This Quilt Could Be Yours!

U.Q.S.M. Fabric Challenge/Auction 2020:

"Spring in the Meadow"

This quilt features gorgeous "Painted Meadow" fabrics by Robin Pickens for Moda.  Mine is only one of twenty-seven quilts in this year's challenge.  And even though the Utah Quilting & Sewing Marketplace show has been canceled, the annual Fabric Challenge Auction is still happening!

This year's auction will send 100% of the proceeds to the amazing charity, Humanity Sews, formerly known as "Sew Much Hope".  Click the link below to view all of the quilts and place your bid or donate to this lovely cause.

MODA Virtual Charity Auction

Final bidding will end on Friday, May 1st at 7:00pm MST

UPDATE:  SOLD!  
The sale of this little quilt and a couple dozen other quilts helped to raise over $5000 for the charity, 

HUMANITY SEWS - Stitching Seams & Sewing Dreams.

Thanks to all those who contributed.  Your purchase will make a difference in people's lives!

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I love to take part in this annual challenge and have been participating in one way or another since 2007.  This little quilt was really fun to piece (I have a thing for chickens), and the pattern, Free Range by Sandy Gervais seemed to suit the fabrics perfectly.  I used "Chicken Wire" quilting design, added little dimensional elements, and finished with a fun faux-piped binding. ♥♥

...still not sure if these look like bees or bugs... you decide.

Patriotic Carpenter's Star

We've been celebrating!

I managed to quilt one of my own quilt tops the other day, just in time for the 4th of July!  That in itself is cause for celebration.

Finding "Mo"Jo

A couple of months ago, I introduced you to "Mo", my new-to-me Gammill Classic longarm quilting machine with a computerized Statler Stitcher system.

Because I bought it used, it came pre-loaded with hundreds of designs.  My girls and girlfriends have made some great strides in getting to know this little gem of a machine.

Lauren wanted to make quilted ukulele cases.  (I know, cool!)  This is her ukulele, hand-made by her father-in-law - I think it is stunning!

She is making cases for her husband's and his brother's ukuleles too.

We quilted out 3 yards of fabric using Soft & Stable foam stabilizer for the batting:

Lolly's Flowers

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Ry's Turtles:

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  Parker's beach:

 

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Chelsea used the same process and quilted a cute panel to some Soft & Stable for an adorable bag. We also disengaged the belts for a little freemotion doodling...

You can check out her finished bag at 3rDegreeBakery.

I love the fact that we can push a button and the machine does all the heavy labor!  Oh, this is fun!  It can really produce on those edge to edge designs.

My friend Debbie and her daughter knocked out the quilting on their RBD design challenge quilt for HMQS in a matter of a few hours.  I'm working on a schedule to rent out time on the machine.  More details later!

Here's the back!

 Lovely!! 

Zircon Crystals 

This pretty quilt, along with a couple dozen more challenge quilts, mine included (see it HERE), were auctioned at the Home Machine Quilting Show in Salt Lake City earlier this month, raising nearly $7000 for this year's charity, Family Promise.

And we're finally whittling away at that stack of UFOs that have been waiting for the quilter (me) for the past ten years since I first bought Ol' Betsy!

Nicole's Star Medallion Quilt is coming along nicely!

Worked on a few charity quilts - this one will be donated to Quilts of Valor.

We're enjoying this machine, experimenting and getting to know Mo a little better.   Even my dear husband wants to try!

Meanwhile, Ol' Betsy is still going strong, as busy as ever on custom freemotion quilting for clients.  Yep, it's a quilted world around here!