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.