Quilting Gallery

Some examples of my quilting and the category they come under. Not all quilting designs will fall neatly into once category; they can be tailored to suit your needs.

For more pictures of my quilting, select any of the recent quilts (listed by year on the right hand side of my blog) to see individual posts with more detailed photos and descriptions. ----> (scroll down a little)

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Allover quilting
e.g. Feather meander
       Stipple
       Large swirls

(Heart-shaped open feather meander; customer quilt)

(Large-scale loops and wavy lines, on minky backing; 'Hoot')

(Large sun allover pattern; 'Hushabye Stars')

(Allover open feather meander, from back; customer quilt)

Dense Allover quilting
e.g. Freeform feathers
       Curlicues
       Feather/swirl
       Triple paisley/swirl/double feathers

(Freehnd feather and swirl combination, flannel backing; 'Jindy')

(Clamshells; 'Happiness')

(Freehand feather and swirl combination; customer quilt)

(Echo feather/paisley/swirl; 'Feathered Friends')

(Lines of Figure-8s; 'Colour Play')

(Freehand gumleaves and connecting loops; 'Whispers')

(Small curlicues; customer quilt)

Allover Plus quilting
e.g. Some quilting in the ditch or echo quilting
       Small amounts of McTavishing, Pebbling
       Different border quilting (no marking)

(Allover feather meander Plus echo/ditch quilting around applique; customer quilt)

(Allover curlicues Plus single feather plume; customer quilt)

(Allover freehand feather/swirl flowers Plus echo/ditch quilting and dense filler in centre; customer quilt)

(Allover curlicues Plus small swag border - unmarked; 'In the Pink')

(Allover heart feather meander Plus separate border; customer quilt)

Any marking is custom quilting

Light Custom quilting

(Areas of large pebbling, plus detail quilting, combined with an allover in the background areas; customer quilt)

(Freehand feathers, some ditch quilting, freehand border; 'Nectar')

(Some marked motifs combined with freehand fillers; 'Reflections')

(Ares of dense stippling combined with lots of ditch quilting; 'Sweetness')

(Combination of custom feathers, ditch quilting and stippling; 'Soft as a Feather')

Custom quilting

(Above and below from back, custom feathers, McTavishing, marked motifs, ditch quilting, multiple borders; 'Hush in the Forest')

(Extensive ditch quilting, custom feathers, piano-key border, dense fillers; 'Feathered Friends')

(Custom feathers, separate borders, freehand motifs; 'Lilac Soda')

(Custom freehand feather motifs; 'Hidden Star')

(Above and detail below - extensive ditch quilting, many customised fillers, individual block treatment; customer quilt)

(Above and detail below - custom marked feathers, centre motif and curved cross-hatching, pianokey borders; 'Pink Feathers')

(Custom feathers, marked swag and pianokey borders; 'Stars of the Sea')

(Freehand sky with cloud effect, separate sun treatment, detail quilting on trees...; 'Footsteps')

(Feathers, second border, ditch quilting, freehand fillers..., 'Nurture')

(Freehand fancy feathers; Adds' quilt - 'Flying Feather Filler')

(Custom marked feather and individual swirl motifs; 'Cuggle')

Other fancy quilting examples

(Above and detail below - Wholecloth quilt featuring a large selection of dense filler patterns in different colour threads; 'May')

(McTavishing, trapunto, dense fillers...; 'Crowing')

(Small wholecloth quilt on black, marked feathers, freehand echoing; 'Feathered Flake')

(Small wholecloth using silver metallic thread, McTavishing background fill; 'Snowcrystal')

(Extensive ditch quilting and McTavishing; 'Bountiful Winter')

(Different border treatments; 'Footsteps')