Christmas gifts are so fun to finish!

Alice made another quilt and this  is another beautiful one! A disappearing 4 patch that is rich in its color choices. I used a copper thread to stipple the borders and use a ladyslipper stitch in the center. Lovely!!

More leaves and curls! Alice made this fabulous Four Patch Posie for the holidays. The stitches really show up on the black fabric.

Peaches and cream

Here is a little Christmas beauty. I quilted it with a pattern I think looks like Lady slippers. Great job, Alice, it will be loved!!

Wow, Finished Stitches has been busy

 This is the front and back of Allison's beautiful Christmas quilt. Stitched with Trinity leaf with ribbons for a festive holiday quilt.

 A similar stitch for Dorothy's fall table topper. How pretty for a Thanksgiving table!

 And for all you NASCAR fans, Maggie made this for a friend. Overall large stippling for a road appearance. So cute!

This is Joan's reversible Civil War Quilt. The top photo is the Southern states and the bottom Photo is for the Northern states. It is stitched with leaves and stippling. It looks like a map.

Thanks all you ladies for such inspiration and wonderful quilts to work on!!

Wall hanging

This is a wall hanging I was working on this weekend. It is a ribbon and swirls quilting pattern. I really like this wall hanging or topper, it is about 40 inches square. It is going in the craft sale because it was designated a practice quilt but if it doesn't sell, it is going on my chair!!

Alice's quilt

I love the purples and greens of this king sized quilt my friend Alice made. I really love it and it turned out so lovely. She chose the overall meandering trinity leaf pattern. The best mistake was the quilt shop ordered this color thread for us a while back. We almost didn't keep it and it is so popular, we have had to reorder it for customers!! It is a blue-grey color. Happy binding Alice!

Jewel Box

This is Beverly's Jewel Box super queen sized quilt. It just sparkles with the colors. She chose a leaf pattern with butterflies combo. Great Job!

Two Quilts Done!!

This quilt is a first finish for our customer. She had a wonderful bee theme. Loops and swirls is the stitch she chose and it fits the rambling path a bee takes in flight.


This next quilt is butterfiles and it fits the baskets and flowers. How beautiful is the embroidery work on this gem!! This customer started to embroider when she was five and all of her practice shows here.




I have two king sized quilts in the cue and a queen. I am amazed how much business came from the sample quilt and leaf quilting hung at the back of the quilt shop. Thanks to all of our customers. The cooler weather is promising to be busy. I never thought the butterfly pattern would be so popular!! I am always thinking of new stitches. I am working on a leaf pattern and a flower pattern.

Some little things we have been working on...

This is the most recent stitch I have develeoped. It is called Butterflies and loops.

This quilt I have finished to be a sample at Delphine's Quilt shop. It displays a entire fabric line, a pattern called "Perfect Ten" and the stitch I quilted it with is called Trinity leaf.

We are working on new stitches every day!

Another quilt

I quilted this using the trinity leaf and vine pattern. Marcia pieced this and I quilted it. It was done rather quickly. I must be getting more experience and speed!! This quilt is slated for the craft show in the fall. This is straight off the frame and not trimmed up.

Marcia's quilt and an update on the business of quilting

Here is a quilt top that Marcia made for Finished Stitches. I quilted in with a trinty leaf and meandering vine pattern. I really like it but the photo of the back doesn't really show it off well. This quilt will go into a craft show in the fall.

I have learned the following stitches for customer quilts and I have named them: Meandering Carnations, Wonky Feathers, Holly leaf and vine, Trinity Leaf and vine, Stippling, Loop de Loop, Stars and stippling, echo dwirling and bananas. I am working on more all the time. My hope is to have samples of each stitch for the quilt shop an the studio by September.

Vicki

Wonky Feathers

I really like the wonky feathers pattern. Alice made this quilt and it turned out to be so beautiful. I quilted it yesterday afternoon and had so much fun!

Baby quilt

Mary asked us to finish a quilt for her BFF who is having a baby. The quilt is very chic and I know will be treasured. She did a great job. I used meandering carnations because it mimicked the little flower in the pink fabric. Thanks Mary for sharing!!

GRADUATION QUILT

This was Vicki's Daughters surprise quilt for graduation. Marcia pieced this together and it was quilted by Vicki. This was a block exchange so Vicki has a similiar quilt to finish!

It is quilted with meandering carnations.

Gone Fishing

 Joan finished her first quilt and asked us to finish it for her. It is quilted with a loop de loop freehand pattern. You can see the pattern on the light fish background.

Great Job, your first quilt is fabulous!

Meandering Carnations

Here is a finish for a quilt Marcia made. I call this freehand design meandering carnations. It was inspired by an antique pattern in a book I saw many years ago. It was a colonial inspired applique.

The back is pieced too, a first for me. It has strips on the sides. I liked how this one quilted. Now to bind it while the cold front is here. Click on image for a little closer look.


Vicki
Finished Stitches

We are open for business!

The long arm has delivered. The frame was a chore to put togther but it is lovely!! Quilts up to ten feet long can be loaded on it.

We have been placed over 300,000 stitches on the new machine already! Quilts are being finished, hence the name of our business. This blog will be a place to see examples of our work and showcase quilts we have had the honor in finishing. Vicki has a blog that she regularly updates here.


Happy Quilting,
Finished Stitches