Quilted Joy Blog

Marilou made this thousand pyramid quilt for her niece as a wedding gift. I’ve attempted to piece together triangles like...

You know you are addicted to quilting when you open up your new powder compact from CVS and see quilting...

Anita is a hand piecer. She has beautiful stitches in her piecing and she even pieces her backing! I have...

You know how those daytime talk shows do makeovers all the time? We get to see Ms Frumpy go to...

I’ve had a bunch of fun playing with this funky quilt. You may remember I mentioned it in this post and you...

What quilting magazines do you subscribe to? My favorite one is Machine Quilting Unlimited. It focuses primarily on quilting and...

This is a "first" quilt. It is the first quilt ever made by my client. Didn't she do a great...

I have a client who has a number of quilts from her husband's aunt and has hired me to complete...

You might have seen the label I posted a few days ago. Well, here is the quilt that goes with...

I'm down to only two customer quilts left to finish by Christmas! One is an edge to edge which is...

I'm working on a memory quilt right now. I'm down to the putting a label on and attaching the binding....

I've been doing some machine quilting video tutorials for the APQS Longarms for Lifelong Learning Center. You've seen the pebbles...

Isn't this patriot quilt great? I love the layout of the top. I'm not sure where my client got her...

One of the hardest things as a longarm quilter for hire to do is manage your time so you don't...

This pretty Garden Strip Quilt used the edge to edge panto called Wave on Wave. Isn't it sweet?

Ind of my favorite edge to edge patterns is Double Bubble. This pattern is not a good one for those...

One of my customers made this top as a gift for her mother's upcoming birthday. Each Churn Dash block features...

The first day of the Houston Quilt Festival fell on Halloween night. Everyone in the booth dressed up. I went...

I'm working on a truck quilt today. Fun!

I just noticed that some of the photos I've posted aren't big enough for you to really see the detail....

My son, BirdMan, is really into birds. He has loved feathered friends since before he could talk. In fact, he...