The next photo is a close up of a couple of the blocks. You can see the hearts that I have quilted on the sashing. My son David calls them "Mom's loving hearts" and they have become a trademark on all the quilts I make.
The last photo is one a close up of my stipple quilting. (Sorry, this photo is a bit blurred.....) I have finally mastered free motion stipple quilting and am rather proud of myself. Now I can't wait to put the quilt together so I can quilt the top with my free motion foot. :LOL It's amazing how our attitudes change...... At first I was scared of free motion quilting. Now I can't wait to do the quilting.....
More crazy patch fish quilts you ask? Well..... I love the crazy patch design and had some fish material in my stash...... so a friend's little boy has a fish quilt. I guess I enjoy doing traditional designs in between the hectic creative spells. It relaxes my mind and allows me to think of new designs while I am sewing these quilts. I also love the unpredictablility of a crazy patch quilt. There is no way of knowing how the quilts are going to turn out when made up into a quilt. Each block is similar yet different so it is a always a suprise to see what the quilt looks like when it is done. I love the fact that the blocks don't look straight. They look as though they have been randomly placed between the sashing and yet..... every block is square and the same size. How to create chaos out of order....... :LOL. I love it.
3 comments:
You should really be proud of this Leigh! It turned out so nice. I LOVE stippling quilting and wish I could learn how to do it on my machine. Do you have a quilting machine like a long arm? My sister-in-law has one that you can drive the stitching on the quilt. I think I may try to get one of those someday. They take up a lot of space, but you can get the quilts done so much faster than hand quilting. I have so much fabric I need to make tops with!
I am proud of my work - sounds a bit arrogant and presumptious but I am still amazed that I can "do" such wonderful work. I did the stipple quilting on my normal Bernina machine. A friend lent me a book on quilting and quilting techniques and that's how I learnt. I don't have a long arm machine - don't think I'll ever have one. Don't have the space in my house. At the moment I am sewing on the dining room table (we are all eating on our laps in the lounge or outside depending on the weather :LOL). Also can't afford it. We are paying R7.30 to the dollar as of yesterday in South Africa. The thing I found is that if one can get over the psychological barrier of being intimidated by free motion quilting it is actually quite easy and gets better with practise.
What a wonderful project...It is gorgeous indeed.
Best wishes from Istanbul,
Rengin
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