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Author Archives: Joy Voltenburg

The Sun, The Moon and The Stars

May 9, 2017by Joy Voltenburg 45 Comments

I cannot believe I didn’t blog about this quilt!  This quilt has such a story to tell. The piecer of this quilt – Lorna – had been bringing me quilts […]

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Twirling Stars

May 8, 2017by Joy Voltenburg 14 Comments

This quilt made its way to me from Arizona. A gal is teaching this pattern (a Jacqueline de Jonge pattern) in a class at a community college and asked me […]

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Customer Quilts

A Lesson from Jamie Wallen

April 18, 2017by Joy Voltenburg 3 Comments

I entered a contest last year on Facebook for a free 3-day class of instruction from Jamie Wallen at his new studio in Michigan City, Indiana and I WON!  Not […]

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WIP Wednesday 

March 22, 2017by Joy Voltenburg 5 Comments

A peek at what’s on my frame this Work-In-Progress Wednesday! (This is a raffle quilt for a local fundraiser!!)

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Work In Progress

I’m Swooning!

March 16, 2017by Joy Voltenburg 8 Comments

I’m swooning over this Swoon Quilt which was pieced by Thelma (@thelmacupcake on Instagram and http://www.cupcakesndaisies.com).  This was the first quilt I had done for Thelma and I’m in love […]

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Customer Quilts

Paducah Bound – Watercolor Baskets

March 9, 2017by Joy Voltenburg Leave a comment

I got notice yesterday that a customer quilt I had quilted last year was juried into the AQS Paducah 2016 Spring Quilt Festival this year. The quilt was entered as […]

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Video Tutorial – continuous motifs

March 1, 2017by Joy Voltenburg 3 Comments

I made my first ever longarm video tutorial last year. I’m just now getting around to posting it here however.  This was made to show someone how I made continuous […]

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Beautiful Applique

February 26, 2017by Joy Voltenburg 2 Comments

I recently finished this gorgeous quilt! Mary used Kaffe Fassett fabrics and hand-turned all of this gorgeous applique.  I absolutely love how this turned out. Mary spent two years on […]

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Customer Quilts

Quilting Vintage Linen

February 21, 2017by Joy Voltenburg 10 Comments

I’ve found a solution to a problem that faces a lot of longarmers – how to avoid burning out on the job due to an ever increasing backlog of client […]

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My Quilts, vintage

Feature Story in Superior Threads Newsletter

February 18, 2017by Joy Voltenburg 6 Comments

I’m honored to have been asked to submit an article for Superior Threads newsletter.  If you haven’t subscribed to their newsletter, hop on over and do that today. Below, is […]

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