LibbyG Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Originally my customer wanted three designs for this quilt. One in the center, another one around that, and then a different one around that. However, because of the design ( four petals in one juncture, and eight in another) they were turning as I moved around the blocks, and they didn't look right. Then she said just to do Nemeshing. I knew that would be boring, so I asked Bethanne Nemesh for her help. In two minutes, you have to love creative geniuses, she sent me three designs. I actually chose the easiest one for me to quilt. At the 8 petals I rotated the Nemeshing off the center point. Then Bethanne suggested a basketweave for the other spaces. My customer didn't want me to mark the quilt with a blue marker, so I used a hera marker and a ruler and tried to eyeball the weave. I used one layer of wool batting and over one and 1/2 cones of bottom line. String of Pearls (2) by Libby G, on Flickr String of Pearls by Libby G, on Flickr String of Pearls (4) by Libby G, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 What a great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harcathy Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbams Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing, Libby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbnt9999 Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Wow!!!! It amazes me to see all these beautiful quilts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankiequilter Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Oh, Libby, it is gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilterkp Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Absolutely stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwiltr Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Gorgeous quilt and the quilting is perfect and so pretty! Was this all done freehand Libby or with computerized designs? I haven’t got a grasp on what can be done or not on a computerized setup, so I’m curious. It was a lot of quilting, either way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamu Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Very VERY nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gail O Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Wow! That is absolutely jaw dropping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlnewell Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Fabulous Libby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted January 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 14 hours ago, Kwiltr said: Gorgeous quilt and the quilting is perfect and so pretty! Was this all done freehand Libby or with computerized designs? I haven’t got a grasp on what can be done or not on a computerized setup, so I’m curious. It was a lot of quilting, either way! Freehand. I don't have a computerized system. Bethanne's nemeshing just makes a quilt look beautiful. It's really easy to do, just time consuming. I'm not a fast quilter and this took me over 50 hours. It was around 113 by 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootsquilts Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Libby, your quilting made this quilt. I love it. Don't know if I could do the nemeshing, but you sure did a beautiful job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwiltr Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, LibbyG said: Freehand. I don't have a computerized system. Bethanne's nemeshing just makes a quilt look beautiful. It's really easy to do, just time consuming. I'm not a fast quilter and this took me over 50 hours. It was around 113 by 90. Awesome! It looks so perfect, I wondered . I'm pretty sure it would take me at least double that, and it wouldn't be done as well. It's beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWall Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Beautiful!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted January 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 5 hours ago, Kwiltr said: Awesome! It looks so perfect, I wondered . I'm pretty sure it would take me at least double that, and it wouldn't be done as well. It's beautiful! Kathy, I've seen your work. It would be awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Wow!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaC Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 Libby, very beautiful work, as usual. You are a wonderful quilter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna TKO Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 That is beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilta93 Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Absolutely beautiful!! Deb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qltnbe Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 All I can say is "Wow!!!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EHonour Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 Libby, you just continue to impress me with your beautiful work. One of your prior quilts got me interested in Bethanne's "Nemeshing," so I took a class on it from her at Fall Paducah. You're right; it's pretty easy to do and looks great - but doing all the pebbles is very time-consuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted February 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 On 2/4/2018 at 5:51 PM, EHonour said: Libby, you just continue to impress me with your beautiful work. One of your prior quilts got me interested in Bethanne's "Nemeshing," so I took a class on it from her at Fall Paducah. You're right; it's pretty easy to do and looks great - but doing all the pebbles is very time-consuming. I've noticed on Bethanne's quilt that she doesn't always have the pebbles touching. For some reason, I thought I wasn't allowed to leave space between them, but she does. She also uses other fillers with the pebbles. Every time I see one of her works, I look closely and hope to use her ideas in my next one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlsa3 Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 Wow is all I can say about this quilt. 50 hours just to quilt it....and people ask why quilting is so expensive. If they only knew the amount of work that goes into a quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clgtennis Posted February 21, 2018 Report Share Posted February 21, 2018 Beautiful quilting! I'm always amazed at how nice the basket weave design looks on a quilt. I'm sure your customer will love it. Cathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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