Nov 15 15
Another Experiment with the Westalee Circles on Quilts Ruler-Part I
I’m loving this circle ruler and wish I could have more time to mess around with it! The photo above is my 2nd experiment of just playing around with it, trying to develop a quilted design “on the fly.” I started out by creating the framework for the centermost part of the design…the “spokes of the wheel,” if you will:
I used my Westalee circle ruler on my Babylock destiny to create the 4 concentric circles. I then used one of my Quilters Groove Rulers to create the swags that frame the circle, and then created a series of parallel swags. You can do this kind of work with any arc ruler as long as it has markings on it for 1/4 in, 1/2 in, etc. In the photo above that happened the next day, I started adding in my center design. In the photo below, you can see that the center is done:
I used my soap lines that divide the circle into 8 quadrants as the center axis for 8 featherettes that are arranged evenly inside the next “empty zone” that forms a circle:
I was still thinking over how to handle the next empty circle zone, so I skipped ahead and filled the swag zone with a string of pearls. I used the same silver polyester thread that I’d used in the center circle:
In the last empty circle zone, I wanted to create a design that could span a bit of both sides of the circle line. In this next photo, I’ve only stitched one and you can see what I mean:
And here’s what this zone looked like once I’d filled in the rest of the circle:
In this next photo I’ve hyperquilted the center-most design and stitched the inchworm design inside the crescents that lie below the pearls in the swags:
…and this brings us to the end of the “center spokes” of the design and the end of Part I. Tune in again in a few days and I’ll show you how the rest was stitched. In the meantime, “happy quilting!”
Your ‘on the fly’ looks pretty wonderful!
Ah, really very nice!
And you do all of this with NO MARKING! It’s beautiful, Patsy.
I want to be you when I grow up . . .
Diane
Really nice. Gives us some great ideas. Thanks for sharing.
Really nice. Gives us some great ideas. Thanks for sharing!
Love your work! It’s beautiful!