What a difference a month makes

There has been a lot of growth during the last month, but not much color.

Squeaky can not resist a freshly ironed quilt top

Leaves
This project started with the batik print which is a leaf print. I really enjoyed the Robbing Peter to Pay Paul applique work.
I started with batik and the three solids and just kept working until I was closed to being out of fabric. I have enough blue for binding. It has turned out to be 62"x62". A nice size for the back of a sofa.
The longer I worked on this top the colors reminded me more of sea glass than foliage.
To be quilted in the autumn.

Hibiscus complete

This is the top one-third of the Hibiscus wall hanging. It was finished recently and sent to its designer. I was told the piece is hanging in an eye doctor's office in Southern Maine.

The free hand echo quilting shows well on the blue background and black border. The lines of stitches are 1/4 inch apart.

Variegated thread

I tried something new on this customer quilt. Along with the supplies she sent, there were two spools of variegated thread.

My echo quilting has always been done with thread that closely matches the fabric. This variegated thread was so lovely I decided to showcase the thread. Each heart is outlined with a stitch in the ditch done with a matching cream thread. About a 1/2" outside the heart, two rows of quilting is done with the coral/peach thread 1/4 " apart.

I would use variegated thread again, especially on white or off white.