Sunday 19 December 2010

A Weave Quilt!

I finished quilting a weave quilt....it's a very simple pattern easily put together from a batik jelly roll which wasn't very well cut.....the idea behind a jelly roll is to give you a wide variety of fabrics and make the cutting out of the pieces quicker so I wasn't going to take the time to re-cut the pieces...I just went with it how it was and added lots of white fabric.....the weave design is subtle as the contrast is not too great but with the white added it makes a crisp looking quilt!


The coloured areas have minimal quilting, it wasn't going to show up much there anyway but the white spaces were just the perfect place to try out my new Christmas present to myself.....a circle maker for my longarm. 


I used Bottomline top and bobbin...(love how the thread behaved....perfect tension) and a double batting for warmth of Hobbs 80/20 and Quilters Dream wool which together gave the fantastic definition shown in the above photo.....


I just went straight in without practicing, chose a simple circle design for all the white squares but used six different background treatments, pebbles, tiny swirls, nested circles, straight lines, a basket weave design and my version of McTavishing....in the borders I used swirls, feathered swirls and piano keys.......









I love the way this quilt turned out!

11 comments:

  1. Kay this is fabulous, love the quilt design and quilting, and your choice of fabrics too. !!
    best wishes
    Kath

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  2. I love the quilting you did on this quilt. It makes it really special!

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  3. Love it! The QZ is an awesome tool. Makes easy work out of some difficult designs. Beautiful texture on this quilt.

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  4. Kay, I am literally in awe of your quilting. I hope to be at your level someday. This quilt is beautiful; the quilting design is so incredible. You have a huge talent, my friend!! HUGE!

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  5. I love it! Sweet quilt & the QZ obviously rocks, if that was your first go with it! Congratulations~a great snuggler on the bed!!

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  6. What a lovely looking quilt - very striking.
    Joyce F.

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  7. Absolutly LOVE your quilting - the Quilt is fgantastic and your colours so right :) Your quilting is just perfect for the quilt :) Great work!! Keep as warm as you can.

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  8. Fabulous Kay! Lots of visual interest and a great sense of movement in this quilt. Warmth too....always an extra bonus.

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  9. What a beautiful job you've done on this quilt. It is so fun and interesting to look at. I really love the use of straight lines and circles or swirls together on a quilt, it's very striking to me. Love those backgrounds too. You say it's a simple quilt, but you made it look totally awesome with your work. Love it!

    Linda C.

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  10. I love this - especially as we lived in Indonesia for three years and I love Batik fabrics. Not only you and I were in Homebase yesterday - my friend's car was in the car park when we arrived, but we didn't find her and when we left her car was gone!!

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