Finally, another quilt done
With my dad being in the hospital, it had been hard to get to my quilting frame to finish any customer quilts. Here are some pictures of one I finally got […]
Author Archives: Joy Voltenburg
Update on my Dad
For all of you who aren’t following me on Facebook, I wanted to let you know what’s been going on in my life this week and why I haven’t posted […]
Milwaukee Machine Quilters Show 2011
I attended the Milwaukee show this past weekend (Thursday night through Saturday) with a friend and fellow mqresource member “Beema”. While there we ran into two other fellow members, dzinr1 […]
Isabelle’s Daisies and Butterflies – finished
I finished this cute quilt. To recap what I did, I picked beadboard for the outer yellow border and a daisy, leaf, swirl vine in the inner purple border. I […]
WIP – Isabelle’s Butterfly Daisies
Here’s what is on my frame this week. This is the first of two identical twin quilts. This one is for Isabelle and the other is for Grace. The only […]
Easter Bunny wall hanging
I love this cute applique wallhanging. My cousin Cheryl is SUCH a good quilter! I love her applique, her piecing and her choice of colors. And I love this little […]
Sunflower Blues
This latest quilt off the frame was a bit of a challenge. The top required 3 colors of thread – white, denim blue, and sunflower yellow. However, the back was […]
The Mt. Zion Mini Longarm Guild
Earlier this year I met with two friends I had become acquainted with through online quilt forums. LynnEl lives in Champaign and the Connie recently moved to Mt. Zion. The first […]
Bluebirds and Roses
I was inspired by an article in a recent Machine Quilters Unlimited magazine for this project. I took a fat quarter and cut out the parts I liked and rearranged […]
Class Review
I recently completed a 2-day class in my home on custom longarm quilting and trapunto. Laurie from Arizona was the sweetest gal and brought an amazing stack and whack quilt […]
Custom Quilts of Joy 