I'm sooo happy that I had the chance to sew this for her - I think it's absolutely gorgeous! The top was pretty in its own right, but the quilting that my friend Carol added makes the quilt something extraordinary. It took quite a long session of looking over quilting patterns to select all the designs for each section, but Carol was patient and insightful as I made decisions, second-guessed them, changed my mind, hemmed and hawed, and generally just agonized over making the perfect choices. In the end it was all worth it because I love it and most importantly - my mom loves it :)
Sorry for the photo overload, but there are so many great designs to see here. All of the quilting except the piano key inner border was done with a medium beige thread. The piano key border is quilted with an olive green thread.
Look at those great veins she quilted into the leaf shapes - they add so much dimension and interest!
And the oversized floral vines in the outer border fill in all that blank space perfectly.
The back of the quilt is almost as pretty as the front! I used Kona Snow so all the beautiful quilting stitches would be the focus and also so there wouldn't be any fabric print or design that might show through on the front of the quilt.
You know how sometimes a project turns out exactly the way you planned, and that outcome makes the whole experience of creating it so completely satisfying? Well this quilt is more amazing than I had planned or imagined - I simply could not be more pleased with it. And knowing that my mom loves it (she may have cried a bit when she saw it) makes this quilt the best one I've ever made :)
What was your most satisfying sewing experience?
It's gorgeous! I immediately looked up the pattern when I saw your quilt top. The quilting really adds to the overall design.
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful quilt! Your mom is very lucky. :-)
ReplyDeleteI like the quilting. The patterns are great and it is just the right amount of quilting.
(not "quilted to death" like you sometimes see it with machine quilted quilts) ;-)
It is so beautiful! I'm so glad your mom loves it! It is always nice to give someone a quilt as a gift, but nothing beats the feeling of giving one away to someone who really loves it and appreciates it. Great job!
ReplyDeleteIt's fabulous. The quilting is perfect. It's refreshing to see a different style of quilting to what we are used to seeing.
ReplyDeleteOh, wow!!! Your mom will be showing off her quilt to anyone and everyone!! Your quilter really did a lovely job of adding to the whimsey of this pretty quilt!
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