Quilter Bonnie, Quilting Cousin Sue and I all participated in the GE Quilt Designs Virtual Retreat, March 24-26 this year. I just finished quilting Bonnie's three quilts!!! She picked the Hibiscus Hummingbird fabric line for her retreat box!⤵️
Quilt Info #1:
Pattern: Back Home from Master Your Stripology Ruler by Gudrun @ GE Designs
Fabrics: Hibiscus Hummingbird Collection from Lewis & Irene
Size: 27" x 27"
Batting: Quilters Dream 80/20
Thread: Glide--Light Olive
Pantograph: Curvature ⤵️ from Sew Shabby Quilting
I love this modern quilting design! This was my first time to try it out.⤴️⤵️
Quilt Info #2:
Maker: Quilter Bonnie
Pattern: Ariel from Gudrun @ GE Designs
Fabrics: Hibiscus Hummingbird Collection from Lewis & Irene
Size: 57" x 76"
Batting: Quilters Dream 80/20
Thread: Glide--Nickel
Pantograph: African Foliage ⤵️ from Three Sisters Fabric
With all those cute hummingbirds, a floral pantograph made sense!⤴️⤵️
This pattern is made from 2 1/2" strips, plus a background fabric that came in the retreat box!
Bonnie got enough 108" backing fabric ⤵️ for both this quilt and the third retreat quilt below.
Quilt Info #3:
Maker: Quilter Bonnie
Pattern: Nikki from Gudrun @ GE Designs
Fabrics: Hibiscus Hummingbird Collection from Lewis & Irene
Size: 51" x 68"
Batting: Quilters Dream 80/20
Thread: Glide--Pink
Pantograph: Daisy Daze ⤵️ from Karlee Porter
More flower quilting for those hummingbirds!!!
Here are my three retreat quilts⤴️, made from "Random Thoughts" by Marcia Derse. You can read more about this yearly virtual retreat at this link. I wonder what next year's retreat will bring!!!
Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy
Check out all the quilt inspiration at Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, Free Motion Mavericks, TGIFF, Finished Or Not Friday, Peacock Party, Off the Wall Friday, From Bolt To Beauty, Patchwork & Quilts.
These are all lovely quilts! My favorite is the 2nd one, I really like the contrast of the almost solid gray with the stripped pieced triangles. The quilting designs really highlight the quilting, just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYou gals sure like to do a lot of GE quilts! Granted there are some really cute patterns!
ReplyDeleteThose are all fun quilts! I love the green background in the first quilt. And that hummingbird fabric line is lovely!
ReplyDeleteBonnie did a great job on all 3! I love the background on Back Home and the Curvature quilting design is perfect with it. It is really an interesting design. The second, I love the African Foliage you picked to go with it. The grey works really well as a background. And, the last one, I just love the daisy as a quilting design. You really get a lot of quilts out of her QAL and Bonnie (and you) did a fabulous job!
ReplyDeleteAll of the quilts are so gorgeous. Bonnie certainly has an eye for color. I am very intrigued by the 3rd quilt. Such a beautiful design as they all are. Nancy, your quilting is always so beautiful and compliments the quilts perfectly
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely quilts! You did a great job quilting these. What fun you must have all had at retreat. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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My favorite part of your post is the quilting! I love to see what patterns you choose to enhance the quilt...you never disappoint! :)
ReplyDeleteI keep saying, “ One of these days I will do a virtual retreat with Gudrun. I like all the patterns, but really like Nikki! You both have tempted me again! Gorgeous , all six of them. And now we need to see Quilting Cousin Sue’s quilts! š
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely! It's really nice to see such different designs with the same fabrics
ReplyDeleteWonderful quilts. And nice to see the same fabrics used in all three. The quilting is very effective, I especially like the large daisy panto.
ReplyDeleteI love your 3 quilts each, both backgrounds, grey for Bonnie, and white for you, are stunning! Great use of a fabric line, and your quilting choices are perfect, as usually ;) Love the pink thread for the flowers!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your beautiful work!
Hi Nancy, those are great quilts that Bonnie made. I love the quilting. It's always fun to look at pantographs to see what elements could be FMQ. It's not as if I could copy them, but there are some lovely designs that can be adapted. I love the difference that the fabric makes between your quilts and Bonnies. Thanks for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks.
ReplyDeleteGreat to see all three quilts. They look great. Lovely fabric line, too.
ReplyDeleteAnd as always, I find it fascinating how the quilts look so different in another fabric design like you have used. All are wonderful!
Beautiful retreat quilts!
ReplyDeleteLove how you used different colorways - its fun to see the variations
ooh I do like the Curvature pattern! It's really different, and so appropriate for the quilt! xx
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