"A Patch of Geese"

My second finish for 2017 came together very quickly.  A quilty friend asked me to make her a wallhanging to hang above her sofa and she said she wanted modern and flying geese and negative space and free motion quilting on Essex Linen as the background.  How could I resist.  Just a small project so I figured I could squeeze it in with no problem.  From start to finish, it took me 9 days to make this quilt. That's a record for me!

 For the first time, I tried the No Waste Flying Geese method.  It worked perfectly for me.  My geese ended up measuring 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" each.  The solid colours are FreeSpirit.  The Essex Linen is Natural.  For thread, I used Wonderfil Konfetti 807- 50# cotton with a Superior Titanium Topstitch needle size 100/16.   I started out with an 80/12 needle but that broke and so did a 90/14 so I switched to a 100/16 and it was smooth sailing after that.  My first time quilting on linen.  I spray basted and pinned.  I really didn't find it difficult to quilt once I got the needle size figured out.  I added tabs for hanging, as per request by Chris and also a scrappy binding.  The backing is a solid piece of FreeSpirit in a straw yellow.

"A Patch of Geese"

Hope you had time to do something quilty today!