I started this quilt in December, when bright leaves were clinging bravely to the branches of our maple, sweet gum and pistache trees. Autumn faded so beautifully this year, as it does every year, but the knowledge that…

Twin Ombre Confetti Quilts

Hurray! They’re finished, and we love them! May I present our twin-sized Ombre Confetti quilts: Flora for Elora and Aquamarine for Aria.

Angled QuiltsRachel LaBourOctober 30, 2018finished quilts, triangles, solids Comments

Cascade quilt + pattern (take two)

Ta da! Here's my Cascade quilt, take two. What do you think? For the new quilting, I selected a design called Pine Needles, which perfectly accommodates the shifting channels of this quilt.

Double Star twin quilt

This is a quilt I created on a whim. I was organizing my fabrics and noticed that I had quite a stack of Essex linens and some Rifle Paper linen blend canvas fabrics that would work together beautifully.

Angled QuiltsRachel LaBourJune 1, 2018linen, finished quilts, stars, canvas Comments

I can make Peg People!

At a recent quilting conference, I took a class on creating custom quilt designs that our longarm sewing machine can stitch computer-guided. The process was way easier than I expected...

a Yuma Quilt

Before I shift gears to my Facing East quilt, I want to share my Yuma Quilt finish. I was planning to quilt this one on the longarm myself, but Brandon insisted on taking over for the custom quilting practice.

Indie Geese Quilt

Woohoo! I've finished a quilt on the very first day of the year! Surely that's good luck? Today I finished quilting my Indie Geese quilt on our longarm quilting machine. I bound it in quilt-back trimmings...