Surfer Patterns for Betty

Hi Betty,
Here are some designs that I thought might look good on your sons latest surf quilt.
I really like one of these surfboard designs for the big blocks.



Since there are 2 different size on-point blocks, I thought that maybe the designs in the block should be different. First, remember these will be on-point so tilt the design. And then one of these choices for the smaller blocks. I am leaning toward the seashells or sun with swirls but I really wanted your input.


















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OK, and the border design was easy. These looks like waves.





I found a couple of triangle designs that would work. These designs coordinate well but do not steal the show from the beautiful triangle fabric.

Of course, I will stitch in the ditch the blocks and borders. Since I am still new to custom quilting on my computer, I won't charge my normal full custom rate of 3 cents an inch which would end up being $334.95 on this big quilt. How about .022 per sq in? So with quilting, thread charge and tax, that comes to $247.08.

If you would prefer that I quilt an edge-to-edge (E2E) pattern rather than custom, tell me which one of these you like best. Edge-to-edge is more economical. We are all watching our budgets these days. So E2E would be $192.16 including the thread and tax.

Let me know which one you decide on, Betty and I will get started on it in a week or so.

Lori's Plaids on White

Hi Lori,
I have never seen a quilt like this, Lori. It is so unique with all those 1-inch pieces of plaid, you must have worked very hard to make this. I kicked around a few ideas and came up with two options, well, really three options.

Option 1 is called swirls. Because of all the straight lines on this quilt, I wanted to soften those hard lines with circles or swirls. I have an example of swirls here. This all-over pattern makes wonderful connected swirls (some big and some small) all-over the quilt. This option would cost $185.03 (includes quilting, batting, thread and tax)


Option 2 is full custom. Starting with a square spiral inside each of those plaid sections, it would weave its way out of the middle of the plaid blocks. The sashing would consist of a line of circles surrounded by a wavy line on each side. The inner border (plaids) would be 2 wavy lines to carry that wavy line out to the border. Keeping with the softening theme, the outer border would be half circles that intersect each other all the way around the quilt. This option would cost $277.66 (includes quilting, batting, thread, and tax)

Option 3 is I return the quilt to you. You might be able to find somebody else with a different idea and pricing.

If you want me to quilt this, then it can be ready July 19th or sooner. We just moved and I am starting to work on my backlog. Let me know what you decide.

Linda
Ramona Quilter
760-787-9709

Picking a new avatar

Just before I go to a quilt show, I like to update my avatar so my online quilting buddies will recognize me. I tried taking my own photo with less than wonderful results. See if you can guess which one I chose?

Perla Quilts

The blue 30's prints has a couple of options. Not much will show in the prints but I think that feathers will give it lots of texture. The blue makes a very nice concentric diamonds pattern that I would like to highlight. The blue parts would get either something called line-dancing (hooks and curls or a braid. The border would match whatever is quilted in the diamonds. Do either of these look good to you? I have drawn only in one corder so you get an idea.


The price for this blue 30's quilt would be $49.13 plus shipping.





Floral
In the buzzsaw I was thinking about soft and sharp points. Feathers in the print and sawtooth spinner in the light. Feather border.


$60.31 plus shipping

Tell me what you think of these.

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Pantos for Sale

I'm doing some Fall cleaning. Actually, I am thinning out some of my pantos. So I am selling a few. Some are new and some a used, some have registration marks and note and some a still in the orginal plastic. I can roll them all together and mail them in a tube. $10 each plus shipping. If you are not sure of the pattern, check them out on www.quiltscomplete.com.



Automotion Lisa Thiessen - 2 rows of total 13.8 inches
Cumulus – Lisa Thiessen – 2 rwos – total of 10 inches
Double Plume - Keryn Emmerson – 2 rows – total 7 inches
Feathered Flower – Linda V Taylor – 1 row – 15 inches (plus 5 inch border)
Fire – Linda V Taylor – 1 row – 15 inches (plus 2 borders)
Flamingo with Palm Trees - Deb Geissler - 1 row – 15 inches (plus 2 borders)
Interlocking Strawberries – Dave Hudson – 2 rows – total 10.5 inches
Petaline LG – Hermione Agee – 1 row – 9 rows
Rosalie – Kimberly Darwin – 1 row 10.5 inches
Sea Fantasy (Mermaids) – Kimberly Darwin – 1 row – 8.5 inches
Star border – Deb Geissler , 2 borders 3 and 5 inches
Sunflower – Dave Hudson – 1 row 10.5 inches
Valentine – Galie Designs – 1 row 9 inches
Veggie Garden – Deb Geissler – 1 row – 15 inches – plus 8 inch border
Whimsey – Norma Sharp – 1 row – 9 inches
Yeehaw – Kim Darwin – 1 row – 8 inches

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Sherry's Big Pansies

This is a lasagna style quilt done with strips with the sweetest little pansy flowers in it. I decided to quilt giant pansies all over with leaves and loops. I used Old Gold thread by PermaCore and Quilter's Dream Select batting.