Apr 07 07
What I’m Working On Now…
I feel like I’ve had next to no time for quilting, so today has been like a party for me…I got to quilt for 2 1/2 hours! Yippee!! I have finally gotten back to a quilt that I pieced last fall. I am such a sucker for the beautiful colors and shapes of fall leaves, and I never get through an autumn without starting at least 2-3 new leaf-based quilts. I really like the colors of the fabrics in this quilt, so it is exciting to me to get back to it and see it close-up as I work on the quilting stage of it. Some pictures below:
The picture doesn’t do the texture justice here. The oak leaf was free motion embroidered when this was just a single “block” and then once the whole quilt was pieced and placed into a quilt sandwich, I stitched around the edge with invisible thread. This makes the entire giant oak leaf protrude out, almost a trapunto effect. I did the same thing for this giant ginkgo leaf:
You can tell there’s a lot more quilting to go, but I had to share what I’ve done so far. One more area:
This is so much fun to do, I need to get back to it! I’m working on a new class using these large leaf shapes to make a small quilt to learn these techniques. I’ll be able to post more about that soon!
Your machine quilting is wonderful and you use very good colours!
Greetings
Waltraud
Thanks!
Patsy
Enjoying your site – love the colours textures and shapes. Will be back (off to continue celebrating 60th birthday week!