EHonour Posted January 4, 2017 Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 Whee! A first "client" quilt. Well, not really. But it's the first one I've done for someone other than my wife. This was pieced by a good friend, and I offered to quilt two of her quilts as a birthday present. This is the first. Lots of straight lines and bars in her quilting, but the colors were so bold and young that I thought it needed lots of fun freeform bubbles and bounces. I've now given it back to her, and she was delighted. Her second quilt is languishing back in my Tennessee studio, awaiting our return from Florida in April. It'll be more formal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue E. Posted January 4, 2017 Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 Great job. This quilt looks wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InesR Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 Very nice. ") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwiltr Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 That's awesome! I like your black border motif with the hook in the circle and the outside border too. Not surprised to hear your 'customer' was very happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Row Studio Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 Eric this is a fun quilt I love what you did for quilting in the strippy fabric in the border Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlsa3 Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 Very pretty quilt....really bright and cheery. Your quilting is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisae Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 Oh, I love the quilting on this, Eric! I especially like the quilting in the black border! Very nicely done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted January 5, 2017 Report Share Posted January 5, 2017 Great job, Eric. I'm still too nervous to use a light thread on black, but you just went for it. I'd love to see more closeups of the other blocks, so when you post the second quilt I'll be looking for them. I love what you quilted in the outer border. Adding those little circles is just really cute. Can't wait to see the second quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilta93 Posted January 6, 2017 Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 That looks like it was fun! You did a great job. Deb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EHonour Posted January 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2017 On 1/5/2017 at 11:02 AM, LibbyG said: Great job, Eric. I'm still too nervous to use a light thread on black, but you just went for it. I'd love to see more closeups of the other blocks, so when you post the second quilt I'll be looking for them. I love what you quilted in the outer border. Adding those little circles is just really cute. Can't wait to see the second quilt. On 1/5/2017 at 6:50 AM, lisae said: Oh, I love the quilting on this, Eric! I especially like the quilting in the black border! Very nicely done! On 1/4/2017 at 10:02 PM, Kwiltr said: That's awesome! I like your black border motif with the hook in the circle and the outside border too. Not surprised to hear your 'customer' was very happy! I have to give the credit for the circle-and-hook design to Angela Huffman of Quilted Joy in Louisville (APQS dealer and teacher). I practiced it a few times on a scrap piece, and I found it's just a fun, bouncy design to do. Swirl around and around, hook in, hook out, and swirl around the other way. I did have to do some pre-planning of spacing to get the circles to match at the "T" joints of the black sashing. If you look REAL close (ah, don't ever do that), you'll find that the circle spacing above the wide bands is slightly different than the spacing above the narrow bands, just so the circle can be at the top of each "T". Libby, that "double bubbles" pattern is continuous down each vertical band. I didn't treat the blocks differently. Most of the fabric was too bold to show any creative quilting. It looks pretty good on the back, which is a solid lime green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted January 7, 2017 Report Share Posted January 7, 2017 I think it looks great considering the busy fabric you had to work with! PERFECT quilting choices!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted January 7, 2017 Report Share Posted January 7, 2017 I could tell you had fun quilting this one. The quilting choices are perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootsquilts Posted January 7, 2017 Report Share Posted January 7, 2017 Love what you did with this quilt. Turned out beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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