I have been so busy lately (trying to get my Christmas quilts finished and battling a nasty cold for 3 weeks) I have not had time to blog. I am thrilled to say that both Xmas quilts have been completed and shipped off which gives me FAL finishes number 6 and 7. So I don’t spoil the surprise, I will have to hold off on the full ‘ta-da’ posts until after the boxes are opened Christmas morning. Here are a few closeups of the FMQ. I used wool batting on Tropical Punch to give it a beautiful loft. I only quilted the orange/yellow centres and just did some stitch in the ditch around the blue/green fabrics.
For the second quilt I did some trapunto work to make the main feature of the quilt stand out and then just did some dense freehand quilting in the background to make it pop even more.
I finally got my 2012 block-of-the-month ‘Opera’ on the frame. I needs to be done by the end of the year so that it qualifies for the January quilt show.
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Thank Goodness It’s Finished Friday @Quilt Matters
| 2013 WIP | Size | Current status |
| Pink & blue batik | King | binding |
| Asian Shadow Box | King | waiting for borders |
| 2012 BOM ‘Blues’ | King | quilt top |
| 2012 BOM ‘Opera | King | FMQ |
| Kimono | Wall hanging | quilt top |
| Waterlily | Wall hanging | quilt top |
| One block wonder | Queen | piecing |
| Peacock | Lap | quilt top |
| Leftovers I | Lap | Binding |
| Leftovers II | Lap | quilt top |
| Blue Hydrangea | King | FMQ |
| Dragonflies | Wall hanging | Binding |
| Charm Square Crib | Baby (x3) | quilt top(1), binding(2) |
| 2013 Completions | Size | |
| Tropical Punch | Lap | |
| Darwin | Lap | |
| 2011 BOM ‘Spring | King | |
| Blue Odyssey | King | |
| High River Quilts | Lap (x5) | |
| Kassidy’s flannel | Baby | |
| Sue’s Summer Breeze | Queen/King | |
| Star Surround QAL | Lap/Twin |
Life In The Dog House 
OMG Debs!!!!!!!!!!!!! you never totally cease to amaze me!!!!!!!!!!!! wow, wow, wow…….I have done trapunto in small form and it is truly an art form for sure…..,gorgeous workmanship….love the posts…….so, how’s the long arm working out for you,…I don’t understand it but it looks amazing……………….
What beautiful quilting! Thanks for sharing.
Freemotion by the River Linky Party Tuesday
Fabulous quilt and quilting and love your fabrics combo!
Love the quilting and the bright colours of your Tropical Punch quilt.
Love your quilting. Beautiful!
The quilts and quilts are beautiful!
What beautiful quilts and your quilting is fabulous! I just found your blog while I was visiting My Quilt Infatuation. When I saw the title of your blog I HAD to visit. And when I saw your beautiful dogs at the top of your blog I had to read more.
Nicely done, Deb! Your quilting is beautiful.
wow! your Tropical Punch quilt is so vibrant and happy! and your quilting looks amazing!
Thank you so much for sharing this at Needle and Thread Thursday!
🙂 Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation
Really beautiful!