Earlier this year I was asked to demonstrate my method of hand quilting. I had been thinking the easiest way to get people hooked was if they could do something that went quickly and looked fabulous.
My idea came about when my hubby noticed a lovely Hawaiian quilt as a prop in a movie. I started my investigation and thought I would love to try one of these. Firstly I needed to work out if I was able to do on a smaller scale. Hence came about my large cushion for the couch.
So back at the start of May I started this as a demonstration and then life and my other projects stopped me from working on it. I just finished a couple of things this last week so I decided to take a look at this one, just for fun. I thought it shouldn't take to long to finish and I will then have another project complete.
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| Found its way to my hoop |
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| this is my Aurifil 12 wt and my Shashiko needle for stitching |
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| After a few needles |
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| adding the echoing around the design |
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| after two rows of echoing around design |
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| A circle in the centre seemed to be fun |
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| echoing of centre circle |
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| starting the inside echo of the design |
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| loving the effect of this coming together |
You can see I am having so much fun doing this cushion. There is no pressure for a finish date just fun fun fun. At the start of every year I write a list of all of my projects started, and what I would like to start etc. This year I had a list of 29, previous was 20. Well I did a calculation this week and I have managed to complete 10 quilts, 2 charity ones, plus I have managed to do fmq to a few other little charities for practice. I have done several blocks for swaps and I have managed to complete 4 tops also. I still have two and a half months left in the year. I am hoping to be able to complete a lot more in this time. Today I am linking to
Kathys Slow Stitching Sunday. This is what has been in my hoop today and over the weekend. Do you love Hawaiian Quilts? Have you tried stitching any? I would love to here from you so leave a comment and don't forget to follow my blog.
Thanks for the visit and have a fun quilting day
