Three Cheers for the LAQ ! ! !

 

She is a miracle worker and worth every penny you ( I ) pay her (him)!

When I started quilting (10 years ago?) I didn't think I'd ever want to pay someone to actually QUILT the tops I pieced. 
I thought it was too expensive.  But, honestly, the quilting is what makes the quilt.  Even tops I literally hated when they were finally finished turned out to be be quite lovely when the quilting was added (I can think of more than a few.)

Then there is the ever-so-quick, cheater quilt that starts from a panel.  Now, don't B-B-Q me yet, I like panels and some of the quilts created from panels are WONDERFUL.  But, I do feel somewhat like a fraud when I resort to a panel.  

Back in September (which feels like AGES ago, now) Miss Kate was tidying-up her studio and gifted me a baby quilt panel with assorted fabrics.  What luck!  Because I needed to make a baby quilt for an extended family member expecting her 2nd daughter this month, November.

TA-DAH!  I must admit it turned out better than I expected.

 

When I'm using panels, I'll often jazz it up a bit by adding something to the back, or piecing the border.
After all, it does need to look like I put some effort into the thing, right?

 A close-up of the quilting. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 But Wait!  There's More!

I also needed lap quilts for the upcoming birthdays of two young boys, one my youngest g-son.  Again, I resorted to cheating.  Again the LAQ saved my butt!  Bless you, Faith!  I owe you, big time.

 

 

This baseball quilt does not have any piecing at all! And, yet after the quilting was added, it's passable. Of course you can see the Minions started with a panel.   This was something my youngest g-son and I were going to do together, but I decided it needed to get done and out of my studio.  (West and I will need to decide on another project.)

All the quilts I needed before the end of the year are now complete. The remainder of the year I can focus on fun, little Christmas projects.   Happy things I can create to give away, cheering up others' lives, too.

 2021 will be a new year, a fresh start.  A better year with new quilts to make and hopefully no masks!

Update:  12/12/20  Even simple quilts are a BIG hit!