Squeezing in more critters for November

As much as I love the texture of a heavily quilted quilt, I also love the puffiness of a lightly quilted one. In fact, the quilt that lives on my bed all summer is one that my great-grandmother made before I was born, and which she quilted with warm wide pockets.

The quilt I just finished has a similar effect. The request was for it to finish as a very warm quilt, which means minimum quilting. The quilted squares in the center portion are set on the diagonal, and measure six inches on each side. The borders are quilted in the ditch, so they'll achieve excellent plumpiness after a dozen or so washes:

You can see the pattern well on the back - I quite like the way the corners came together, simple but strong lines:

The finished pieces measures 54" square and is headed in to the tumble dryer to start the scrunching process as I type!

Autumn custom in progress

I'm working on a big-boy character quilt for a lovely couple who's son is outgrowing his infant quilt. They're a devout family and have asked for an emblem on the back of his quilt. Here's the two medallion options, set in a cropped field that represents the full 54" backing (although it's the bottom of my design wall):

And two options for the borders on the top - the first, with two borders of characters and one of green, with the striped binding:

And the second with a 1" inner border of blue and a slightly narrower green border: