Both my blogs have been relocated and merged into one wonderful blog.creativelongarmquilting.blogspot.com AND karenmarchetti.blogspot.com are now one - you can find them both here:https://creativelongarmquilting.wordpress.com/This change makes my world just a wee bit easier.  I'll be posting everything in one place so make sure you bookmark the new site.  Once you get to the new site you can ..read more

 I've just finished up these two cuties for Jan -- and yes, they were long over-due -- it's been just shy of crazy over here.I love how Jan told the story using the Very Hungry Caterpillar fabrics - a super cutie indeed!And the bird circles -- I love these birds!  Did I mention Jan hand pieces a lot of her work?  Amazing, right ..read more

Late last night I finished Mary's Gardeners Alphabet quilt (pattern by Crabapple Hill Studio).  I had to wait until this morning to get the full flat pic.I did share several photos of this on my CLQ FB page while it was being quilted.  Go check them out if you haven't seen them -- you know, in case you don't already follow.  You can also find two videos on my YouTube - one of the border marking ..read more

 Recently I finished this beauty for Diane.  Diane teaches hand applique - she does the most fantastic applique I've ever seen.  She is teaching this at Road 2 California later this month.  I also have to mention this quilt is 108x108 -- it was too big for my photo boards so these are the best pics I could manage ..read more

 Kris picked up her Moonglow (pattern by Jinny Beyer) quilt this morning so now I can share!  I have wanted to quilt a Moonglow for some time now but yet none had come through my client workload (and you know me and piecing... like it takes me 85 years to do anything) - so I was super excited when Kris added this to the schedule.Well... it was originally on the schedule for September and well ..read more

I finished this beauty for Shay right before I left for Houston but this is the first chance I've had to share about it.  The pattern is by Lynette Anderson (that's the only info I have, sorry).Now I'm working on a Moonglow for Kris... I'm so far behind schedule but hoping to be all caught up before the end of the year.  I know, I know... the best plans... hahahaha ..read more

 I've just finished this beautiful quilt for Kathy.  It's her New York Beauty Fans (she's been working on it for like10 years!) -- it turned out awesome!Here's a few pics -- sorry about the lighting and the angles - the quilt was bigger than my boards so this was the best I could get.See... awesome right?  If you want to see all the quilting on this, you can join my patreon (paid subscription ..read more

I've been dodging storms for over two weeks... me and lightning have a history... it's not a good one.  But after two weeks of trying my best to quilt during the oddest of hours (for me at least), I've finally finished Martha's quilt.  It is a beauty, and a biggie... 108x108!  So, excuse my not so perfect photos - it's too big for my boards to get a nice flat pic.I used my Edges (Set 2) to mark ..read more

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