Futuristic Flowers Part 9

Here is the quilt before coloring with a sharpie...

And here it is after coloring...what a world of difference it made!  So glad I decided to do it.  Someone on Instagram asked me if the coloring was water safe.  I'm not sure it is, but since there is leather and silk on this piece it won't be washed anyways.

Here's a closeup of the moon.

And all bound and done!

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy

Futuristic Flowers - Part 8

I keep quilting away on this project.  But I have a PROBLEM.  Do you see how the feathers are getting LOST among the background fill?  I've been thinking a lot about it.  Next time I will use a smaller thread weight or a more contrasting fill or more echoing to set them apart.  However this chambray hides thinner threads.  So now what?

Here's the overall picture.  The feathers really do get lost....

I put a piece of clear plastic over the quilt and tried coloring in the echo I made around the feathers.  See how much more they pop?  My favorite Pigma pens will be coming to the rescue to make the feathers pop.  I'm going to wait until all the quilting is done first though.

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy

Inspiration Today

I love this shape.  I can see it as a quilting pattern or an applique pattern.

My sister in law asked me to make a My Little Pony Quilt for my niece's fifth birthday.  I bought the border print and the panel and made the top.  Then my mom quilted it on her long arm.  She loved it.

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy

Island Batik Ambassador's Starstruck Challenge Part 3

I am so happy with how my Island Batik Ambassador's Starstruck Challenge turned out!  I used the new All A Flutter line.  Let me know you how I finished quilting it.  If you want to see the first two parts in the series click below.

Part One

Part Two

Here's where we were last time.  All the interior star is quilted, just the purple and background remain to be quilted.  I used my favorite Hobbs 80/20 Cotton/Poly blend inside.

Check out the back!  Isn't it fabulous?  You can really see the thread.

Here are my amazing Aurifil thread choices.

For the background here I wanted something simple so I chose to make triangles.

In the purple I really wanted the dragonflies to pop so I stitched around them and parallel lines between them.

You can really see what it looks like on the back.  After I'd quilted two out of four of these I was wondering what in the world I was thinking!?  However, i love how it looks.

Here we are with all but the background done.

And the back!  It looks so different and amazing on the back....

For the background I decided to keep in simple and do more triangles like I did in the interior gray sections.  I'm really happy with how this turned out.  I used a simple pink to bind because I didn't have enough gray left and because I like colored bindings.

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy

Free Motion Friday - Futuristic Flowers - Part 7

Since I needed something to fill space at the top of my futuristic flowers I decided to add a moon.

Here's a detail shot.  I wanted to fill some of the space inside the moon, but not all of it.  I may go back and add more.  It depends on what it looks like when I get the rest of the quilting done.  

Here's where I'm at currently.

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy

Island Batik Ambassador's Starstruck Challenge Part 2

In my last post I showed you how I created my original block below using paper piecing.  I had a blast using the Island Batiks All a Flutter collection.  I also used my favorite Aurifil gray to do the piecing.  Now onto the quilting!

I started by layering my quilt with Hobbs 80/20 cotton/poly blend, my favorite batting.  Now what?  I decided to use all Aurifil threads to quilt my quilt so the fabrics can really shine.  I didn't want to ruin the blue hexagons so I decided to simply stitch around their outside edges. In the pink areas I knew that I wanted those birds to POP out so I echo quilted around them so they really puffed up.  I'm thrilled with how it turned out.

  
Next was this beautiful dark pink that has a raindrop print.  I decided to echo the fabric again.  I quilted around the drops and did micro stippling in the background.

Here's a closer look.  The raindrop print in this color is really subtle.

Last came this pretty pink and blue flower print.  You really can't see the flowers well so I decided to do a simple pebble over the whole thing to add a nice texture.

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Here's the back so far.  You can really see how much thread was used!

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I'll be back Saturday with the final part of the quilting!

I hope you get to quilt today!

Suzy

Random Inspiration

Here are a few pictures I've taken lately.  The first is a table cloth that was on a table at school.

This is from the Owl Diaries book.  I love how the pumpkin is broken into pieces....hmmm.

Fall flowers

I love the pink in these leaves.  Hmmm....

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy