LadyLake Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Here's a quilt I just finished for a customer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLake Posted November 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 I used my Quiltazoid circlemaker and, for the first time, the flower in the 'little bit of everything' template. I thought it went well with the green floral in this quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLake Posted November 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 I used 40 wt. white Aurifil for much of the quilting. On the green, I used King Tut 'Fahl Green'. On the border, I used Rainbows 'Rose Garden' (the old colorway -- they have changed it now). For the feathering surrounding the medallion, I used Rainbows 820 (a light variegated lime green). I also used white, magenta and pink Bottom Line. I get a lot of joy out of picking threads -- it was something totally new to me when I got my longarm. Before, when I pieced, fabric was the 'candy'; once I got the longarm, thread became candy, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLake Posted November 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Although it can't be seen very well, I really wanted to put a cable on this quilt, so I did. I probably should have done piano keys, due to the wavy borders and the budget, but I felt the cable would really make the quilt. I did have to meander around the cable, to get the border to lie flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLake Posted November 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 I took my feather inspiration from two great quilting teachers. Deloa Jones on how to do swags, and Karen McTavish for adding that special flair with swirling spines and featherless vines. We are so lucky to have great mentors! Thanks for looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 How yummy!!! I love this quilt and your quilting is devine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chermitch4 Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 I love your quilt and the quilting is perfect for your quilt!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisquilter Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 The quilting is awesome on the quilt. I am in awe of how you kept your cables evenly spaced. I am terrified of cables!. That is why I stay with swirley-twirley things. Much more organic! Then I can say I meant it to look that way! Thanks for posting your thread choices. All those decisions resultd in a wonderful quilt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaB Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 oH LA LA ...... Absolutely gorgeous...... I always love your "show'n'tell" Joan ..... great quilting and inspiration... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Yor quilting is very yummy!!!! Love all the different threads!!!! All the quilting designs work so wel together! The feathers are wonderful too!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietlifeaz Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Did you use a stencil or template for your cable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseCity Quilter Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Love it, great feathers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Joan, what a wonderful cheerful cute quilt! Love how you quilted it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Nice job Joan. Looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleksich Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Looks great, love the quilting you chose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Did you use the circle maker to do those cables? Because if you did, that's awesome. Always love looking at your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Lovely! Your quilting is gorgeous and I love the candy analogy! This quilt looks like sherbet or salt water taffy. The center design is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachside Quilter Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Your quilting is perfect for this sampler, Joan! Thank you for sharing your designs and thread choices. Wonderful work, and pink/green quilts are some of my favs!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Such pretty quilting.. love the blue/green block flower, and the tripple cable?? so effective. Great Job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyLake Posted November 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Originally posted by quietlifeaz Did you use a stencil or template for your cable? Thank you all. This quilt pattern and fabric was so uplifting to look at, that it was fun to quilt. I used the 6" Double Cable stencil from The Stencil Company: http://quiltingstencils.com/search.aspx?find=SCO-010-06 I marked the lines with blue water soluable pen and then freehanded the lines. Because the cable was being quilted on a busy fabric and was a young girl's functional quilt, I felt I could get away with freehanding. If this had been an heirloom job, I would have taken more time and used a ruler to follow the lines more closely. But, even better, I would have used the lines as spines and done feathers, as multiple feathers don't show slight variations in quilting like single lines do (!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Joan what a lovely quilt and I love all the different quilting motifs you have used and the variety of threads and colors. A great inspiration. Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewjul Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 What a wonderful job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilted charm Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 love it! Love the colors, love the quilting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 It really looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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