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| Round and Round Quilt quilted, bound and finished! |
I initially won this Camille Roskelley pattern from a give-away hosted by Michelle who blogs as Mrs. Sew And Sew. She sent such a nice little note with it, that I thought I'd just go ahead and work this up. I liked the design, and I thought it would be a great quilt for me to practice my free motion quilting on my longarm machine. Well, that it was, but it took forever and a day longer than I anticipated.
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| Closer view of the round-abouts |
I loaded this quilt and started the design motif for the center of the rounds based on a design borrowed from the Spring Blossom quilt in Judi Madsen's new book Quilting Wide Open Spaces. I knew that I was going to take an all-day class from Judi at the AQS Quilt Week in Phoenix, and so I wanted to get acquainted with her book before hand, and be ready to put my new-found knowledge to work once I got home.
After I created a template for the center flower, and I learned how to mark the floral designs in the center of the stars. After stitching in the ditch around all those dang triangles of each star, I did a simple curlique around the remainder of the quilt.
With so much negative space to fill up, I recreated the star pattern to float down through the negative space on each side of the quilt. That was fun!
Originally I had not been certain if I liked the deep gray tone of the background fabric, so I wanted something bright to liven up the backing. Much to my delight, I found this wonderful fabric (I've forgotten who made it now.) and it was on sale - score! Its gray tones coordinate well with the front. Oh - the stars on the front were made from two charm packs of Moda's Breezy Batiks.
All in all, I'm pleased with my results. I got a thumbs up from my local quilt guild gals, so that made me happy. This was quite a fun pattern to piece together, too.
This project was on my list for finishes in the 2014 Finish Along!! On to my next project now!
Remember to quilt with a smile,
Barb
Linking up with Needle and Thread Thursday, Linky Tuesday Quilt Story, Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop and Can I Get A Whoop Whoop?
2014 Finish Along
Barb, your quilting is lovely! The ditch work in all those triangles is quite the achievement! Not easy on a longarm. Ruler....Yuck! Hope you are keeping this one for yourself!
ReplyDeleteThat is a wonderful quilt. I'm still learning the quilting part of making quilts, so I've looked closely at yours! You've done such a nice job of making it all shine.
ReplyDeleteSOOOOOOO beautiful! LOVE that center floral pattern. I'm glad this one is for you - it's definitely a keeper!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous quilting! Love that center flower!! You might have to teach that class of yours ;)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful! I love the colour choices and the quilting. Thank you for sharing and inspiring me!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering how long all those spirals took ya....but boy! They were worth the time...your top came out beautiful Barb! I just got that book too and am looking forward to "report" on your learning experience from Judi! Have fun!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI love your quilting! Beautiful work.
ReplyDeleteI love your quilting! Beautiful work.
ReplyDeleteEverything turned out great!! Very pretty! :)
ReplyDeleteWow! You did a great job. This is really pretty!
ReplyDeleteLOVE LOVE LOVE--the pattern, colors and the beautiful quilting! Outstanding!!
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful and the quilting you have done is outstanding!! Thanks for sharing.
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Love that pattern! The quilt is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYour quilting is amazing! You don't look like you need a class. Really great work here:)
ReplyDeleteRecreating the star pattern in the quilting is a very creative idea! I will for sure use it in the future Thank you!
ReplyDeleteYour quilting is amazing
ReplyDeleteCongrats!!!
very nice. The pattern is great and your quilting is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness Barb! This quilt is fantastic! I loved it as a quilt top, but the quilting on it really sets everything off nicely. so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you shared at Needle and Thread Thursday!
:) Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation
Very very beautiful work !
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful! The quilting is great - love your center design. And you are right, the backing fabric really is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful finish! The quilting is especially nice.
ReplyDeleteDid you get dizzy working on this quilt? :) It has so much movement! Lovely February Finish!
ReplyDeleteOh, my goodness! that quilt is gorgeous. the quilting makes the quilt shine.
ReplyDeleteYou are *amazing*!! Everything about this quilt is an utter delight.
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful quilt with some great quilting
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your finishes, love the quilting in this :o)
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