WIP - family tree by sarah jane

WIP .  .  .  .

I've been working on this family tree wall hanging by Sarah Jane from her Children at Play line.  Sarah Jane has the cutest illustrations!   She has a whole room full of coordinating fabrics in this line. 

Check out this recent doodle on her sketch pad, she's naming it "Mora and her magic bunnies".  SO CutE!!!

My daughter-in-law embroidered all her ancestral info on this sampler, and asked me to quilt it for her. 

I decided to quilt around all the figures instead of meandering through the whole piece like on Sarah Jane's website.  

But I still feel like I need to quilt a tight meander in the light pink, surrounding all the figures, which will make them pop even more.

A quilted running flower through the border adds a nice finish.

Second grand-baby born:

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baptism quilt

My friend made a baptism quilt for her 8 year old grand daughter, and asked me to quilt it for her.

She's a beginning quilter, so she kept the piecing simple and used 8 inch squares.  (you could make it simpler by using a layer cake, 10 inch squares pre-cut).

The quilting symbolized water and waves.  I like Tallgrass Prairie Studio's tutorial on Organic Line Quilting

Quilting is slick with the nifty Sweet Sixteen from Handi Quilter.

A stripped binding gives it the modern look.

The back has some nice personal touches.

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