I finally started quilting Grandma’s Garden. The big sticking point, honestly, was the thought that if I quilted it the way I wanted to, I’d have about a billion ends to weave in. So I finally resigned myself to having a frillion billion million ends to weave in, and moved forward. I’m doing a lot of feathers and fans within the flowers (with a different thread color for each part of the flower as appropriate - yellow, purple, green, blue, orange, pink, etc.). The background within the blocks is done in white. I’m still not sure what pattern to use in the outer border- ideally it would be some sort of feather pattern to complement the blocks. Well, no, in an ideal world I could snap my fingers and it would be done by elves.
I’ve also been plotting the next things on the horizon - when I heard that Bonnie Hunter was doing another mystery quilt without strings (which is my main sticking point with some of her stuff - I’ve come to learn I don’t like string piecing on foundations), I was intrigued. I originally pulled out some lime green, medium blue, pinks, and purples for it, but couldn’t really figure out where to use a quilt like that, other than for my daughter who already has a bunch of quilts for her bed. So I’m going Christmas-y and will upsize the pattern a bit to make it king size and give it to my in-laws for Christmas next year. Here’s what those fabrics look like.
My in-laws have their bedroom done in cabin-y, woodsy colors so I think it’ll work out fine.
I’ve also been figuring out the applique center for the last Star Wars quilt - it’s a Millennium Falcon leaping into hyper-space.
I want to see your feathers…
Rawr.
If you find out where to order those elves that machine quilt, let me know. I could use some around here. Have fun with the mystery quilt! I’m totally with you on the dislike of string piecing. Last year I just used solid pieces of fabric for the string pieced squares. Made me a much happier quilter that way.
I was in a local fabric store yesterday and noticed several nicely displayed Starwar fabrics. I thought of you straight away. I know that you must have these fabrics in your stash already though. Just wanted to share.
wow! this is going to be amazing! Thanks for linking up to WIP Wednesday.
That M.F. quilt is going to rock!
Millennium Falcon!!!!!
I have been thinking of doing the Bonnie Hunter Mystery quilt. This is right after I told Darla I sincerely disliked mystery quilts. Yes, eating crow right over here. I am trying to get a friend to do it with me. How did you decide how to switch out the purple, lime, and blue for the Christmas colors. Value, it looks like, but I am interested in your process.