Martha - Choose one

And here are a few edge to edges for the center. When you choose the center, then I can narrow down some choices for the border and show you those. These do not respect blocks; they are edge to edge for the center. Further down are some that a quilted in each block.





















Then if you want a "blocked" look here are some that would be quilted as a block with alternating patterns. (i.e. 1 large and one with 4 small) the rows.












Here are 2 more alternating quilted blocks. These are called Star Blossom. It is almost like they have been turned inside out.






And the last pair of alternating blocks are Inside and Outside Loops:

Lover's Knot for Liz

Hi Liz,

Well, I surfed around the internet and some of my quilting books and came up with two ideas that are NOT edge to edge. Both are custom, so I will do separate borders and separate block treatments. One is more pricey than the other because there is lots of ruler-work (straight lines done using a longarm ruler, not marked). But please remember, that the choice is yours, including picking it up and taking it to another quilter.

Just so you know, I quilt way better than I draw.

Here is the curly-leafy choice for the knot. The chasing leaf and curl pattern is quilted around the knot. Traveling lines are curls. This option only has ditchwork between the borders, not inside the quilt.



Option 2 uses extenisve ruler-work to emphasize the knot. There are alternating patterns as the hearts go east-west as well as north-south. On the ones with the top of the hearts facing the knot, there will be an over and under pattern, like a knot. On the patterns where the hearts face away from the knot, the knot will just be a square in a square. The same freehand concentric hearts would go inside each pieced heart shape. There is ditchwork around the borders only, not around the knots.



The inner border design is the reverse loop (circles).

I like the following designs for the outer border. Red border is like double-ovals with leaf on either end.


Okay, so here is the pricing. The quilt 94 x 104 measures 9,776 sq in. I work by the square inch. I know that we were aiming at $130 for the total (minus tax, thread and batt) but that would put the quilting at just over a penny an inch, like .013. My pricing, even for edge-2-edge freehand starts at .016. I have included my pricing for both options but they do not fall into the target area. I'm sure that you understand that custom takes more time and I price it accordingly. And I understand that my pricing may be more than you want to pay. I will leave the quilt at the shop in a stapled white bag with your name on it "Return to Liz Cowling". That way, should you decide to use somebody else, the quilt will be available. I hope that I will be able to quilt for you in the future. You piecing is quite good.

Leaf following knot with hearts with separate border treatments and ditch in borders only (including batt, tax, thread and quilting) $237.64 (or .02 per inch)

Rulerwork lines in knot with hearts and separate borders treatments and ditch in borders only (including batt, tax, thread and quilting) $$258.90 (or .22 per inch)

Rulerwork option without the first-timer discount would be $343.95 or .03 cents per inch