Long Arm Quilting – Page 4 – Sew Bittersweet Designs

Customer Quilt – Linelle’s Stars

3 Comments / Customer Quilt, Edge to Edge Quilting, free motion quilting, Innova, Long Arm Quilting, Spike / By Melissa Dunworth

Hello! Sorry I have been gone, Anne has been very sick, and as we all know, kids come first. While she was resting, I was able to get some work done, but not much else was accomplished. I was given a beautiful star quilt from Linelle, a friend of someone from my quilting guild and she requested an all over edge to edge design with some special words quilted in sporadically.

I used Monopoly thread by Superior Threads. I love the way that it disappears into the quilt and doesn’t compete with the beautiful piecing. It also blends perfectly with every fabric because it is invisible. Plus, Spike loves it, so it is a huge win!

Here is a close up of the quilting. It was a very simple but fun design. Linelle was very happy with how the quilt turned out, which made me very happy!

If you are on Instagram or Facebook, you will have seen the quilt blocks I’ve been working on the last few days. This particular quilt is for me, and it is an example of my full custom quilting designs that I offer to my clients. Please feel free to email me if you are interested in having me quilt for you! I would LOVE to make your quilt come to life!

Have a happy Tuesday and remember, it’s one day closer to Friday!

Do Good Stitches – Wonky Starry Night Quilt

5 Comments / 2016 Finishes, Charity, Do.Good Stitches, Innova, Long Arm Quilting / By Melissa Dunworth

I am so excited to say that I have finished a quilt! This one was assembled with blocks made from the oh so talented ladies of the Do Good Stitches Trust Circle. I asked the ladies to use solid blues and whites to create wonky star blocks and they did such a beautiful job (as always!). This particular quilt has be actually quilted since March…but I really struggle to bind quilts so sadly it languished a bit in my “to bind” pile. I decided this week that it was ridiculous and unfair to everyone who helped make it and got my rear in gear! You may even remember my super angry concentration face (I’m not grumpy, I promise!) in this blog post.

I decided since the entire top was solid that I would use a very nice blue and white print for the binding. I like the fun contrast. This quilt will be donated to a child in the Foster Care System which is the group that Trust Circle sews for.

Have a happy and healthy Monday everyone!

Sea Creatures Customer Quilt

7 Comments / Custom Quilting, Customer Quilt, Long Arm Quilting, Spike / By Melissa Dunworth

I am so lucky, I get to share with you another customer quilt that I’ve been lucky enough to quilt. This was also done for my mom. She sure has been busy lately!

I did a light custom quilting design on this quilt. I combined two designs from the book I reviewed last week with pebbles and love the outcome.

Here is a close up on the quilting:

I really wanted the fussy cut sea creatures to pop so I did a quilting design that focused the attention inside the blog. You will be happy to know that my mom is quite pleased with how this quilt was quilted as well…which is good since it is hers!

I would love the opportunity to quilt for you! Feel free to check out my Long Arm Services page and on the side bar under categories, select Long Arm Quilting to see more examples of my work!

Have a happy and safe weekend! I will be here hanging out with my Anne and working on my next customer quilt.

First Customer Quilt and Pricing

7 Comments / Custom Quilting, Customer Quilt, Long Arm Quilting, Spike / By Melissa Dunworth

Happy Friday Everyone! This was a big week for me! I did my first “customer” quilt. Customer is in quotations because it is for my mom and she will never have to pay me, because, hello! She’s my mom! That being said, I treated her/our quilt like I would have any other quilt and did my best work on it.

You may remember me piecing some Preppy the Whale blocks back in May.

When my whales were combined with my mom’s whales we ended up with a gorgeous baby quilt! The quilt turned out precious and we decided that the quilting needed to add some movement to the quilt. Check out the waves that I added going in opposing directions.

I did a simple wishbone design in the borders to finish it off. I love how it turned out. This quilt is 45″ x 47″ which means it would fall into the hourly quilting category for my pricing. Please checkout the Long Arm Services tab at the top of my blog to see more about my pricing.

Here is a fun finish shot. Now this quilt isn’t truly finished yet because it isn’t bound, that’s my mom’s job because I’m not the biggest fan of hand work. I will be shipping this to her as soon as I finish her second baby quilt!

I hope everyone has a lovely weekend and please don’t hesitate to reach out and contact me if you have any questions regarding my pricing and quilting services!

Announcing Sew BitterSweet Designs Long Arm Services!

5 Comments / Long Arm Quilting / By Melissa Dunworth

Hello Everyone! I’m back after a month long blogging hiatus, goodbyes take a long time and I needed to focus on my family this past month. My husband left yesterday for a year tour in Korea with the US Army and it is time for Anne and I to start learning how to be just the two of us again. We are going at doing hard things, so we will survive this, but it won’t be easy. One of the things I’m going to do to help myself cope is start my own long arm business! I am very excited to announce that as of June 13 I have a business license and I’m ready to consult with you on how I can help you finish your gorgeous work of art!

I will have pricing information up in the next week or two and plan to offer several conveniences for you including, extra wide backing fabrics, a small stocking of solid fabrics as well as batting to make shipping on the front end less expensive for you. I hope you will consider me for your next long arm quilting project!

Here are a few of my favorite free hand fills that you may want to consider for your project. I also do 100% custom work, which you can see on this blog post here. Look for a new Long Arm Quilting tab coming to the blog soon! Please don’t hesitate to email me at melissa (at) sewbittersweetdesigns (dot) com

You can see more of my long arm projects on Instagram and on Facebook.

Have a happy Monday!