blue plumes

Wrapping Up 2019 So We Can All Move On from Quilty Folk

I always think this end of the year retrospective should be a quick post, but somehow

it never quite works out quite that way. Oh well. Time for a glimpse of whatever finishes

managed to come to fruition during the past year! It always surprises me how it stacks

up. Never quite what I imagined somehow!

2019 Finishes (1)

It's been a surprisingly productive year. So many times it felt like I was just sort of spinning my wheels, or at times, chasing after ever single squirrel that popped around the corner. Some of the oldest quilt tops did ...

added by audrey 4 years, 3 months ago. under 2019 finish , baby quilts , big tipsy basket , big woven basket , blue plumes , doll quilt , folksy flower , lattice , make beautiful things , patchwork triangles , playing with scale , rising sun , tidbits , vintage lily

This One Ended Up Without a Name on the Label from Quilty Folk

As always, I get to the end of a quilt and am amazed and humbled at how different a quilt looks with added stitching texture. Blue Plumes was put into the hoop back in October. Notice how much lighter it looks before the hand quilting?

Blue Plumes is finished!

That's because I used a brown/black variegated #12 Perle Cotton in all the blue/white ticking striped fabric areas. The thread is super thin, but eventually, all that darker thread starts making its presence known in a very subtle way.

It's been a little gloomy, but here's ...

added by audrey 4 years, 4 months ago. under 2019 finish , blue plumes , hand quilting

Just Hitting the High Notes Then I Gotta Run from Quilty Folk

Life has been so busy lately, it almost feels like I'm in free fall, no control whatsoever. I know that's not exactly true, but with Thanksgiving right in front of us {and a litany of things going wrong lately}, it's definitely been hard to manage all the things that need attention. Quilting is happening in very random moments of time and blogging is all about the speed reading and smiles.

Joining the rows for Roman Stripe quilt

I'll catch up real quick and then probably disappear for another couple weeks. Whatever little bits of time I ...

added by audrey 4 years, 5 months ago. under autumnal tulips , blue plumes , gather ye roses quilt , hand quilting , next up in the hoop , roman stripe quilt

Never Time To Get Bored from Quilty Folk

It's been a hand work sort of week. There are now 10 out of 30 of the Autumnal tulip blocks with flowers ready for leaves. The shape, size and color of which is totally up in the air. I'm loving the sweet look to these, but wondering why I settled on 30 as the perfect number to make? Might have to ratchet it down to 20 in order to ever properly finish up.

Starting to get an idea of what the Tulip blocks are gonna look like

Still plodding along on the quilting for Blue Plumes. It seemed ...

added by audrey 4 years, 5 months ago. under applique , autumnal tulips , blue plumes , hand quilting , in the hoop , t-shirt quilt , yarn ties

Checking Some Things Off the List from Quilty Folk

The little table runner is totally completed! I'm not sure there is enough hand quilting in the borders, but it's done. Not going to add more at this point.

The fall table runner

Next up in the hoop is Blue Plumes. It's kind of a different quilt for me, but other than admiring a similar shaped element in a shirt one day, the whole project idea is mine.

Blue Plumes getting sandwiched and pinned

I can't believe this one has been at completed quilt top stage since 2017! Wowsers, does time fly! These funky looking fleur ...

added by audrey 4 years, 6 months ago. under binding , blue plumes , fall table runner , hand quilting , next up in the hoop , playing with scale #2

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