Client Quilt

In early June, I was contacted to do the quilting for a local quilter.  She had originally planned on doing the quilting herself, but could no longer do it.  I was happy to do the quilting for her and we made the arrangements to send the quilt my way.

The quilt was a beautiful pieced quilt with embroidered blocks.  Each block was embroidered with a different type of flower as well as the name of the flower.  The client wanted something simple and left it up to me to decide whether to quilt over the embroidered flowers or around them.  After receiving the quilt, I definitely knew that I did not want to quilt over the flowers.  The were very pretty and I wanted my quilting to showcase her embroidery versus potentially covering it up at all.  The client was concerned with some puckering around the designs, but I was able to handle that with the quilting I chose.


I ended up using a variegated thread for the top portion of the quilt.  The color variation is very subtle, but has a pale pink, blue and green in it.  You can see it in person in the quilt on the white areas and it pulls the colors from the flowers a little bit here and there.


The top thread was called Morning Sky by Superior Threads (their King Tut line).  The bottom thread was a pale blue (Baby Blue) from Superior's Bottom Line thread line.  I've always had good luck with Superior Threads and haven't had issues with breakage.  Both of my sewing machines seem to love the thread.


I did a medium-sized loop design throughout the quilt.  I wanted to have the freedom to move about the embroidered spaces and still create texture throughout the quilt.  The client wanted to tie the sashings and blocks together, so the quilting extended throughout the entire quilt and around the flowers and embroidered names.




I used Quilter's Dream 100% cotton batting for this quilt.  Only one layer was used since I use their thickest loft...Supreme.  It almost gives the thickness of wool, but is great for someone who doesn't want the potential allergic issue with wool.

The next two photos show the completed quilt and really highlights the texture created with the loops and thicker batting.






The client also asked me to trim up the quilt and add the binding around the edge of the quilt.  I machine stitched the binding to the front of the quilt after squaring it up and left the hand sewing to her (at her request).











Overall, the quilt turned out really nicely and the client was ecstatic at the end result.  I always try my hardest to make each quilt something that I would be proud of to call my own.  The best part is that the client was very happy about the result of the quilting and it exceeded her expectations.

Here's a small bit from her email to me:

I just opened the box and I have only one thing that I can say about  your work... you took a first time attempt at making a quilt by me and turned it into a MAGNIFICENT  piece of art.  I am nearly speechless.  I knew it would be nice but I didn’t expect it to be this beautiful.  You are an artist and I hope you realize that.  What you did for my quilt was not an ordinary run of the mill quilting job... you knew how to highlight the embroidery and how to blend the rest of the quilt into one solid piece of art.  I am going to be so proud to give this to my daughter.  Thank you so much for putting the effort into it that you did.  It shows that you care about what you do. 

It makes me extraordinarily happy when a client really enjoys the end result! :c)

Happy Crafting!
~Sarah at upstateNYCreations