Fabulous Flannel Quilt

I had the privilege of quilting this beautiful flannel quilt for Lois, who lives in Monterey.  I have worked on a number of her quilts now.  I just love the look of flannel after it has been quilted! 

Flannel quilt front.

In the 9-patch center, I quilted a meandering pattern with trees.  Then I did each of the additional five borders with a different freehanded pattern including leaves, swirls, meandered stars and clouds.



Detail on borders.



Back of quilt.

The freehanded meander stars looked great on the back of the quilt too!

Bed Scarf

I had never really heard the term 'bed scarf' before this client brought me this piece.  I thought at first that she said, 'bed skirt' as I had actually just finished one of those for another customer.  But a Bed Scarf drapes over the foot of the bed.  Purely decorative, but what a great idea!  I actually quilted the quilt that this woman has on her bed as well, so the bed scarf is going to match.  I just love the batik fabrics that she uses!

Full length of the bed scarf.

I quilted an overall pattern in the middle of the bed scarf, but because she has that little greenish flange between the outer brown border and the next lighter border, it couldn't be an edge-to-edge pattern.  I freehanded a vine with leaves in that last brown border, so now the flange stands out as it should, and isn't sewn down.

Detail of quilting.

Back of bed scarf.