Full Service Quilt Shops

So all of the quilt tops above are machine quilted by the ladies at church and then delivered to PACN.  After we worked on those, we found out that a local quilt shop was going out of business after 20+ years and 10,000 bolts.  My mom and I created a stash for me from the sale and started plotting how to make new quilts for our family.  At this point, I found that fabric is addicting, as are quilt books.  We discovered Log Cabin in the Round, a great pattern book for log cabins.  We also discovered Judy Martin's Log Cabin book.  DANGEROUS!  So the first quilt my mom and I did together (her drawing, me hand cutting, me telling her where to sew, her sewing, me laying out the pieces and her combining) was the LCintheRound "Negative Positive":

At this point, we now have 2 quilt tops that need to be quilted.  My mom is a huge proponent of hand quilting, however, she has horrible issues with her arms (3 surgeries over past 3 years).  And I really only have time for the piecing - hand quilting would cause me to lose interest sooo quickly.  So we have a real dilemma - neither one of us know how to machine quilt.  My parents have a small place near Giddings, where Gerline's Quilt Shoppe is.  We stopped by with my first quilt top, just to see what a "full service" quilt shop was.  Gerline is so great - she explained that some people hand quilt, some people machine quilt and some people quilt with their checkbooks.  I don't feel guilty at all in admitting that I'm in the third category for sure!  She quilted my first quilt...pictures to come.  I just finished the binding, she did such a great job that I'd recommend to anyone.