What a Deal: Industrial Flatbed Laser Machine
($30,000 system - now only $4,000 - cash or money order only)

​Used by Ye Olde Forest Quilters to make these Turtles, Turtles 
​and lots of other fusible applique kits.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Longarming Queue​​​​

1. ​Wilhelmina's Klapperdeckchen​​​ - On the worktable.
   Dang-a-lang, need a break so I can get some quilting done.
   
2. Karen's Sunrise Over Mississippi
3. Karen's Katrina Remnants

​Hand Binding

1. Crystal's WoW Quilt​​

​Start to Finish Quilts

1. ​​Hop, Skip & Jump!​​
2. Fifteen Stars

​On the Way

1. Jipco Herzog ​

​​​​​​​​​​How Long Will It Take?
The infamous question, no?
Think 2-3 panto quilts per week ​depending on 
​​unforeseeable circumstances. 
We all know how those can be!

              Original Katrina Quilt
Jun 09: On the way.
​Jun 13: Quilt is here.
Jun 15: TKQ Faster Posies w/Magnifico #2003 Snow Flake thread.

Jun 09: On the way.
​Jun 13: Quilt is here.
Jun 15: Adjustable Double Spiral w/​Magnifico #2164 Shiver thread.

Jun 04: Gail is here with a quilt she is making for her grandson, Gabriel. Fish, dinosaurs, basketball, golf, etc.--this quilt is loaded with memories. Very creative.
​Just over half done.
​June 05: Quilted & binding attached.

Aug 23, 2014: Purchased 2 pre-cut packages of 10" squares.
Apr 16, 2017: Saw a pattern I love for these fabrics, Cinnamon Toast
​May 24, 2017: Bought the Cinnamon Toast quilt pattern.
May 04, 2018: Look at some of the quilt ideas under Salsa.
May 27, 2019: Marilyn & Kenny stopped by. This become Marilyn's fabrics for a quilt. Just have to figure out what to make.
Jun 12: Did Alternating 4-Patch & Hour Glass mockup.
Jun 14: Did Twister mockup

May 25: Quilt is here. Will be doing modified custom with no sew zones around each klapperdeckchen. Beautifully pieced by Wilhelmina Gottschalk.

May 11: It is always true that pictures do not do a quilt justice.
May 18: While prepping, I could actually feel the heart & soul pieced into this quilt.
​May 19: Quilted.

May 05: A special couple has just commissioned this fun little quilt. This is an enlarged version of the original made in 2015. Someone is living right because to be able to find the same fabrics 4 years later is rare ... and I know who they are! (When I first learned they were in the market for a quilt, I sold them on Joan's beautiful Gold Quilt, my heart throb since I did the binding on it back 2016. They still wanted one made by me so this will be it.
​May 06: Ordered fabric from Nuts and Bolts Fabric & AceHardwareMerc. I must say the ladies behind these shops have the best customer service I have experienced. Thank you Earleen & Jenn.
​May 09: Fabrics are here. At the end of an aggravating day of longarming, I decided to go ahead and cut the charm pack in pieces for making the braids.
​May 11: Planning the braids.
​May 12: Sewing the braids. This is so much fun & fast. No fussy points yet looks tedious. Didn't start sewing until after 8 PM and got halfway in an hour.
​May 15: Finished the braids. Cut the sashing and borders.
May 27: Trimmed the braids. Added the sashing.
May 28: Added borders. Quilt top is pieced. Backing is ready.
May 30: Programmed. Loaded. Quilted.
​May 31: Made the binding.
Jun 01: Binding is attached. Ready for hand work.
​Jun 04: Started hand work.
​Jun 07: Binding is finished & thus the quilt is finished.
Jun 10: Delivered in person.

Apr 29: The quilt, pieced by "Aunt Jean," is here.
​Apr 30: First Pictures. Love this quilt, design & fabrics. Partial to the quatrefoil plus the 4-patch chain that creates the stars plus the butterfly border & oh! the hand/machine piecing.
​May 25: Made the binding.
​Jun 08: Prepped ready to load. Loaded ready to quilt.
​Jun 09: Quilted.
​Jun 10: Ready to square & attach the binding.
Jun 14: Squared. Binding is attached & clipped ready for hand work.
Jun 18: Binding is done.
Jun 19: Final pictures & shipped. PS: Again I say, I love this quilt!!

Apr 27: The quilt, pieced by "Aunt Jean," sent by Cynthia, our coordinator shall we say, & commissioned by Wilma.
Just a word from Cynthia Latham​:
My Aunt Jean is 85 years old and has so many projects started. We have "pulled out" 3 completed tops just this morning, not including the star. She does Japanese embroidery and I'll attach a few samples from her collection. So glad you can machine quilt for her. I'm glad too.
May 25: Made the binding. Prepped ready to load.
May 26: Programmed and loaded.
​May 27: Quilting. Quilted.
​May 29: Squared.  Binding is attached. Ready for hand work.
Jun 03: Binding is finished. Shipping tomorrow.

