When Maree brought me this pickle dish quilt I was thrilled
as I knew it would push me out of my comfort zone. She wanted modern quilting, and specified no
feathers.
I knew I needed to do something more abstract with straight
lines, and possibly pebbles. I had a fairly
strong idea of how I was going to quilt it before I loaded it, but I didn’t
have every detail decided.
After loading the quilt the first thing I did was stabilise
it. All the rings were ditch stitched
and I quilted the straight lines that make the square in the centre of the
ring.
The four-diamond shape in the centre of the rings came to me
whilst I was about half way though stabilising the quilt. I quilted one in to see if I liked it and I
thought it worked really well as it mirrored the pebbling I did where the rings
met.
To see the same quilt designed by Trish Harper in Liberty Fabrics quilted with
feather wreaths click here.
What a stunning quilt! You've really done an amazing job on this beauty.
ReplyDeleteYou did a wonderful job of modern quilting on this. I don't know how you always come up with such great designs. But I have to admit, I am partial to your feathers!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt - and you have made it special. I love the way the colours stand out even more from the background.
ReplyDeleteHilda
I really like your quilting on this one. I think you nailed it.
ReplyDeleteDesley this is fantastic! Kudos to Maree as well... What an awesome job piecing and color selection.... Great work ladies!
ReplyDeleteGreat modern quilting! The diamonds on the center add a wonderful focal point.
ReplyDeleteYour quilting is awesome!! lovin it
ReplyDeletethis is gorgeous - love how you've quilted it
ReplyDeletePretty!!
ReplyDeleteIt's perfect! I love her choice of fabrics, and your quilting designs.
ReplyDeleteThose pebbles around the diamonds in the center look very small, wow!
ReplyDeleteI have been looking at the picture in my feed-reader again and again and again and marking it unread each time watning to look at it the next time again ...
ReplyDeleteI admit I mostly just use your blog as "eye candy" and gazing a bit "starstruck" at all the beauties.
This is fantastic! I love her olive green background. Thanks also for including the link to the more traditional version (also gorgeous!). I really enjoy seeing how different fabrics and quilting designs can make the same quilt pattern into such completely different quilts!
ReplyDeleteThat quilt is absolutely beautiful and your quilting fits it perfectly!!
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