I am pleased to announce that I am out of my funk and have returned to quilting and blogging. Almost the victim of blog-fade, I just needed to take a little break. But, absence does make the heart grow fonder, and while I did take several weeks off of sewing and blogging, I did miss it and eagerly returned to my machine last week. Here is the fruit of those labors....
My first commission quilt is finished. At first it was a little too much orange for me, but in the end I really like it.
The pattern is Rosalie by Valerie Wells. It was a little tricky cutting out those hexagons, but the rest of the piecing was easy enough.
I used the same all-over flower quilting design as my Gigantor quilt. It is an Angela Walters design, and I think it works really well for these large quilts.
Here is a picture of the back. My "customer" originally chose these fabrics to go into the front, but they weren't teal enough, so we changed things up on the front and I promised to use the fabrics on the back instead. I almost like it better than the front.
You can really see the quilting design with all that solid gray. The texture will increase once I wash the quilt too - an added bonus.
Now I just need to finish up some shams to go with the quilt and I will be able to deliver it all well before the holiday deadline. Yippee!
Thanks for reading today,
Jen
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Glad to have you back Jen!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful quilt to end your hiatus with too :)
Welcome back! LOVE the quilt. The colours are gorgeous together and that quilting = wow!
ReplyDeletePretty! Great quilting. Well done!
ReplyDeleteWOW lovely quilt and I am really impressed about the quilting - with a normal machine or longarm? Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteWelcome back! Your quilt is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteLovely to see you here again - and a fab finish xxx
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