Celtic Knot on French Braid
12-08-2012, 12:29 PM
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Sorry for the delay, 
actually had to run out and buy backing material cause what I had was not enough....
In answer to the questions about the celtic knots, those are embroidered on. I used my Brother Innov-is 4000D. The designs are from Babylocks "Designers Gallery - Interactives, Celtic Knots"
The french braid part is my own design, once I figured out how to do french braids.
The fabric, strangely enough took me about 15mins to pick out these colors. The Red/Orange/Yellow one I am doing for my brother took us 2hrs. Just depends on what you have.
The knotwork specifically is stitched out using Floriani Rayon, varigated....Red/Brown/Black.
I did several table runners using the french braid method, and different embroidered centers. I even used the new circle attachment (think it was babylock's) and stitched out one using that. This type of quilt lends itself to embroidered/embellished squares very well.
Sadly, I have to have this finished by the next friday, in order to ship along with 2 pins, 3 purses, another quilt and 5 photos to frame....nevermind wrapping everything. So I dont really have time to add more stenciled/fancy designs or send out to a long armer. Think SID is best, let the fabric speak. The backing I bought today is a print, very similar to one of the red prints in there, with a solid black binding. Think it will be fine. Tis for my 21yr old son, who I hope like heck he understands the quality of what he is getting.
Finally, Thank you all so very much. This is one of my favorite quilts so far. I have several others that I have done this year. I am still learning but enjoying it all very much. And very last....the key to french braids is accurate cutting...once you do that, the rest is very easy!
actually had to run out and buy backing material cause what I had was not enough....In answer to the questions about the celtic knots, those are embroidered on. I used my Brother Innov-is 4000D. The designs are from Babylocks "Designers Gallery - Interactives, Celtic Knots"
The french braid part is my own design, once I figured out how to do french braids.
The fabric, strangely enough took me about 15mins to pick out these colors. The Red/Orange/Yellow one I am doing for my brother took us 2hrs. Just depends on what you have.
The knotwork specifically is stitched out using Floriani Rayon, varigated....Red/Brown/Black.
I did several table runners using the french braid method, and different embroidered centers. I even used the new circle attachment (think it was babylock's) and stitched out one using that. This type of quilt lends itself to embroidered/embellished squares very well.
Sadly, I have to have this finished by the next friday, in order to ship
along with 2 pins, 3 purses, another quilt and 5 photos to frame....nevermind wrapping everything. So I dont really have time to add more stenciled/fancy designs or send out to a long armer. Think SID is best, let the fabric speak. The backing I bought today is a print, very similar to one of the red prints in there, with a solid black binding. Think it will be fine. Tis for my 21yr old son, who I hope like heck he understands the quality of what he is getting. Finally, Thank you all so very much. This is one of my favorite quilts so far. I have several others that I have done this year. I am still learning but enjoying it all very much. And very last....the key to french braids is accurate cutting...once you do that, the rest is very easy!
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