Last Fall, I was part of a Fat Eighth Swap with the ladies on the HGTV Message Board. The theme was Fall/Winter and a lot of people picked gorgeous holiday fabric. I selected a line called "Angels Among Us" which I am certain caused some dismay because it is such a, hmm, hum drum color. Nothing dramatic about it. Regardless, the ladies did a spectacular job creating blocks.
So here are a few on my design wall, prior to quilting.
Don't they look "flat?"
I decided to try to pull in all the colors by making a border from the scraps.
On a wild hair, I threw the top on the long arm last night to see what I could come up with.
I had some problems with tension, thread breakage and slipped stitches but cleaned the longarm and otherwise tinkered with it and got that straightened out. It was a great learning experience. I spent about an hour and a half on it.
I threw the quilt into the washer, last night, tossed it into the dryer and here is how it looked, this morning:
I'm pretty tickled with it.
I couldn't resist taking a few pictures with the girls. They were as thrilled about that as they look in the pictures.
5 comments:
Your Angels quilt is beautiful and I think your assistants make super models...they wear the quilt perfectly! :)
You should be thrilled. It's amazing what a difference the quilting makes. Lovely models as well!
Love the quilt, Penny. The girls seem to be happy with it, too.
TxPat
The quilt is great.
But what I find amazing is how the girls pose for you! My 2 dogs refuse to sit together to pose! Nevermind looking in the same direction!!
Of course, the camera strap seems to remind them a lot of the leash..and they get all excited...and the moment is gone!
-karol
Your quilt looks terrific. I love the effect that washing it had. So warm and snuggly looking!
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