Y's Designs - Longarm Quilting, Alterations, and More

12/14/2024

12/08/2024

Merry Christmas to everyone!!!

07/02/2023

Happy Independence Day!

12/25/2022

Merry Christmas!

12/03/2022

It's starting to look a lot like Christmas!

07/24/2022

My grandson has been visiting with us the past few weeks, and yesterday we tie dyed shirts (we have done this 2 years now)...today we rinsed and washed our shirts. This is my shirt, front and back. It is the most complex design I have ever done, and I love how it turned out. My grandson did a gradient on his shirt in a sea green and is also happy with his results. It was a fun project!

07/07/2022

07/02/2022

I often take on projects that are more crafty than quilty...this is one I recently completed. I was asked to dress 2 large bottles of alcohol for a wedding gift. If you search the web, you will see lots of pictures of ways to dress bottles, but most are wine bottles with gentle shoulders. I really liked the flexibility of using ribbon to cover rather than trying to make an "outfit" like a tux. So, I went with that idea for the groom's bottle.
I glued pieces of ivory and navy ribbon to make the tuxedo look, then added the bowtie and buttons. For the bride's outfit, I had a spare beaded bodice that I glued down over the shoulders and top half of the bottle. The lower half has ivory ribbon underneath a gathered 2-layer skirt and finished with a ribbon, bow and ties down the back. The veil was made from gathered tull with a flower edge and headband.
This is not a project for the faint of heart, although I believe a wine bottle would be much easier to dress. It took much longer because of the boxy shape of the bottles. The customers and the lucky couple loved this gift - a unique idea for those couples who have everything!!!

05/29/2022

I purchased this kit 9 months ago after stalking it for a year. All of the pieces were laser-cut and the instructions were very clear. I finished half of it in October 2021, and worked on the other half intermittently starting in February. Today the quilt top is finished. Yay!!!