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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Elaine Single Irish Chain 007

Single Irish Chain

March 27, 2011by Joy Voltenburg 1 Comment

I love this quilt.  The customer just started quilting and if this is any indication of what to expect from her, she’s going to have some very fabulous quilts!!  Love […]

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Customer Quilts, Quilting Designs on the Longarm
1stplace-2011-SunflowerStars

1st Place Ribbon!!

March 26, 2011by Joy Voltenburg 2 Comments

Sunflower Stars placed 1st in the Bed Quilt category at the Decatur Quilt Fest this weekend!  I was absolutely thrilled!  I really wasn’t expecting to win, but was grateful for […]

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Miscellaneous, Trapunto
Pentagon Star Vintage quilt - closeup of block

Vintage Pentagon Star Quilt – super-sized!

March 21, 2011by Joy Voltenburg 1 Comment

This was a unique project.  The customer (Maria) had some vintage tops that had been passed down to her and which I had quilted for her.  But this quilt was […]

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Customer Quilts, Repairs
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Bats and Skulls quilt

March 15, 2011by Joy Voltenburg Leave a comment

This customer made this for her adult heavy-metal/rock-n-roller son. I suggested a shaky spiderweb in the middle and she liked that idea a lot.  I added flames to the outer border […]

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Customer Quilts, Quilting Designs on the Longarm
cheryl m pink-brown sm baby quilt 002

Another minky

March 15, 2011by Joy Voltenburg 2 Comments

I did another small minky quilt.  Feather wreaths and vines.  I used Fil-Tec’s Premo Soft thread and loved it.  In the brown border I used King Tut on top and […]

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Customer Quilts, Minkee fabric
groovy1

Get your Groove on!

March 14, 2011by Joy Voltenburg Leave a comment

This quilt required me wearing bellbottoms and tie-dyed t-shirts while quilting it.  The customer wanted something that played up the squares and the fabric.  I came up with this swirly […]

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Customer Quilts, Quilting Designs on the Longarm

Batting

March 3, 2011by Joy Voltenburg Leave a comment

I recently made a trip to Kingsmen Quilting in Rochester, IL with a couple of quilting friends. Kingsmen is a large online provider of thread, rulers, batting and notions for […]

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Batting

Quilt of the Week!

March 1, 2011by Joy Voltenburg Leave a comment

My Sunflower Stars quilt was just picked to be Quilt of the Week at MQ Resource http://mqresource.com/forum/index.php?app=ccs .  I’m absolutely thrilled!  When I first joined the Machine Quilters Resource over a […]

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Miscellaneous, Trapunto

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