I had a wonderful time teaching my Modern Free Motion Quilting Sampler Workshop at The Country Quilter yesterday. Such great, hard working students! I suspect they all slept well last night. ;) The second class for May 22nd is now full so we've added a third for Thursday, June 5th. Yay!
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Welcome to TGIFF!, where every finish deserves a celebration. After Scrap{Bee} 2.0, I needed something a little simpler and smaller to finish. Another piece of my Fibonacci Is Not Random triptych was just the ticket.
This is Part 3 of the triptych. It uses block measurements from the Fibonacci sequence up to 13" -- 1", 2", 3", 5", 8" and 13". It was made back in 2003-ish for our old dining room. It was damaged a few years later so has sat waiting in my WIP pile to be fixed. It's done! Woo hoo!
The quilting isn't what I had pictured doing when I first made this back in 2003, but I didn't know how do to do this style of quilting then either. I do love the texture this quilting gives pieces. These triangles are my favourite section of the quilting.
I used Aurifil # 2312, with some accent lines in gold thread.
Remember how I mentioned how much quilt shrinkage there was with Scrap{Bee} 2.0? Well, even on this small quilt that was 13" wide by 31.5" long, the tighter quilting I added reduced the quilt to 12.25" by 31". I lost 3/4" on the width and 1/2" on the height. And this is a small piece!
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| The quilt underneath is Part 1in the triptych and it is the same size as Part 3 was. |
An interesting post on Explorations in Stitch about straddling the modern/traditional quilting divide that is worth checking out! Thanks for the shout out, Jo!
This is also one of my Q2 goals for the Finish Along with Katy @ The Littlest Thistle.
I like the texture the quilting gives it. I also happen to really love blue, so this catches my eye- nice job!
ReplyDeleteHurray it's fixed and out of the WIP pile!
ReplyDeleteBlues are my heartthrob and this quilt hanging is amazing. Great quilt stitching.
ReplyDeleteThe quilting is amazing and really is the highlight of this piece. Nice to see you did not give up on them, but have worked on restoring these! Well done, M-R!
ReplyDeleteThe third quilt (and the quilting) looks great! Do you have a picture of all three together again?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilting I love the triangular spiral. It amazes me how a mathematical sequence can result in such art.
ReplyDeleteI love those triangles too! Yay for checking a WIP off the list! :)
ReplyDeleteI really like those pieces. The Fibonacci is really cool - and I am glad it is all fixed!
ReplyDeleteYou've had that WIP longer than I've been quilting ;) Great finish and I agree the triangle quilting is wonderful!
ReplyDeletenice save! I love the texture of the quilting on this.
ReplyDeleteThe quilting really does make this piece outstanding! Love the gold accent thread.
ReplyDeleteFYI, I linked up a nontraditional finish, pls feel free to delete my link if it's not appropriate. (I finished my new sewing room...)
Your quilting is so awesome, MR! It totally changes the quilt in an awesome way!
ReplyDeleteI love the texture your quilting has added to this piece , awesome !
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great piecing design and your new quilting is really giving it a wonderful new dimension. It's amazing how the quilting shrinks it down so much even on a piece this size!
ReplyDeleteThe quilting on that is gorgeous! Can't wait to see all three of them together!
ReplyDeleteThat quilting is just stunning!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout out and letting me use a photo of your quilt. I think the triangular quilting is my favourite, as well. This quilt was destined to be redone and you've done it so beautifully. I hope your students know how lucky they are to have you as a teacher.
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