Heirloom Roses Custom longarm quilted

Heirloom Roses Quilt Custom Longarm quilted

Lovely swirls on the back of this quilt

Such a beautiful heirloom quilt.  My customer loves little stipple meandering, so that was a given that I'd use that in this quilt.  And it was obvious that she fussy cut all the circular medallions.  So of course those had to stand out.  She also likes elegant feathers and swirls.  In fact the fabric on the back of this quilt are lovely swirls. Check it out....

a lovely swirl border design

That back inspired much of the quilting on this quilt.  Especially the outer border.  I quilted this in a 40 wt, polyester, silver thread.  It has a nice subtle shine, and is thick enough to be seen without overwhelming the beautiful rose print.

The inner border is also a beautiful swirl in pink thread to match the fabric.

Echo quilting and dense background stitching can give a 3D effect

This quilt took a considerable amount of time to quilt.  I started with quilting and ditching all the blocks using the silver thread (Magnifico Thread by Superior Threads).  This stabilized the quilt and allowed me to roll from top to bottom as needed to quilt the borders without having to reload the quilt to quilt the side borders.

The next step was to quilt the outer border, then the inner border.  Once these were done all that was left was to quilt the tiny stipple meander around the blocks.  It was tempting to just quilt the meander, but I chose to add the echo lines around all the blocks.  I thought that would give it just that bit of pop that would set off the blocks.  And as it turned out, it also gave the background of this quilt a lattice feel.  That was definitely an added bonus.


I used 100wt silk thread for this background stipple ( Kimono Silk by Superior Threads).

the block has been ditched and inside elements outlined with thread

The batting in this beautiful quilt is Quilters Dream 80/20. 

Look at the difference in these 2 pictures.  The pic on the left/top shows the round medallion after it was ditched and the features in the rose print outlined. 

the difference an echo and dense surrounding quilting can make

But look at it after I added the echo around the medallion and added the stipple to punch down the batting all around it.

 Look how that just brought this block (and all the others) to life.  What a difference.  To get this effect it takes both the contrast in the quilting and a lofty enough batting to pull it off.

The square blocks are beautiful too.  Into the larger squares I free motion quilted feathers.  Some with a swirl, some without. 

And into the little squares I couldn't resist these cute as pie little swirl hearts.  Check it out.

Echoed square blocks with beautiful feathers

Overall this quilt took about 17 hours to custom longarm quilt; or about $0.06 cents per square inch.  

It was an absolute pleasure to quilt this beautiful quilt.  This I'm sure will become a family treasure that will be handed down through the generations.  Truly an heirloom quilt.

Shown on a Queen Size bed

As you know I don't use a computer, that all my quilting is hand guided.   I love the organic feel this type of hand guided free motion quilting adds to a quilt.  And if you love it too, and have a quilt top that needs to be quilted, please allow me to quilt it for you.  It would be an honor. 

For pricing and preparation information, please check out my website, Quilts By Hannelore
Or give me a call at 231-970-1340

Thank you, Hannelore