Thursday, August 5, 2010

A Happy Finish & Some Works in Progress


I spent days and days ripping out quilting stitches on this quilt in early July but I am happy to say it is now a finished quilt. This was my Mom's first applique attempt, she has pieced and hand quilted for years, but had never tried applique. It is sort of a charm quilt as every circle applique is a different fabric, there are two green fabrics for the leaves and stems. I quilted the quilt on the long arm machine with a feather pantograph,

it was a good choice for the applique and for the future owner of this quilt. For now this quilt is living at my house, I am so glad I ripped out all of those stitches.

I have been working on block 14 of the Civil War Bride quilt, the peahen.

I choose almost all poison greens for this block and I was a little worried it would stick out when put next to the the other blocks, so I pinned it up next to the finished blocks. Getting it up on the wall and taking a picture gives me a little distance to evaluate the mix. I think it is going to be okay and I just love these greens with the turquoise blue of the peahen. So for now I will just keep happily stitching.


I have also been playing around in all the lovely Kaffe Fassett fabrics for the Roseville Album. Mostly I just want to get to know these fabrics and pick out some key fabrics for some of the fun appliques in this quilt. I have been making piles of pinks, reds, blues, greens, darks, oranges, etc. I am still deciding between machine and hand applique on this quilt. Those five finger flowers and trees I would like to just do on machine, the circles I would rather do by hand. Hmmmm
Have a good weekend and happy stitching all...
Cheri

4 comments:

  1. The quilt your mom made is amazing! Wow! Her first applique?! She surely is a brave woman!!

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  2. Cheri, love the pattern. I am so happy that all turned out well for you and that you are happy. See, I just knew it would be a positive outcome. Yes, I also play with fabrics for a while before getting down to business.
    Kudos to you lovely mum. I am sure that she is proud of her beautiful quilt.

    Cheers,
    Bobbie

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  3. I love your mother's applique quilt. The coloured berries, the circles - it makes for a really interesting quilt. It is nice that you could quilt it for her.

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  4. The quilt your Mom made is gorgeous. Do you know what the pattern name is or where I might find it? Thanks

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