My sister has been out of town quite a bit over the past month or so. While she was gone I had access to her long arm so I took the opportunity to finish several quilts.
The first is the black and white Delectable Mountains quilt (I posted photos a long time ago!)that I am going to gift as a Christmas present to my brother and his girlfriend. Because the outer border is mostly red, I thought the quilt would look sharp if I quilted in red. The quilt pattern is very linear so I quilted with a large looping meander to contrast.
Several years ago, I made a braid quilt from a pattern found on Moda’s Bake Shop blog. Once again I went to the “well” of my 3 Sisters scraps and all the fabrics I used were from several collections. I quilted this one pretty heavily. I did a large loop in the outer border, smaller loop in the inside border, feathered down the center of each braid and then stippled between the feather rows. It took me about 5 hours to quilt and I went through nearly 3 pre-wound bobbins. I am very happy with the quilting and doing this one really helped build my confidence.
I have one more to quilt to bind and then I think I am going to work mostly on bags and totes for Hazelnut Deux. I am afraid the holidays will be here long before I am ready!
Congrats on the finishes!! I'm sure it feels good to get them done.
ReplyDeleteThese quilts are beautiful! And what a great job on the quilting! I have never tried a long arm....do you like it? It seems quicker that way.... maybe you are just a lot faster than I am!
ReplyDeleteThat D-Mountains quilt is terrific!
ReplyDeleteYou have been busy! They both look wonderful and your feathers are terrific!
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Oh, sew pretty! They look great!
ReplyDeleteI love them both and I think the red thread was a great choice on the black/white with the red border. I like your braid a whole lot more than the one I made.
ReplyDeleteboth pieces are really beautiful...you are making your way to professional status.
ReplyDeleteSeriously...you are.
Lucky to have a longarm you can use! Love the quilts, the red on those DM was a great choice! And love, love the 3 sisters. Great finishes!
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ReplyDeletebeautiful Suzan! I looooooove the braid quilt :)
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