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 |
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 |
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.
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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 |
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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 |
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.
