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"She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not" mini quilt, measures about 17" x 21" |
I made this quilt for
Yvonne at Quilting Jetgirl for a private swap. I started with a different plan that included some dresden wedges, but ended up feeling uninspired by them. I decided it wasn't worth forcing, and went back to the drawing board. I came up with idea of a flower losing petals in the quiet moments before sleep.
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Quilting detail. |
I've been really itching to use some Alison Glass Handcrafted for a while now, and felt this burgundy with yellow and orange bits made for a nice flower. I chose the Tula Pink Pixeldot in Coral for the center since the colors were a pretty good match and the hexagons seemed like a good fit for the center of a flower.
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Flower center detail--I love this quilted hexagon texture! |
The background fabric is Kona Ash and the binding is Kona Charcoal.
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Quilting detail. |
The backing is some shot-cotton that was given to me, so I'm afraid I don't know anything about it.
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Quilt back. |
This type of quilting is probably my favorite, at least on small pieces like this. I get to experiment with new designs and different ways of combining them. Sometimes the results are not at all what I expected, and that is fun too.
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Quilt back, quilting detail. |
For this quilt my newest interest was incorporating little orange peels in, I love the new texture they added!
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Quilt back, quilting detail. |
I used Quilter's Dream Orient (bamboo-silk-cotton blend) batting, and added a wool batting layer under the flower and falling petals for extra loft.
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Flower and petals have two layers of batting. |
Despite the dense quilting, the quilt remained soft and pliable. I will definitely be using this batting again.
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Showing how nice the drape is for this heavily quilted mini using Quilter's Dream Orient batting. |
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She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not mini quilt. |
I quilted it using mostly Aurifil #2600 (dove) for the background, but also used some #2311 for the center of the flower, #2545 for the flower petals, and a little bit of variegated #3817 for the petal flight paths:
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Quilting detail using variegated thread. |
I used Aurifil #2600 in the bobbin too so there would be a nice contrast with the blue backing:
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Quilt back, quilting detail. This one wasn't picked off, it's escaping, it's flying away! |
You can go see the wonderful quilt
Yvonne made for me over on her blog!
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Quilt label. |