Lori sent me her TEXAS quilt.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-78527-1.htm


This is her first quilt and she has waited a while to get it quilted. I think she first asked me to quilt in back in November or December..she asked me what I would do with it....You know it is hard on someone's first quilt especially because as a LA quilter I don't want to steal anyone's thunder I just want to make them feel good about their quilt....so I went conservative.

I told her we could do an all over with stars, hats, boots,horseshoes and at her request she wanted to add steerheads...as she said "it's a Texas thing"..no problem I quilt freehand I could definitely add them.

So then the quilt didn't come for awhile...it finally arrived and I had gotten busier...so told her I would squeeze it in between jobs....

I had it for a few weeks and Lori sent me a message saying she trusted my judgement and I could get as creative as I wanted...really??

so I had to think about this and I thought...I NEED to go BIG!!! Isn't that what TEXAS is BIG??

so I thought I need to research TEXAS clip art and see what I can come up with.....another week or so..idea was formed I knew what I wanted to do...but anxious if she was going to like it...if I could make it look cohesive and work....During this time Lori is getting anxious..and worried ...I felt terrible!

Then I decided to bite the bullet and tell her what I was planning..she loved it ...told me to AMPLIFY her work! So here it is!

There is a lot of white areas...and the material in the Texas are all very well thought out images of Texas flowers, cowboys and cacti...just every piece is a representative..very cool!
I decided in those big white areas I would put some western type scenes.... IN one corner I put a steer head in a star and stopped around it so that image would pop out

In the left corner I put a cowboy on a bull in a star ...stippling around that..in the bottom background areas I put a desert scene and a scene of cacti, steerhead, boots, and a hat.

I love this quilt! I have never been to TEXAS but now I am in love with TEXAS! In the Texas I quilted loops and stars and in the border the fabric print is so small but it has little flourishy-feathery types designs and flowers..stones...so I put feathers..pebbling and Charismah-curls..to fill it out and add a bit of class...I feel like this quilt has a (as my husband would say ) a bit of a champagne and beer quality...has some elegant parts and some western-scenic -rustic parts ..but they all blend together nicely. I am pretty proud of this quilt..because i know I made the owner happy!

I quilted this freehand on my INNOVA...no computer quilting ..no pantograph quilting...thank you so much for looking! I don't have an area big enough to get a whole shot..so maybe when LOri gets it back she can take a full size picture.

This is awesome! Beautiful quilt, and your quilting is great.

what a wonderful first quilt! and the fabs are perfect! I for one would like to see the full quilt and to know more about the pattern.
your quilting sets it off nicely
well duh! I followed the link and got the answers

OMG! That is absolutely beautiful quilting Charismah! I could only dream of ever being that good. You ROCK girl!!!!

You are so talented. You keep quilting in such wonderful surprises! Keep up the wonderful work!

Ya'll have done Texas proud:thumbup:

Each quilt project that you do ,just gets more amazing.

Another wonderful one!!

Well, as a Texan I have to say, yes!! God blessed Texas, but Charismah blessed Lori's GORGEOUS quilt, too!!
I have to give you both a genuine Texas YEEEE Haw!
What a fantastic job you BOTH did!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Great job done by both of you ladies! I love all the ideas you used.

Sherryl
Candlequilter