavish's designs too.

What a beautiful quilt it is going to be! I am so sorry to hear you have been under the weather. I sure hope you are feeling better now.

HOly Guacamole!!! this is fabulous. How much time do you have wrapped up in this so far?? this is crazy beautiful.

Love love love it

So beautiful!!!!!

We definitely want to see the finished quilt. Your work is great!

I'm a longarmer so I know how much work this is and your work is enough to make Charismah speechless then your doing something as she is also a great quilter. keep us updated.

This is absolutely stunning! Great work!
Maureen

You are the "Queen" of longarm quilters!!!! What an amazing job! I know how long it takes to do ruler work and the talent it requires to do this incredible work! Stunning!

Only being long arm quilting for 1 1/2 years and this is only your 17th quilt...... I do believe you have found your calling. I will be waiting and hoping you continue to post more of your fabulous work . You have a true gift.. and I so appreciate you showing the photos.
You have no idea how much I just want to run my fingers over that magnificent texture and design.

More wows! That is gorgeous quilting, even Charismah says so! Sandy 64

triple that and more

Your work is so stunning..I'd love to be able to quilt like that!

Thanks for sharing your progress. Your quilting is awesome.

That is a super wow!

Thank you for sharing more. Just amazing work!! Love it.

Your quilting is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

This is beautiful. Please show us when it is all done.

That is fabulous!! Well done!

Great quilting.

What an amazing job you are doing!

wonderful job, can't wait to see part 3