Feathers with Curved Cross Hatching

I was given this quilt by Anthea last year with instructions to quilt it heavily with traditional quilting.  

I had a lot of fun doing it, but boy did it take me a long time.

I was really happy with how the curved cross hatching and feathers look in the border.

Last year I did a great class with Carla Barrett at Feathered Fibers called Quilt Whispering, where you look at developing your quilting design skills.  One aspect of the class is that you can send pictures of a quilt to Carla and she will draw on it suggested quilting designs. 

I did this with Anthea’s quilt, and the design Carla suggested can be seen in her post here.

I liked what Carla did, but I had some different ideas. I had already planned to do curved cross hatching and feathers in the border, and pebbles as the background fill.

One thing I did take from Carla’s quilting design was to put a little flower in the border to create a point that the feathers could come from.

I am glad that Anthea chose a plain back as it shows the quilting beautifully.

I have linked to Esther’s Blog for her WOW = WIPs On Wednesdays.

Two Pretty Embroidery Quilts.

Two more quilts made from Janet Sansom’s embroidery designs.  I think both of these are very pretty.  Quilted with outlining on the embroidery blocks, and a combination of feathers or flowers.

 

This is my favourite embroidery block on this quilt.

 

And the second quilt.

Black and White Quilt

This striking quilt was made by Andi as a present for her husband.

As Andi didn’t want contrasting thread colour on either the black or white, she requested that I quilt it with two thread colours.  It was quilted with an open loop pattern.

 I love how the centre of the quilt really draws the eye.

In The Pink

This gorgeous quilt belongs to Jan.  It is Esther Aliu’s design - In The Pink.  You can view pictures of Esther’s version of the quilt here.

Jan used similar fabrics, and gave me artistic freedom with the quilting.  I wanted to quilt it heavily like Esther did with hers, but at the same time, I wanted it to be unique.

I wanted the quilting to be a feature on the floral fabric border because, to me, this border framed the centre appliqué.  So I decided to do a combination of curved cross hatching and feathers.  I think it looks really elegant.

The background quilting of combining pebbles, swirls and peacock feathers around the appliqué was inspired by Judi at Green Fairy Quilts on a quilt she posted in December last year.

 

I have linked to Esther’s Blog for her WOW = WIPs On Wednesdays.

Double Wedding Ring

I love the Double Wedding Ring design, and want to make one …… one day.

This quilt was made by Margaret for her daughter’s birthday.  As it will be used, we kept the quilting light so the quilt is very soft.  Margaret chose flowers for in the centre of the rings as they complimented the fabrics.

Dreams of Feathers

I was very excited when Michelle Yeo brought me this quilt.  She gave me artistic freedom so long as there were lots of feathers.  

 

The design I quilted in the plain diamonds came partly to me in a dream.  I often dream about the quilts I am working on, or quilts that inspire me that I am about to start.  So I can say I take my work to bed with me.

 

I like how the back shows the quilting too.  You can see all the ditch stitching I did.  Not one of the points was cut off – Michelle’s piecing was perfect.

 

I have linked to Esther’s Blog for her WOW = WIPs On Wednesdays.

Collingwood Quilt Finished

I actually finished this in mid January, but have only just organised the photos.

It was made for my nephew pictured below.

I quilted one football into the quilt for a bit of fun.

Another family member follows West Coast Eagles, so I pieced the back in their colours.

I have linked to Esther’s Blog for her WOW = WIPs On Wednesdays.