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| 16¨x 12” Scrap Triangles, hand quilted redo and finish. |
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| My Mother´s Day flowers, fabulous colors… |
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| Arranging pieces and blocks for my new 3 Pinwheels improv quilt. |
Quilt news and Happy Memorial Day Weekend from the valley!
Spring weather here, showers and flowers.
I haven’t been able to post because of technical difficulties, which are clearing up slowly.
My little Scrap Triangle art quilt, 16” x 12” got a redo. I had finished it some time ago with sloppy machine quilting and I just didn’t like how that turned out! So since I have been enjoying slow stitching lately, I decided to unpick the machine quilting and then big stitch hand quilt it with #8 pearl cotton. And I’m glad I redid it because now that little quilt looks so much better.
I’ve been piecing together a new improv quilt I’m calling 3 Pinwheels, it’s in mostly neutrals and made of leftover blocks and pieces from other projects. This last week I finished the top and will soon get photos up and it will be hand quilted. Yes, I’m loving hand quilting, slower, but so much more meaningful.
If you haven’t read Carolyn Forster’s book, Big Stitch Quilting, a practical guide to sewing and hand quilting, you are missing out on great inspiration.
Do you have any improv or hand quilting projects in the works?
And that is the news quilt friends, I’m remembering to be thankful and I’ll be by to visit!
The scrap triangles quilt is a feast for the eyes. After you have spotted one triangle with too long a side, you start looking for more and get the 'aha, it is not a mistake, but made on purpose' moment.
ReplyDeleteI agree that hand quilting with large stitches in a prominent thread is relaxing and will give the quilt a unique look.
There is such a great combination of reds in the bouquet.
I hope your technical problems are all solved soon.
I like what I see in the new pinwheel project! And I have TWO handwork projects going - I try to work on both a little every evening - a Kantha quilt and a Dropcloth sampler. Quite different from each other so it's keeping things interesting!!
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