Finally finished I have been busy doing the quilting on this quilt for my youngest son's Christmas gift this past week. His favorite colour is red. There are 5 different reds in the goosey blocks. I didn't have a pattern but saw the block when surfing on Pinterest. The Rolling Star Pattern are paper pieced from Wombat Quilts. I used three, one each to represent his family, my DIL and their two daughters.
I Free motion quilted it on my domestic machine. I should have taken a few close ups of the FMQing. The larger negative spaces I used wavy lines to help make it soft and flighty like. I stippled around the stars after stitching in the ditch around them first to make them have a little pop. Overall I like how it turned out.
Since I have been doing more free motion work I can see the difference in my stitches I'm not saying I'm anywhere near expert but I am most certainly improving.
I took this outside today trying to get some good light to take it in. Red and blacks are hard to get good pictures of. You will notice no snow, which is fine by me..LOL
Linking up to Sew Fresh Quilts and Pat Sloan and Freemotion by the River and Quiltville's A Very Merry Happy Holiday Linky Party
Sunday, 21 December 2014
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WOW! This is a beautiful quilt!! Congratulations on getting it done with a little time to spare :) Saw the picture on Pat Slone's blog, had to come over and take a look!
ReplyDeleteI love the use of the two different blocks in this quilt! Great color combination too! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty in red and black. Loving the motion of the stars! Have a great Christmas!
ReplyDeleteThe red and black are stunning. What a great quilt!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt! I really love the design and the reds are amazing!
ReplyDeleteThat is stunning! I love the two-tone stars along with the flying geese.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great quilt! Your son will treasure it.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful ! love block design and the 2 color idea as well.
ReplyDeleteNo snow for Christmas, guess you aren't in Saskatchewan !
Merry Christmas to you too - thanks for leaving a comment on my blog.
Gorgeous! Geese, stars and bright fabric: my kind of quilt!
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