Hate to be redundant, but, this is beautiful!!!

Both of you have made a quilt that any of us would love to have :lol:

Gorgeous!!

Very pretty! Love the baby blue sashing and border!

WOW! And I love your quilting philosophy too.

Beautiful quilt, great quilting. I always watch for one of your posts. Quilting is out of this world.

Once again... Beautiful Quilt, Beautiful Quilting!

Charisma, No wonder quilters send you their quilts to be quilted. I have been astonished at some of your quilting. It is absolutely beautiful and very creative.
Ginny

The quilt is beautiful and you have a real talent for knowing just what and where to place the quilting patterns.

I can't agree more! WOW :thumbup:

Could you see me? I was following some of your designs with my cursor. Nothing like practicing while you read.

[quote=charismah]Suz sent me this dresden plate for long arm quilting. Isn't it just HAPPY?

After discussing design ideas with her...she gave me permission to put a design in the center part of the dresden....and she let me decide on (almost) everything else.

I thought about going conservative and stippling in the background areas...BUT I am working on my own happy Dresden plate and I already knew in my mind how I was going to quilt it...which was with Charisma Curls...so I really wanted to do that on this quilt because I just knew it would be so pretty. I love it!
She liked the leaves in the sashings...and a feathered border.

Each area got a different treatment and a different texture.
I think the stipple would have been pretty as well...because it is really about breaking up each area ( in this particular case) into a different quilting design, they can all be really simple designs and when they all come together it makes the quilt shine.

I think some people fear quilting because they think they have to do such dynamic things ...and you don't most of the time....We apply the same concept in quilting as we do in choosing our fabrics. We have our blenders (stipple, loops, charisma curls), we have our eye poppers ( feathers, leaves, crosshatching) and we have our favorites (florals, swirlies and everything in-between)...when we blend them all together we have art!

That's my take on it anyway. I am sure everyone has their own philosophy...but that is how I like it to be.... :thumbup:


I used Hobbs polydown batting. I like this batting because it doesn't beard or collect lint. I also just love the look of it! If you are interested in where i get it please PM me...I am not in any way affiliated with the shop that sells it....I just get a lot of questions on batting and I am willing to share my resources. They are a shop that sells long arm quilting supplies to the public at cost. Thanks!

I also quilted this on my INNOVA. No pantograph or computer quilting..all freehand.

Thanks for looking.

ooowe you did a fantastic job.It really looks great.]

Wow this is georgous!!

Such a happy quilt and awesome quilting....i am one of your many fans Charisma!!!

I admire your quilting so much---you touch a quilt and you bring a total artistic touch to each area----awesome!!!

Beautiful top, lovely colors. Your quilting just makes it pop

I have not seen such an appealing blue and white quilt in a long time,wonderful choices.As for the quilting it is as innovative as ever.

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful - on both parts.

Another beautiful quilt!!! :thumbup:

Charisma, Lovely quilting and you are so talented. But one question, just for my own education...is there a reason you do not do a stitch in the ditch on the blades of the dresden plate? It is just beautiful but I do all my own quilting and am still trying to learn. Thanks for your reply.

You set the bar for those of us who hope to be half as good.
What a beautiful God given gift you have been blessed with. Do you FMQ for any one, and if so, how long is the waiting list? I'm finishing a small top - it's 68'' by 68'' - embellished with 3-D flowers. I was going to practice FMQ on it, but it took on a life of its own with the flowers. I would ruin it with my clumsy attempt at FMQ. I'm sure your FMQ would be the crowning touch. Hopefully, I will soon post the completed top for all to see.

WOW, DOUBLE WOW!

You both have done a wonderful job. Loved the quilting as always.

I will make a dresden one day !! love them nice job.

This is what I have been waiting to see. The quilt I need to finish is a dresden plate and I want mine to be quilted just like this one. Did you hear me Charisma ? One day it will be finished and ready for you to quilt. If I make pillow shams too do can they be long armed too? I've never seen that question on here.

Love this quilt, you both have done a lovely job, love the scrappiness, nice choices

Absolutely gorgeous!

HI Suzette,

I HEAR you LOUD and CLEAR!! LOL

YEs I quilt pillow shams....no problem.

Thank you so much for your kind words!

Sent a PM

Both are so very beautiful. Can I be so bold as to ask how much you charge to do this beautiful work?

both are great jobs beautiful quilt and quilting

That is a beautiful quilt and the quilting is so pretty.

This is the prettiest Dresden I have ever seen.

Wow. It's beautiful!

Such a beautiful quilt and quilting. Dresdens always remind me od my Grandma. She made quite a few of them!

Absolutely awesome!!! Beautiful Dresden plates, with such pretty colors, and of course topped off with all the magic of Charisma quilting.

wow!!! Beautiful quilt :)

Love the way your quilting makes the Dresden Plates POP!

no words can do justice to your talent! perfect!

Some more of that wonderul talent shown, and yes it is very pretty!