faykilgore

Spectacular quilt! What an awesome way to showcase the gorgeous fabrics. I like the "shading" of the background fabrics. I will remember that trick!

nygal

Wow that is really beautiful. The quilting is wonderful too.

feline fanatic

No definitely easier on my own! I don't stess over it as much as a client quilt and if I flub or make a small mistake or slip out of the ditch I usually mutter, Good enough, won't show in the long run and continue. On a client quilt I would rip and redo. I suppose if I was doing a show quilt I would be more fussy but even then... I kinda doubt it. I only enter shows for the fun of it, not to win and some of the LA quilted quilts that are in major shows well I couldn't even compare to those.

This quilt I did do some practice of the motif before starting. My original intent was to duplicate the Sashiko design of pumpkin seeds in the background which is the 4 pointy end ovals that meet in the center forming a 4 petal flower but when looked at overall also form interlocked circles. It is basically done by quilting continuous curves in a crosshatch grid. Also known as Dianeshiko after Diane Gaudynski, who uses it a lot for background fill. It looks fabulous when done well but that would have entailed marking a 1/2" checkerboard grid on point over the entire center portion of the quilt behind the applique. I was willing to do it but when I practiced it my continuous curves left much to be desired (need to practice those more!) and it was very time consuming. I intend to gift this to my mom for Christmas so wanted to finish it before then! LOL. Then I came up with this flower design, it was fast, easy and fun to quilt and it added great texture. Best of all no marking! So the flower won out in my design process.

catladyquilts

that is gorgeous, I love Orientals

Homespun

Beautiful, innovative, magnificent. I love it

mama's place

Wow!! That's all I can say.


Brenda

hikingquilter

A very beautiful quilt.

BrendaK

Ditto. This is just stunning and the quilting is beyond beautiful. I bow down to you. BrendaK

BeckySt

Very pretty, love the quilting.

Tweety2911

Outstanding quilt!