My first custom quilt, finished. She wanted feathers so she got feathers, lol.

Jacque what a great job you did, how appropriate, feathers everywhere = just like in the coop!!

It's a lovely quilt, and a fantastic first commission well done :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

BEAUTIFUL!!
I can't wait until I get one finished that I need quilted so I can send it to you! :)

How beautiful is that!!!!!!! I rest my case!!! You are very talented!!!

Great job on the quilting. How long did it take you?

Totally and Completely Awesome Jackie!!!!!! Your feathers are just Beautiful!! I cant even think of the right words to say how gorgeous they are!!!!

AWESOME :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
I better get busy on my quilt so you can work your magic.
It's coming along.

those feathers have tickled me pink! :P :P :P

Oooo, sew pretty!

You amaze me. :shock: That would have won the Grand Prize at the local quilt show! You'd win Grand Prize at a much bigger show than that! Bravo!!

How beautiful! You have such talent at this, Jackie! I need to quit procrastinating and get into the "box" of tops to send you. Can't I just send the whole box?!! :oops:

Wow, beautiful quilting! You did a great job!

Jackie, you sure have choosen the right profession. You sure do show
a passion for the great look of a perfectly quilted, quilt. Awesome
job!

Another great one. Each one that you show us looks beautiful. You do amazing work and anyone would be proud to have you quilt their quilt top.

Jackie, such a nice job. You are a perfectionist, aren't you? It shows in your work. Still need to get out my quilt I want you to do - it is buried somewhere.

:oops: :oops: Awww, you all are so nice with the compliments. I think I'm coming along and I still have issues with a lot of things but it's a fun challenge to work them out. The progress seems so slooowww. I post them for feedback because you can probably see my progress better than I can. Sometimes I wish I had a computer to do the quilting for me because I want everything to come out perfect but that would take the fun out of doing it myself. THANKS EVERYONE!

Absolutely perfect. :thumbup: Loved it. What beautiful work you have achieved.

How long have you been quilting?????

Elle

WOW...Simply beautiful job Jackie!!!! So are you open for business yet?

How long did it take me? That's a hard question to answer. Getting the equipment prepared to pinning the layers to the frame...........well, I take my time doing that (about an hour). Then there's the brain work. Trying to figure out what to do where and how to do it can take a long time because I want to do my best to enhance the quilt top, not take away from it. I need to learn a lot more about that. The actual sewing? This one took me 3 days of several hours each day. How detailed do you want me to get? LOL Thread breaks, moving the quilt back and forth to different positions, bobbins run out, special use of some foam rubber with each move and, for heaven's sake, should I have to take stitching out..............Now that's a nightmare and that takes FOREVER! One tiny little thread on one of the tracks can cause you to lose control and start getting bumps where you don't want them, then you have to stop, move the machine away from the quilt and clean all the tracks AGAIN, stop and oil the mahcine every 2 hours. Shall I continue? I think you're getting the picture. Probably more than you wanted to know. Getting the idea why the cost seems so high? If we got paid by the hour, a lot of us probably only would be making about $5.00 an hour, less our overhead costs.

That is beautiful quilting. You jus tripled the value of that piece!

You should see the beautiful work my quilter does for me.

I should post pics ...

YES, I WANT TO SEE YOUR QUILTER'S WORK!!! More ideas for me :-).

Nice work!!

Wow...excellent work. You keep all us on edge waiting to see your next quilting. Is the quilting as addictive as the piecing...if so I would never get anything else done. Husband would never get another home cooked meal. LOL
Beth

Yes it is addicting and more so for me than piecing. Ummm, yes, my poor dh doesn't get a cooked meal every night now.....................I'm too busy working :lol:

Whoops, guess I didn't answer you, Elle. I started last December.

Jaque, that's gorgeous! I hope to have one soon that I can send to you! I'll PM you when I'm ready. This one just knocks me out!

I love your quilting ! Did you do this by machine? by long arm? by hand? really interested in your technique.

Beautiful stitching and fun choices of fabric!

Chairjogger

Great job!!! ....you can breathe now....pretty stressful....you forgot to mention that ...taking someone elses quilt and doing something to it ...might be why we have the white hairs....but it is all worth it once you get the feed back.....

Good job!

Sooooo true, Cathie You made me laugh

Jackie-great job!!! Are you now backlogged until Christmas with quilting jobs? You are talented!!!!!

awesome job!

Hey Jac, did I tell you I LOVE you feathers :wink:

Hmmm, I'm not sure. Tell me again :lol: :shock: :D :) 8)
I'll keep working on them. I'm starting to become obsessed with your quilt.

omg jacque!!! you ROCK girlfriend!! You did an outstanding job on this one fer sure!!!

All I can say is Wow outstanding just fab. Wow!

Very nice work see will be thrilled and you should be patting yourself on the back. PAT PAT. great job.

absolutely AWESOME! I would love to watch someone work on a longarm, I've seen them on quilt shows for short segments but I'd really like to watch for and hour or so. I think whoever dreamed up feathers for quilting should get a medal, so many different ways to do them and they are always beautiful. Well I'm not getting feathers but I'm super excited, she has one of mine but I'm afraid my sister in law may not get it, I was already in love with just the top!

Jackie - It is BEAUTIFUL!

WOW!!! You definatly have a great talent for long arm quilting. You've got the touch. Miss Ya and will PM you today. :thumbup: