Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Chickens, Lakes & Elephants

Three fun quilts made by Susan--she is definitely using it up!!!
Quilt Info #1:
Maker: Susan
Pattern: Roam Free from eQuilter
Size: 61" x 56"
Batting: Warm & Natural
Thread: Glide--Light Tan
Pantograph: Bee Hive ⤵️ from Mistletoe Quilting Co.
Susan's daughter raises chickens, so how perfect is a chicken quilt for her!
We went with honeycomb type quilting that resembles chicken wire when quilted out!
For the back, Susan used up several different chicken wire prints she had leftover! ⤵️
And check out that fancy pieced border Susan made! ⤵️ This is a free pattern for panels. What a great gift for her chicken-mom daughter!
Quilt Info #2:
Maker: Susan
Pattern: Quilters Palette from Villa Rosa Designs
Size: 54" x 66"
Batting: Warm & Natural
Thread: Glide--Azure
Pantograph: Malachite ⤵️ from Urban Elementz
Malachite is one of those quilting designs that looks great on any water, land, or park type quilts. 
This is a panel from the Quilt Minnesota shop hop a few years ago. 
Yellow flannel for the back makes it super soft!!! ⤵️
This is Susan's second time to make this quilt with this panel. She knows what she's doing! And it's a great quilt gift for any Minnesotan!
Quilt Info #3:
Maker: Susan
Size: 39" x 43"
Batting: Warm & Natural
Thread: Glide--Mint
Pantograph: Elephant ⤵️ from Totally Quilted
Elephant quilting on this cute baby quilt! This pantograph comes from Totally Quilted, formerly called OESD--they just did a name change and a lot of their designs are on sale in recognition of the change.
Susan made this strippy quilt by alternating 5" strips with 4 1/2" strips. Clever!
Here are the elephants that inspired the quilting choice! ⤵️
The back is more of the fabrics puzzle pieced together. ⤵️
This entire quilt, front and back, is flannel--soft! And what a cute color!!!
Great job, Susan! Keep on quilting and gifting!!!

15 comments:

  1. Susan does such a nice job. These are beautiful quilts. I love the chicken quilt especially and love the honeycomb quilting.

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  2. That is quite the title for this post Nancy! I love that border on the chicken quilt and a perfect choice of quilting design:) Of course the Minnesota quilt is special too.

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  3. I'm really intrigued by the border of that Minnesota panel quilt. It's a great way to incorporate all of those supporting prints without getting too time-consuming, and the scale balances the large center panel so nicely. Do you know if there's a pattern for this or did she just come up with that design on her own? Your quilting is the icing on the cake of each of these beauties as usual. Darling little quilted elephants!

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  4. I love the strip quilt concept for using up lengths of coordinating fabric and ending up with a quick quilt! Quilter’s Palette worked out great for the Minnesota quilt, and the malachite quilt design is a favorite.

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  5. These are adorable. And the quilting patterns you chose are just perfect!!

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  6. Another parade of pretty quilts! Of course, your quilting finishes them so well!

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  7. Adorable! Love that chicken quilt with the honeycomb (chicken wire) quilting. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
    https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2026/08/05/wednesday-wait-loss-496

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  8. These are all such neat quilts! I enjoy seeing what people do with borders on panels, and Susan is a master at them. Your chicken wire quilting on the chicken quilt is perfect, Nancy!

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  9. Susan's border on the chicken quilt truly rocks. The elephant panto was the perfect choice for the strip quilt and that flannel backed Minnesota panel would be super cozy! Way to go Susan and Nancy!

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  10. Nancy, I tried to call you yesterday and discovered that I don't have your correct phone number. My phone number hasn't changed. Could you call me sometime when you are free? Verneda

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  11. Wow, Susan has been busy. Lovely border ideas for the first two quilts. They work so well like that.
    The chicken wire pattern is a perfect choice.
    And the elephant quilting on the strippy quilt is a great idea. i can see little fingers tracing over the elephant shapes one day.

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  12. Susan is so prolific. I love all the different ways she finds to riff off and incorporate panels. Lucky her to have you as a resource to do her quilting. Seems you always have the perfect pantograph to mirror her concept.

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  13. All of these and fun and beautiful! Great use of the chicken panel and that Honeycomb/Chicken wire quilting fit the bill perfectly. When you stitch these patterns out do you always use them the size they are designed in, decide what pattern to use based on the size to be stitched and before loading the quilt or adjust the pattern size to the quilt being stitched? Inquiring LA students would love to know!

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  14. Susan has been quite busy. I do love the chicken panel, chicken wire quilting and the bonus blocks in that border! The MN shop hop panel is fun and the dancing squares are just perfect to show off some of the other fabrics. Malachite is definitely a favorite quilting pattern. I do love the strippy quilt and it reminds me I have a group of fabrics I intend to use for it. Nice teamwork!

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  15. I was trying to decide which quilt I liked the best...they are all wonderful. Love the border of the chicken panel. The Minnesota panel looks great with the squares. And I do like malachite although I seldom use it. I need to think about using that one sometime. Oh those elephants -- both fabric and quilting design. Really fun quilts this week.

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