Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Quilting with Running Stitch and embroidery thread, dreaming of purple.........

I'm quilting this in running stitch with colorful embroidery thread.

Close-up of my Citrus Rose quilt, my design.

 I've been finishing up my quilt, Citrus Rose, using running stitch and embroidery thread. I love the look, lots of texture. 
I also pulled out some log cabin blocks I started a while ago because I knew they needed purple added, I had a vision. I dream about color, do you? Purple was calling to me, the perfect contrast to orange, so much contrast they actually end up complimenting each other. Kind of like opposite personalities in people. There can be a lot of sparks with opposites but wow, they bring out the beauty in each other so wonderfully. 
This is my Tuesday progress, dreaming of purple............
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Log Cabin blocks, purple + orange = love.

Fabulous purple batik...

7 comments:

Pamela said...

I love the purple and orange! Beautiful running stitches too.

Janie said...

Thank you, Pamela, for the encouragement.

Carli The Quilter said...

Great running stitch quilting, it is really easy and so much fun. I love your wild and fun batiks in a log cabin, wow they pop.

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Janie said...

Thanks, Caroline, I enjoy your ideas and projects.

Ann said...

Running stitches in different colors. Great idea. I'm going to try this myself. Thanks for the inspiration.

Jillayne said...

Gorgeous beautiful colour! I love your quilt blocks - they are wonderful, and the orange is perfect with the purple, just as you say - and yes, I dream of colour. I love bright colours, wore them a lot as a child but just can't work with them now!

Karen said...

so you dream about colour? That explains the beautifully colourful pieces you create....I love these lines of running stitch, love them