Thursday 22 August 2013

Modern Pickle Dish



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.

14 comments:

  1. What a stunning quilt! You've really done an amazing job on this beauty.

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  2. You 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!

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  3. Beautiful quilt - and you have made it special. I love the way the colours stand out even more from the background.
    Hilda

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  4. I really like your quilting on this one. I think you nailed it.

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  5. Desley this is fantastic! Kudos to Maree as well... What an awesome job piecing and color selection.... Great work ladies!

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  6. Great modern quilting! The diamonds on the center add a wonderful focal point.

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  7. Your quilting is awesome!! lovin it

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  8. this is gorgeous - love how you've quilted it

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  9. It's perfect! I love her choice of fabrics, and your quilting designs.

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  10. Those pebbles around the diamonds in the center look very small, wow!

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  11. I 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 ...
    I admit I mostly just use your blog as "eye candy" and gazing a bit "starstruck" at all the beauties.

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  12. 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!

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  13. That quilt is absolutely beautiful and your quilting fits it perfectly!!

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