Monday, March 31, 2014

My Improv Quilt

I have been thinking about trying my hand at improvisational quilting.  I started out sewing together leftover strips from another project to make a quilt back but I liked how it was starting to look and then decided to keep making improv blocks and then maybe I could up with a design. I ended up with exactly what was on my mind.  I added a Kona Ash to complete the design, leaving me lots of negative space to do some intense free motion quilting.  On the grey, I pebbled like a crazy person using up almost 6 bobbins and 3 hours of total time.  I used Gutterman #50 thread in a light grey and a Superior Titanium 80/12 topstitch needle.  The freemotion quilting of the pebbles went just great, no problem at all.  Then I switched to a gorgeous turquoise  KT608 Wonderfil Konfetti #50 thread to quilt, for the first time, a jagged sort of meandering in the coloured squares.  I got messed up a few times, I kept wanting to do spirals, but overall I really liked this stitch and once I relaxed it was quite fun to do.  Still have to do the binding and bury a few threads but couldn't wait any longer to show.  It measures 37 1/2" x 45 1/2". It doesn't have a name yet. 






 Hope you had time to do something quilty today!


14 comments:

  1. Oh my it must have taken you for ever to do those pebbles ,very nice.

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  2. Ditto Hazel's comment about the pebbles.... Love the colours (did you note them for Jenn?) the layout, the triangular quilting, everything. What are your going to do for binding? neutral or colour? single colour or scrappy? can't wait to see that one!

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  3. Very nice! Great quilting ... :) Pat

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  4. love it! The pebbles and the jaggy meandering are perfect!

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  5. That looks like a lot of fun! Great job on the pebbles.

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  6. Linda, the quilt is stunning! Cannot imagine doing all those pebbles...! Hope we get to see this one in October :)

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  7. Wow , great job on this quilt , all that quilting , that is a lot of pebbles and they look fantastic and I like that other stitch as well , perfect for this modern quilt!!

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  8. fabulous and what great quilting.

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  9. That is just awesome. Congrats on a job well done.

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  10. It's a stunning quilt that you certainly took to the next level, with your quilting.

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  11. Boy oh boy, that's a lot of pebbling!

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