Friday 30 November 2012

Appliqué and Feathers



This gorgeous (and huge) appliqué quilt belongs to Allison.  I quilted this back in August.  Right now I think about my life in terms of ‘before the broken ankle’ and ‘after the broken ankle’.  Even though August wasn’t that long ago, it feels like another lifetime.

 
It was quilted with two ovals of feathers mirroring the shape of the appliqué, and McTavishing on the background.  

 
I did a small row of pebbles next to the feathers to emphasise them.


The back showed the quilting beautifully.




In my next post I will show how I marked the feathers and the order in which I quilted this large quilt.

17 comments:

  1. That's a lot of open space for you to play in! Love all the texture of your quilting and the applique is so pretty.

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  2. Your quilting is absolutely amazing! Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Loving that. Looking forward totomorrows post. Thanks for sharing
    Linda

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  4. Stunning, stunning, stunning!!

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  5. beautiful work.. i will be interested to see how you marked it

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  6. Breathtaking work! Looking forward to the next post with the technical details.

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  7. Desley that is stunning! - How are you now?

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  8. Stunning work Desley,......... hope your healing quickly.

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  9. Fabulous work Desley. Hope your ankle is healing well.

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  10. Beautiful work, Delsey. I hope you are back to normal soon. I have missed seeing your awesome quilting.

    Judy

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  11. lovely as always-look forward to your post on how you marked this one.
    Hope the ankle gets stronger every day.

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  12. On a beautiful quilt like that one you don't call those little circles pebbles, I think you should call them pearls. You did a great job.

    www.QuiltyStuff.com

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  13. Good news about your boot. I can only imagine how excited you must be. Thank you for the peak inside your quilting process for this top. It looks like you are marking with chalk? Does it rub off and have to be marked when you return to an area or is all the marked quilting done before a roll?

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  14. Un acolchado impresionante, Precioso trabajo, enhorabuena!!!

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