Saturday, March 03, 2012

Whole cloth quilt

Very hot here today, so I am having a small break from the small circles ...
whic will complet them in all the hearts in the border,
having finished the micro-stippling last night.


I am attempting to square up the quilt before I do the final border...
and I am not really sure what that will be yet.
I am pinning it to a carpet square..and its hot there on the floor.


This is my practise piece,  where I tried out different things.
and yes - they are my toes :)


I tried the corner lines out last night but not sure I like them.

I may try to imitate the 'butterfly' curves near rhe centre


I was goig to do echo quilting as you can see...but went with the micro stippling


Small circles against microstippling - I went with the circles


Here is what I call my butterfly curves. some fine and some larger.  I stuck with the larger

So now back to squaring the quilt.
I really feel as though I have been doing this forever!!

14 comments:

  1. Joan , this is just stunningly beautiful and so worht all the hard work. Are you marking the pattern as you go ?

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  2. This is absolutely spectacular :D (I like your corner lines - they're very nice against the heart feather and pearl effects)

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  3. great work Joan-can't imagine working under a quilt in the heat!! keep at it!!

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  4. Wonderful! Your quilting is awesome. Beyond awesome!!

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  5. Words just can't describe how beautiful that is!! Thanks for sharing the journey. It is so much fun to watch the progress.

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  6. Joan, these are just astonishing, really, really, astonishing.
    You should be really proud of what you have achieved there

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  7. It is looking amazing! Good luck with the squaring.

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  8. It is breath taking Joan! The WCQ is spectacular, and your practice piece is show worthy! I like the corner lines - but your butterfly curves are gorgeous. All of that detail work is definitely paying off big time.

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  9. Wow - again! I could look at it for ages, just taking in all the detail.

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  10. You really do have this quilting thing sorted....very cool!

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  11. Is this trapunto or is the micro quilting what makes the design stand out? It is very beautiful. I want to also do a practice similar to this

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  12. WOW............ I love your work - it is so beautifull :-)
    I put you on my bloglist and as a follower so I can enjoy the inspiration that you give me. Just love this.
    Wish you a creative week :-)
    Quilthugs

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  13. WOW on your WOW! This quilt is stunning. Love how your photography is capturing all the details. Jane

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