What was on the Gammill

It's been on and is now off. Here's a picture of the quilt that I quilted for the upcoming guild quilt show door prize. One lady donated the maple leaf blocks, another lady pieced the bargello and finished the remaining piecing. I did the quilting and passed it back today to quilter #2 to do the binding. It is a great team effort.

I did custom quilting on it with a freehand "Madeleine" curls border, loop meander in the small green border, freehand leaves in the large maple leaves with leaves and curls in the surrounding space and large blowing curls and leaves in the bargello. I thought it turned out pretty good!

What's on the Gammill today?

Here's what is on the Gammill today. My very large Scrappy Trip Around the World, it is 102" x 104", almost a king size. I pieced this a few years ago for my brother and sister-in-law. Finally getting closer to finished! I am quilting it with a Baptist Fan pattern in turquoise thread. It has a flannel backing and 100% cotton Quilters Dream batting. As you can see from the picture, I'm almost done the quilting, it should be off the Gammill today.

The Dream & The Beginning

I've been quilting in various forms for around 20 years now. I started when I was young, doing hand quilting on panels. In high school I took a Quilt in a Day course with my mom. I finished my log cabin quilt, eventually. I have been quilting ever since with various degrees of intensity and speed. For the past 7 years I dreamed of being able to quilt big quilts. After quilting a twin size on my home sewing machine, I knew I physically wouldn't be able to do anything bigger. In this past year circumstances changed and in October 2009 I purchased a second-hand Gammill Classic Plus longarm quilting machine.