I had no idea how I was going to quilt it but thought it had a kind of oriental look....and was thinking water lilies and took my inspration from the backing fabric, they turned into Tudor roses but I still like the effect.
I used 2 layers of Hobbs 80/20 in black with Glide thread in various colours, (gold, purple, cerise, green and black) and black bottom line in the bobbin.
A Bit of ruler work and a circle maker for perfect circles, the rest is freehand with just a small tribute to feathers around the inside of the cirlcles.
I would like to attribute this border design to Raylene Smith in Australia and then Donna James in Canada for the marking instructions, it'a a perfect border treatment for this quilt!
Those lilac borders are straight...don't know why they look a bit askew on the photos????
Trying it out for the effect in it's new home.....
It's beautiful! I really love the quilting you dod on it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt, and the quilting is keeping with it's theme. Well done Kay it's a great looking quilt.
ReplyDeleteThe quilting is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteAn absolute stunner!
ReplyDeleteAnother fine job! Those flowers are very cool & I like how you continued the lines of the block out to make the corners.
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Beautiful use of coloured thread. Just lovely.
ReplyDeleteI just love the way you have quilted this...the flowers look awesome...I also thank you for the acknowledgment...I didn't realize that the border treatment was so popular..:)
ReplyDeleteGosh, that quilt looks absolutely gorgeous in its new home,on the wall!
ReplyDeleteLovely top and gorgeous quilting!
ReplyDeleteI have always loved Paula's work and your quilt is fabulous! I must apologize to you for not replying to a comment you made about one of my paintings (in February). Sometimes I miss seeing them. Thanks for visiting my blog.
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