Monday, August 13, 2012

A start and a finish

Let's start with the finish.  Here is the Awesome quilt I posted about a while back.  I thought you would like to see it finished.  I am so happy with this, the pattern and fabric, and it was so fun to quilt.  Fast figure eights, and some good ole stippling.  I still think there is a place for stippling, even though I love all the new inventive background fillers.


I love the fabric in this quilt, and it works so well with Jenny's pattern.  A win win.

A view of the backside, lots of texture.  I matched my top and bobbin threads, so you can see the purple on the back along with the white.  Love that.

And, now the new.  I am starting quilting on an applique quilt, and I am totally enjoying this one.

One of the cute wool applique blocks

Quilting in the wide border, going around the corner


I have gotten a good start on this quilt, so hopefully there will be more pictures of it soon.

Enjoy your starts and finishes, and I appreciate you looking at mine.

Esther

6 comments:

  1. I love the colors in the Awesome quilt -- it's just beautiful. And I really like the way you've decided to quilt the applique quilt. Happy quilting!

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  2. Awesome is just that, AWESOME!!!!
    Love it
    Cheers
    Linda

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  3. I like the look of figure eights. I have been drawing them off and on. Going to try them one of these days. Great quilting!

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  4. Ooohhh just love how your Urban Abacus quilt turned out! It's stunning! What a great applique' project - very nice quilting on it too!

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  5. Ooo, they both look wonderful!

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  6. Esther- I love the quilt made with the quick curve ruler. I finally got mine so I hope to be making something this year :) I really like the quilting. Do you use a ruler for the piano keys?
    Barb@Witsend

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