AHuffman Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 I have a customer who is a wonderful free spirt. She loves colors and isn't afraid of bold prints. I always enjoy doing her quilts. This time it was a Dresden Plate that would be at home with Alice in Wonderland. I've been super inspired lately to play with more rulers and battings. I did a double batt of Hobbs 80/20 for this quilt and I don't think I'll do that again. It was just so incredibly heavy when I was done. Plus, I needed to raise my hopping foot to compensate for all that batting under the foot. So far my favorite double batt combo is wool on top with either cotton or 80/20 under that. I've been tempted to play with poly on top instead of wool because wool is just so incredibly pricey! I used Omni thread. The center plate in the quilt had solid purple setting blocks around it. I decided to explode the quilt from the center out with angular lines shooting out North, South, East, West. Between the lines was some pebbles to keep it from getting to angular. I like how it created a center medallion to the quilt with the ruler work. I used a spinning curl in the actual plates using my IQ. In the kite shaped setting blocks I treated the full polka dot ones with a scimitar feather. At least, that's what I call it. It reminds me of the swords the soldiers in the Aladdin movie run around with. I think it is my favorite feather. In the combo purple and polka dot kite blocks I did some curved ruler work. More photos are over on my blog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachside Quilter Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Wonderful work, Angela ! I love the colors in this quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaSteller Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 It's a great quilt, but is that a Dresden Plate? I wouldn't have thought so. Anyway, by any name, it's wonderful. Beautiful quilting, Angela! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 WOW! Love it. Keep doing that ruler work! I love using wool!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Sparrow Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 So beautiful Angela! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neher-in-law5 Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Great quilt, great colors, and great quilting. But I would call that Kalidescope plates. Whatever it is called it is nice to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Beautiful job joann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heirloom Quilter Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 I love the designs you used surrounding the dresden plates. Great ideas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K. Szymaszek Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 That is an awesome quilt with awesome quilting. I just love it. K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 The pattern is called "Periwinkle" if you watch Missouri Star Quilts video on it. It's also called the "Arkansas Star" I've made one already and it looks so different from this one. I love the colors and the movement here and the quilting makes it wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Great quilting on a pretty quilt. It brings to mind my Junior and Sr. High years.. one gal wore pink and red, which in those days was considered a No-NO! If anyone else wore that combo they got a lot of hurtful comments. So dumb!! Rita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHuffman Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Oma & Linda, Thanks for the correction on the name. I've never heard of the "Arkansas Star" block. I was almost thinking this was broken dishes but finally I thought it fell into the Dresden plate variation column. I'm off to do a Google search. Thanks for all the kind comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Angela, do a google search for "Periwinkle Quilt" then click on images. It looks so different with each fabric choice and placement. Very easy quilt and looks so grand when finished. I've started a "mini" block. In my pic the block hasn't been trimmed yet, but it will be trimmed to 5½" then will be a 5" finished block. It will look so cool when finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Beautiful designs, Angela. Love the IQ design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Gorgeous! I love the colors and design--and the quilting is perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borderline Quilter Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Lovely Kaleidoscope Quilt with fabulous quilting...;.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitepinesquilter Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 What a fun, cheery quilt!! Your quilting is awesome and fitting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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