This quilt started out at as a fat eighth bundle of Westminster shot cottons and Helen Howes' Twelve Trees pattern that I got from Mad About Patchwork.I'm not great at sticking with a pattern though so I added in four more trees, and flipped half of them so they looked like a reflection of the top eight.
For the quilting, I went with horizontal matchstick quilting (kind of like bark?) and I LOVE the effect on both sides of the quilt. I used a Sulky variegated thread that went from burgundy to plum.
The quilting lines are spaced anywhere for 1/8" to 1/3" apart. I was worried that the tight quilting might make the quilt too stiff. Nope, the shot cottons handle it beautifully.
The full reveal:
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| Seeing The Forest - Front |
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| Seeing The Forest - Back |
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| Maxing and relaxing on the steps |
Quilt name: Seeing The Forest
Measurements: 40" by 59"
Special techniques: Slash and insert piecing
Machine quilted: Matchstick quilting by me
Entering this in the ROYBGIV category for the Blogger's Quilt Festival.
Here are my entries into past Blogger's Quilt Festivals:
Thanks for stopping by! For lots more inspiration, check out the other entries in the Blogger's Quilt Festival at Amy's Creative Side -- it's always a fabulous show. Thank you, Amy, for putting all of this together!
That's a lovely quilt! I may be ignorant here, but what does ROYBGIV stand for?
ReplyDeleteGreat question! It's Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. Basically a fancy way of saying Rainbow. :)
DeleteOh it is just fantastic!!!!
ReplyDeleteI just can't get enough of this one M-R!
ReplyDeleteMe neither! Though I'm running out of ways to say how much I love it.... :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing! Lovely to see it again :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a great quilt! It just shines with colour! Well done :)
ReplyDeleteI love the way you played with the pattern. And the matchstick quilting was inspired!
ReplyDeleteFabulous, i love this:)))
ReplyDeleteYou know how much I love this quilt, right? Oh, those colours, the texture from your quilting and that pieced backing... so much to love here!
ReplyDeleteOh this one is gorgeous too! I love the colors, and the quilting works wonderfully.
ReplyDeleteOh! And the back! Love it.
DeleteThis is one gorgeous quilt and I love what you did on the back. Such richness of colour.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you've entered this quilt, it's really something special :)
ReplyDeleteA fantastic quilt- love the colours.
ReplyDeleteI love how you took a published pattern and put your own spin on it.
ReplyDeleteso very beautiful and somehow relaxing!
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt. Your colour choices and placement rock, and it makes me feel so calm looking at it. I never thought about the quilting that way before, but you're right it totally does resemble bark!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous quilt! Love the colours of the shot cottons and your dense quilting.
ReplyDeletethis is stunning
ReplyDeleteThis is SO pretty! I just adore shot cottons.
ReplyDeleteStunning quilt. The colors are perfect, your quilting is beautiful. Love this quilt..
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful quilt! I love the colors!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! love the back! doesn't it feel wonderful to use ALL the fabric!
ReplyDeleteEverything about this quilt is beautiful!!
ReplyDeletesuch a wonderful quilt - it really stands out - I love it :-)
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