Mar 01: Quilt is here
​Mar 11: Using Bam meander with silver thread & Warm & Plush batting. Programming & doing overlays to determine density.
Mar 24: Cut the backing down to size as agreed.
Mar 27: Prepped.
Apr 02: Loaded. Quilting. Quilted.
​Apr 03: Last pics.

Jan 26: First contact via Facebook.
Feb 15: First contact via email.
Feb 19: Quilt is here. Beautiful!
Mar 10: Programming & overlays.
Mar 11: Going with Trillium & ​Magnifico #2066 Artisan's Gold thread.
Mar 20: Prepped ready to load.
Mar 21: Loaded. Quilting.
​Mar 22: Quilted.

                         Table Runner
​Mar 11: Trillium w/Taupe thread.
​Mar 22: Quilted.

Feb 08: First contact including everything I need to know to quilt this.
Feb 11: The quilt is here.
​Mar 10: Programming to determine density
Mar 11: All set
​Mar 12: Loaded ready to quilt.
​Mar 13: Quilted.
​Mar 14: Final pics. Ship.

I decided to move my "longarming.com" domain to GoDaddy.
Thus a name change. ​Thus new business cards.

In time, I want to spend more time doing custom start to finish quilts. About burned out on just longarming.

I have every intention to servicing existing partners but hope to move in the direction of being more selective on what I take in.

Really? Well...maybe. We'll see.

Dec 24: Around noon, I got an email from Craig Evans about my UNC Tarheels Quilt. This is a  modified version enlarged to queen size 68 x 88.
​Dec 26: ​Plan is finalized, fabric is ordered.
Dec 29: The flannel novelty prints are here & they are awesome.
Jan 02, 2019: Solid fabrics are here. Not sure the orange & navy are the best match so I have ordered a Kaufman Kona Cotton Color Card.
Jan 03: Pre-washed the white fabric.
​Jan  07: Proposed lettering quilting patterns.
Jan 17: Returning the Orangeade fabric. Ordered Tangerine in its place.
Jan 31: Finally the Orange fabric is here & it is perfect.
Feb 01: Now know exactly how much background fabric I need before pre-washing.
Feb 02: Fabrics are washed ready to cut.
Feb 04: Working on the background blocks.
Feb 15: Background squares are trimmed.
Feb 17: Strips cut for windows & borders.
Feb 19: Started on the blocks.
​Feb 20: Almost done with the blocks.
Feb 23: Flannel backing, matching outer border & navy sashing are pre-washed.
Feb 24: Started on the sashing. Made the binding.
Feb 25: Rows are done. Next connect with horizontal sashing.
Feb 27: Quilt center is done. Just borders left.
Feb 28: Borders are on. Quilt top is finished.
Mar 01: Programming the quilt in IQ & doing overlays to help Craig decide what he likes.
​Mar 02: The backing is ready.
Mar 03: Loaded ready to quilt.
​Mar 06: Quilting...half way.
Mar 08: Quilted.
Mar 09: Photos.
Mar 09: Binding.
Apr 18: Binding & thus the quilt is finished. And shipped.

Dec 24: Around noon, I got an email from Craig Evans about my UNC Tarheels Quilt. This is a slightly modified version enlarged to king size.
​Dec 26: Plan is finalized, fabric is ordered.
Dec 29: The flannel backing is here & it is awesome.
Jan 02, 2019: All the rest of the fabrics are here.
​Jan 03: Pre-washed the white fabric.
​Jan  07: Proposed lettering quilting patterns.
Jan 17: Returning Blueberry fabric that worked on previous quilt because the feature fabric had some light blue but not so good for this one. Using me new Kona color card, I ordered Prairie Sky in its place.
Feb 01: Now know exactly how much background fabric I need before pre-washing.
Feb 02: Fabrics are washed ready to cut.
​Feb 04: Working on the background blocks.
Feb 16: Background squares are trimmed.
​Feb 17: Strips cut for windows & borders. Starting on window blocks.
Feb 18: Making progress on the window blocks. Short a strip of Prairie Sky fabric because there were flaws in what I received. MSQC is sending enough replacement fabric for me to finish.
Feb 19: Finished the blocks.
Feb 23: Carolina flannel backing & navy borders & sashing are pre-washed.
​Feb 24: Started on the sashing. Made the binding.
Feb 25: Rows are mostly done.
Feb 27: Half of the quilt center is in one piece. Still waiting for 3.5" of light blue fabric.
Mar 01: The last bit of fabric is here now.
Mar 08: The last 3 blocks are ready to insert into the quilt top.
Mar 11: Organized sashing & border strips.
Mar 13: Sashing & borders.
Mar 17: The quilt top is in one piece. Only borders left.
Mar 20: Sashing is finished. Working on white border.
Mar 23: White border done.
Apr 04: Change of plans. Going to do custom stitch in the ditch quilting of this one.
Apr 10: Quilt top is finished.
Apr 30: Got the main backing done.
May 01: Leaders added to make the backing large enough to load.
May 02: Loading.
​May 03: Loaded.
​May 07: Quilting.
May 09: After quilting many rows without a hitch, I suddenly had a thread/tension problem yesterday. Resolved it this morning. Should finish quilting today. NOPE. It is one of those nightmare after nightmare days.
May 10: Quilted. All is well that ends well.
May 15: Squared the quilt in preparation for binding.
​May 21: Binding is attached.
May 22: Clipped the binding and started the hand work.
May 24: Binding is done thus the quilt is done.
Jun 10: Shipped. Craig has been out of town.

