November 2014 – Lovelli Quilts

My designs slowed down in September and October. I wasn’t able to design every day, but I am getting back in the swing in November. With these 30 designs I have earned my “150 day badge” with Quilt Design a Day.

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Experiencing ‘quilter’s block’ is no fun! I think that most of the block was due to an increase in family obligations, septic issues (yuk) and the inspiration pictures we were using on Qdad were getting stale (I lost count of the photos of the same geode, lol). Our Qdad leader, Anne Sullivan, switched us over to member contributed photos. Every day I am excited about the design inspiration and the palettes which go along with them. My turn to post photos will come right after Christmas. I am exited about some new projects in the months to come and, hopefully, some blog hops with the irrepressible Madame Samm. Please stay with me on my journey.

It is such a joy for me to quilt for clients and to help them finish quilts. Last week I spent my time on a client’s quilt, made from a pattern called Spiked Punch by Tula Pink. The fabrics in it were from Amy Butler’s latest line “Glow” and some Tula Pink fabric. Here is a screen shot of the quilt mockup:

I used a Whispy Feather design by Donna Kleinke of One Song Needlearts, a fill pattern by Anita Shackelford and a curved grid fill of my own design. It was fun to place the feathers ‘behind’ the stacked bricks (something I’ve seen hand-guided quilters do) with computer-aided design and quilt it with the computer. Note, I still sat and ‘helped’ the needle to stitch in the ditch along the bricks. It is fun to fill the negative space with quilty lusciousness!!