Can't believe how quick this year has gone. This is Quilt Along #40 on
Leah Day's Quilt Along Wednesdays and this week's design is Flower Power.
Leah is using this design as a Quilt Buster, i.e. a design that is stitched on a larger scale to cover a huge amount of space on your quilt. My 'practice quilt' is pretty much used up and I had only one square left, so I watched the video on how to stitch this design on a smaller scale.
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| Flower Power |
My flower turned out better than expected except I made some of the petals a tad larger than they should have been. However, it turned out pretty nice and I decided to disguise the unevenness of my flower with some echo quilting. I don't have a lot of experience in echo quilting, so I thought this was the perfect opportunity to have a go at it. A bit wonky, but considering that this is all freehand, I am very happy with the outcome. I think, if I was to do this again, I might draw myself a square around the flower, so I don't overshoot with the larger petals. Very pretty design.
Linking up to Leah Day's Quilt Along Wednesdays.
Until next time
Karin
Karin
ReplyDeleteI think that the unevenness of the petals is the thing that really appeals to me. I loved this design so much I had to comment, then I re-read your post and knew I needed to let you know that although you aren't as happy with it as you have been with other designs this is my favourite one so far.
I love following your experiments, you have an amazing talent.
Hi Mhairi...no, I am very happy with it...actually was amazed that I managed to produce a nice flower as I can't draw this any better, at least not freehand. Thanks for the compliment.
DeleteOh I agree with Mhairi....we assume that symmetry is required for beauty and yet often it is the unexpected that breathes life in to the design. I think it is lovely. k.
DeleteLooks AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteOh no worries on the echos they look great!
Thanks...was very surprised with this design. I think it looks really pretty.
DeleteDeine Blume sieht toll aus! Mir wäre gar nicht aufgefallen, dass sie ungleich ist. Sie sieht einfach super aus!
ReplyDeleteDanke...das ist ein sehr schoener Design...gefaellt mir auch sehr gut.
DeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteThanks
DeleteKarin, your Flower is beautiful, as is the echoing. Great job. I would love to see a photo of the whole quilt!!
ReplyDeleteThanks...looks nice on that background with those little flowers. The quilt is almost done...only some sashings to go. I will post about it probably next week. If you want to have a look in the meantime , I have a bigger picture of it in Quilt Along #37.
DeleteOh, how pretty. The echo makes the flower really pop. Great work.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeane
DeleteI like the different sized petals! You did an excellent job!
ReplyDeleteThanks...this did turn out very nice. I find that I nowadays do not over think designs, rather just have a go. The improvement I have made over the course of this year is amazing. I am hoping that the quilt along will continue next year. If not, I might just have to practice different designs by myself...mind you, the quilt along just added that extra bit of pressure to practice and have a go at things which I would not normally have tried.
ReplyDeleteThis looks wonderful! The echoing is fantastic! I don't have mine done yet - maybe soon. ~Jeanne
ReplyDeleteThanks...this was a fun design to try
DeleteWow Karin, your flower looks great!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kristin...I was a bit surprised myself at how good it turned out. Might have been a fluke
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