Dec 24: Around noon, I got an email from Craig Evans about my UNC Tarheels Quilt. This is a modified version enlarged to king size.
​Dec 26: Plan is finalized, fabric is ordered.
Jan 02, 2019: All of these fabrics are here except the "ny" and the helmet.
​Jan 03: Pre-washed the white fabric.
Jan  07: Proposed lettering quilting patterns. Finally the small "ny" and the helmet logos came in so sketches are now accurate.
Feb 01: Now know exactly how much background fabric I need before pre-washing.
Feb 02: Fabrics are washed ready to cut.
​Feb 04: Working on the background blocks.
Feb 08: Spent a couple of days finding an alternative for the NY logo blocks. Ordered a t-shirt that will do the trick.
​Feb 15: Background squares are trimmed.
​Feb 17: Strips cut for windows & borders.
​Feb 20: Almost done with the blocks.
​Feb 23: Flannel plaid backing is pre-washed.
​Feb 24: Started on the sashing. Made the binding.
Feb 25: Ready to start connecting rows.
Feb 26: Connected what I can until the ny logo blocks come in.
Mar 04: T-shirts came in. The color is way off what I hoped for.
Mar 06: Craig has decided we will use what we have since I can replace the dull off-color shade with our Kona Cotton Cardinal Red. Logos are ready to put into blocks.
Mar 07: Logo center blocks are done.
​Mar 08: Logo blocks are ready & the rows are ready to connect with horizontal sashing.
​Mar 11: Organized sashing & border strips.
Mar 13: Sashing & borders.
​Mar 17: Quilt top is in one piece.
​Mar 20: Sashing is finished. Working on white border.
​Mar 23: White border done.
Apr 06: Craig wants to go with Stitch in the Ditch on this one too.
​Apr 08: Quilt top finished.
Apr 13: While matching plaids & getting the backing ready to load, I kept having a bad feeling about using it-- just didn't have the body I needed & wanted. Ordered Silver Lining, a Northcott Toscana Flannel.
Apr 17: Backing is here. As soon as I can get it washed, I will load it.
Apr 18: Backing is ready to load. Started loading.
Apr 20: Loaded. Quilting. Got the top borders done.
Apr 22: Continued quilting. Got 2 rows of blocks done & setup for the 3rd row.
​Apr 23: Two thirds done.
Apr 24: Blocks are done. Tomorrow will finish up with bottom borders & start on the binding.
Apr 25: Quilting is done. On to the binding. Quilt is squared. Binding is attached and clipped ready for hand work.
​Apr 28: Binding is done & thus the quilt is done.

Sharing three of Granny Verlene's quilts

Nov 19: First contact.
Dec 13: Quilt is in my mailbox.
Dec 16: Was able to get out of my driveway late today. So glad this quilt is safe & sound.
​Dec 29: Programmed a couple of densities for Denise to pick between,
​Dec 30: Quilting.
​Dec 31: Quilted.

Dec 12: At the post office due to weather.
Dec 17: It's here. Amazing artistry.
​Dec 21: Prepped & loaded.
​Dec 22: Quilting.
Dec 23: Took the day off.
Dec 24: Quilted.

Nov 26: Frank is a once in a lifetime friend. He'll be 99 next April. Now in assisted living, we got away for an afternoon here at the cabin. When I showed him this fabric his eyes lit up. He agreed to accept a small quilt if I made it for him. Top priority. Quilted. Working on the binding.
Nov 28: Bound.

Nov 24: Got a gorgeous preview.
​Nov 30: Doing overlays. Quilted.
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