Thursday, September 27, 2012

I took it off the Wall and am working on it!

Before quilting.


Sky and birds quilted.

Close up of sky.

Hairy back.

Started on the seaweed.
A few weeks ago I blogged about what was on my design wall.  Now that I have finished the collaboration quilt I am moving on to another project.  I decided that it was time to finish my Sea Garden quilt.  I made this during a Laura Wasilowski class at Asilomar, probably in 2006.  We did about 5 or 6 pieces during the class.   I finished my "Lucky Charms" a couple of months ago. I had finished several class samples soon after the class and they are given away. So this is the last class sample I have left to finish up.

I like to tuck threads into the batting layer.  As I was doing the birds, my last el cheapo deluxe needle threader broke.  Hmmm.  At this point I just decided that I would tie off the threads and leave them hanging on the back. When I am finished with the quilting, I will fuse a new back on it.  I will also do a fused binding.

So this is my Off the Wall post for this week.  Check out what everyone else is doing this week.



8 comments:

  1. The quilting is looking fabulous. Such a beautiful piece. Good job getting it finished up!

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  2. a fused back and binding! I've never seen that before - looking forward to it. :)

    (my backs are always hairy on the big pieces - that's why I quilt them first and then put on the back!

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  3. ohhh I love the FMQ on the sky - if you see it on the fall barn - you know the inspiration came from you :) pretty pretty!

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  4. What a fun piece! I really like the sky quilting too!!

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  5. such a happy little seascape!
    like your dyes too!:)

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  6. I always love it when the texture of the quilting is added. Your piece looks really pretty.

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  7. I always love it when the texture of the quilting is added. Your piece looks really pretty.

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