Tag: Wholecloth

The Salty Quilter - Flowers and Feathers - Finished

Flowers & Feathers

General Info

Start Date  Apr 22, 2011
Finish Date  Jun 7, 2011
Status  Finished
Size  25.4″ x 24.5″
Pattern  My own design
What it’s for  Spring wall hanging for Grandma MJ
Batting  Matilda’s Own 100% cotton batting.

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

Wholecloth middle with borders added. Border fabric was from table coverings from Grandma MJ’s 80th birthday celebration.

Quilting Notes/Techniques

Vase, flowers and flourish quilting design by Diane Gaudynski from “October Morning” in Choosing Quilting Designs, Rodale’s Successful Quilting Library, edited by Jane Townswick.

Free motion quilted with Rasant cotton/poly thread. No weight listed, but much thinner than my usual Gutterman 50wt cotton. Feather border hand drawn by me and quilted with Gutterman Sulky 100% cotton 30wt variegated thread.

This time I sprayed the quilt with water to remove the water soluble marker. I didn’t want to soak it again and get the level of shrinkage that I got in “Humble Harvest.” Hopefully no marks will reappear in the future, but will be a good test.

Progress Pictures

The Salty Quilter - Flowers and Feathers - Finished The Salty Quilter - Flowers and Feathers - centre quilting The Salty Quilter - Flowers and Feathers - Border quilting

The Salty Quilter - Humble Harvest - Finished

Humble Harvest

General Info

Start Date  May 1, 2011
Finish Date  May 16, 2011
Status  Finished
Size  24″ x 20″
Pattern  My own design
What it’s for  For me.
Batting  Matilda’s Own 100% cotton batting.

Quilt Top Notes/Techniques

Wholecloth plus borders.

Quilting Notes/Techniques

Quilting design based off my own drawing. Machine quilted with Gutterman cotton 50wt thread in matching colors. Used pre-washed homespun and cotton batting, but still got quite a bit of shrinkage after washing. Stippling was too big to contrast with the rest of the design. Still like it though and put it up  for Halloween.

Progress Pictures

 

The Salty Quilter - Humble Harvest - Finished

No flash.

The Salty Quilter - Humble Harvest - Up close

The Salty Quilter - Humble Harvest - Flash

With flash.