Susan Corbett Custom Machine Quilting

This quilt will tug at your heart strings and your grandmother’s apron strings. Doesn’t it take you back? I custom quilted it lightly for client Cynthia Prewitt. Various 3D pockets are open and ready to hold whatever she might want to keep in them. I want to crawl onto my grandmother’s lap and drink from her coffee cup. She was my first client back in high school; she actually wore a dress I made for her to church.

My favorite freehand overall quilting design is this feathery meander, this time on a huge carpenter’s star bed quilt. I’m using blue on top and light gray in the bobbin, which can be seen in the second photo of the backing. I’m sewing on the binding for client Elaine Thomas while the quilt is still on the frame to speed production of this gift quilt.

Part of custom quilting is tackling the difficult or tedious aspects like navigating around 3D appliqué, ie. ruched roses — as if quilting a Baltimore album isn’t challenging enough. Watch the process on my YouTube channel . This is one of two being assembled by and started by her mother. Carmen’s sister, one of the recipients, chose flowers, feathers and other elements for the freehand quilting.