Today is my turn in the 'Hello Fall Blog Hop'. Thanks to, Carla from
Creatin' in the Sticks, for this great idea.
I was in Northern Ontario this past weekend at my son's, as you can see in the photo below the leaves are just starting to change. I love fall with its beautiful colours and with the weather changing to cooler temps it's time to start thinking of curling up under a quilt and reading a book or even binge watching Netflix.
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a little inspiration
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I had a project in mind with a bit of a Canadian twist for this blog hop. What's more Canadian then the maple leaf, and geese flying south for the winter? Now all I had to do was come up with a design and make it before my day to post.
I played around in EQ8 and came up with something I thought would work and I could finish in time.
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my fabric pull from green to orange |
After pulling some fabrics, I was ready to start. A little flip and sew and I had a Maple leaf done.
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maple leaf in progress
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I placed the colours darkest to lightest from the stem out trying to get the impression of the leaves changing to fall colours.
Next up those flying geese.
I think I should have changed the order of the orange print and the orange solid, but too late now. That's what happens when I put my head down and foot to the pedal to get a project done, I forgot to check the colour placement.
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I like the stained glass look of a flimsy |
I set the blocks on point, added some set in triangles and had a flimsy. I haven't free motion quilted in quite a few months and was worried I wouldn't be able to find my rhythm. I used
Thermore batting from Hobbs, Aurifil thread #2024 for the background and
Wonderfil Mirage for the leaf and geese.
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dot to dot in the geese |
I echoed the goose part of the flying geese and did some dot to dot aka Angela Walters quilting.
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swirls in the leaf |
I stitched in the ditch and echoed the leaf, then fmqed some swirls in the leaf parts. A couple could have been a little more rounded but they are fine, the rust started to fall off as I quilted the background with vines, leaves and swirls.
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I brought the crow out to play |
And we have a finish. A nice new fall table runner for my table.
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all quilted and bound in green
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I hope you get to enjoy the fall colours around or near you. Don't forget to go visit the rest of the bloggers posting today and see their fall colours.