Nov 07 15
A Lovely Day of Finishes
Between making samples for my Craftsy class, samples for our new ruler work DVD, and just trying out some new techniques, “my cup runneth-over” with partially completed samples of “stuff.” So, it felt pretty good a few days ago to finish up a few loose ends. Although my original intention was to add one more “zone” of ruler work to the circle ruler experiment above, I had to finally concede that there really wasn’t even room for that. So, I finished off the outside with the “irregular swirl” background fill design. This shot is more of a close up:
This is an old FMQ design that comes from the family I call “The Innies and the Outies” where the design is formed by starting with some baseline design (in this case, a “blob” shape) and then swirling in toward the center and then swirling back out, all without crossing any lines. You can add a lot more of a sense of movement to this design by stitching it with a variegated thread:
Here’s one last shot of that first wall hanging where I was experimenting with my Westalee Circles on Quilts Template set:
(I started another one that I like even more, but that’s for another day!) I also finally added some outer edge quilting to this sample I’d made this summer for my Craftsy class. Here, you can see all the temporary soap lines I used to help guide my frame design:
I used a flexible curve ruler to create a series of mirror image curves that would act as my spine guidelines for a frame of feathers:
…and then I filled in that frame by stitching the feathers:
The last thing I did was to add an art deco border to a quilt I’d made for the ruler DVD:
I couldn’t get a shot of the whole thing that showed the border very well:
I like the center section:
I’ve spent more hours machine quilting in the last 2 days than I’ve spent quilting in ages. It sure feels good to be at my machine again!
More beautiful and inspiring work.
So gorgeous, you are definitely the queen of using contrasting thread!
Total #CreativeGoodness. Absolutely beautiful.
QuiltShopGal
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You need a wide angle lens for a DSLR to do what you want…………)))::
gorgeous stuff…..
Truly gorgeous and inspirational!
Beautiful!
Cannot wait to see your next project.
Keep quilting!
The sample you made for the Craftsy class just glows, Patsy — beautiful choice of thread color. All of these are breathtaking!
Diane