WIP Wednesday #11 a new tutorial for Jigsaw Puzzle Quilting

Hello Everyone!
This week I have been doing lots of sewing, unfortunately mostly for a birthday gift that won't be received until next week, so I can't share that yet, but as a teaser I have an upcoming tutorial on how to do letters in reverse applique- which was lots of fun and had a really cool effect, so please come back next week for that.  I have finally managed to record a video tutorial for free motion quilting my Jigsaw Puzzle design, so have a look- the video is a bit long as I wanted beginners to be able to see the design several times so it really sticks, if you are not a beginner just view the first part and you will have it down.  I had a few people ask me how this might work on a postage stamp style quilt- the answer is perfect- no marking lines, just use your seam lines and you are good to go.  I made a little pillow in a postage stamp pattern so you can see for yourself how it looks I think the quilting is a bit hard to see in the pictures- but you will get the idea.  Also my good friend and fellow blogger Marisa Voorhees is giving away one of my aprons from my etsy shop on her blog, so if you are interested in winning a free apron stop by her blog to get more info on that.  So without further adieu here is my first ever video tutorial- hope you enjoy!

as always I am linking to Freshly Pieced WIP Wednesday freshly pieced

WIP Wednesday #10 baby quilt finish and quilting my first quilt for a customer

Well, it's Wednesday again and I have some fun progress to show.  I got my baby quilt all finished up and  it looks so puzzley and snuggly!  I am very pleased with my first original FMQ design and will definitely use it again on future projects- I am thinking it would look really cool on a much smaller scale- and am excited to experiment with it more very soon.  It measures 44" square and the large scale quilting on it makes it very soft- I am hoping the baby that receives it will really get a lot of use out of it and that the mom will treasure it. 
After completing that quilt I got started on quilting my first quilt for a customer- this has been a very exciting and fun process.  This marks the beginning of my journey as a professional quilter- and I hope to have many more quilts in the very near future.  This quilt is something that my customer made almost a decade ago- It is a Thimbleberries quilt called Fall Folk Art and the colors and folk style are so timeless.  I really enjoy all the detail in the center panel, and decided to quilt around all the motifs so it gives it a nice texture- and looks really cool from the back.  I then chose to do a small scale stipple around them- as they are so tightly spaced I just couldn't get any other design to look right in the space.  This is a really classic quilt and some of my more modern quilting designs would really look out of place on this quilt- so I am trying to let the quilt talk to me and keep it classic.  I could have done a pebble in the center panel instead of a stipple- but I think it would have made it look too modern and competed with all the motifs.  I am very pleased with my progress so far and hope my customer will be too.  Now that I am done with the center I will move to the boarder areas- which are screaming FEATHERS to me- so come back next week to see where that leads.  Feathers are my favorite thing to quilt- so I will really enjoy this next part I am sure.  For any of you that remember me mentioning a tutorial on the puzzle quilting- I promise it will be coming soon- I am working on a new link up for FMQ on my blog and I think the tutorial will be a great beginning for that- so maybe Friday?  Fingers crossed I get it all done by then. 
Stats
Baby Quilt done
Customer Quilt in progress

As always I am linking to WIP Wednesday on Freshly Pieced.

Baby Quilt with Puzzle Quilting all done!

I finished my baby quilt last night and got it all bound and ready to give.  I was visiting my mother in law today and decided to use her lovely house and yard as a pretty backdrop for some glamor shots of the quilt.  Please be aware that this is a picture heavy post - hope you enjoy.  I had to throw in some pics of my labradoodles Moose and Juki and my mother in law's maltese Tazzi. They were quite curious as to what the fuss was and were just too darned cute.  Also there is a pic of one of the resident hummingbirds that was buzzing around us during the photo shoot, it was too pretty not to share.