a Pig Quilt

A client of mine has become very proficient at the cutest Baby Quilts.  This one has applique and is really adorable.  I loved the wide open spaces - made for fun quilting!

Isn't it just a cute quilt. And the good news was - she got in done before baby came!! Love it when the timing works out!!

A New Year - 2014

Happy New Year!!

Yes - I do know it has almost been the New Year for a week.... but it has been a fun beginning!

I am  booking quilts for the upcoming year. January is almost full. If you are thinking you will need an appointment in a certain month - email me and let me know. I will pencil you in for that month and be in contact as the time gets near to get a firm date.

This year I have opened an Etsy Store with some of my Finished quilts - you can check that out Here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/AlyciaQuiltyGirl

This is the newest quilt I have added:  It can be found HERE

Also this year I will be offering my services at making T-Shirt Quilts. Contact me for more info and pricing.

Here is to a great 2014!!!  my contact info is in my profile ;-)

Chain of Daisys - For Sale

I have another Beautiful Quilt up for sale. If you are interested please email me at (alyciaquilts @  gmail.com) and we can work out the details. All prices do not include shipping. I use insured USPS shipping.

Chain of Daisys

52 x 66 inches

Made of 100% cotton fabrics.

Machine pieced and machine Quilted.

$350

There is a hanging sleeve attached to the back. It was hung in a quilt show on a rod.

Front of Quilt ^

Close up of the front 

Back of Quilt

The Cream is the hanging sleeve

Close up of Quilting

Butterfly Love - For Sale

*  Butterfly Love  *

This Quilt - called *Butterfly Love* is for sale. It is made of all 100% cotton fabrics.

Machine Pieced, and Machine Quilted on my Nolting. It has Quilters Dream 80/20 Batting in it.

Size:  70 x 76
Price $500

Front:

 Back

If you are interested in purchasing it please contact me ( alyciaquilts @ Gmail.com) / Please include Butterfly Love in the subject section.I will invoice you through paypal, and add the shipping costs. All quilts are mailed using USPS Priority Mail.

When payment has cleared I will then ship the quilt to you.

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Quilting on a Budget

As a Long arm Quilter I have already set my price ranges. I know what I need to charge for different types of quilting.  But when my Customer comes in with a Budget in mind.... it sure is fun to figure out what we can do for that amount, and how it will make the quilt look.

Recently I had a Client bring me a 90 x 90 inch quilt. It was ( and still is) gorgeous!! She knew exactly how much money she could afford.

Since I charge per square inch, we figured out the size of the quilt, divided it by the budget she had, and that gave us the range per square inch she could afford.

We then went to my Panto book, and my free hand design book, and looked at all the quilting designs in that price range.  I have to be honest - this was a LOT of fun!!!

When choosing quilt designs this way - I am amazed at the possibilities. I really thought that by setting a budget she would be limiting herself to just a few things, but in reality I had a ton of designs in that price range, and it was quite freeing to choose this way.


Here is the full quilt. Those Feathered Stars are all HAND. PIECED.   .. She has a little more patience than I.

She ended up choosing a real feathery, flowy design. And it really enhanced her quilt.

She also decided that she wanted to layers of batting. One to make the quilt denser, and two to enhance the quilting design.

When your client comes to you with a budget, I hope this helps you figure a way to show them what can be done.

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Triple Irish Chain Quilt

Oh La La - This quilt was sent to me by a wonderful client to have a little quilting done on it. She really wanted a few feathers, and for the White blocks to stand out.

Here is a photo of the whole quilt. The colors are just incredible. 

I quilted it all free hand on my Nolting. I used a circle template in the center of the white, just to make sure I had a consistent circle in each block.

She left two big borders as she really wanted feathers in them.

In the smaller border, I did swirly feathers.

In the larger border I did a serpentine feather

The back ( pre trimming the threads)

Thanks for visiting!!

Don't forget I have some quilts for sale too

Enjoy!!!