Sea Glass Quilt finally finished

This quilt began with receiving the batik fabric as a present.  I pulled the  three major colors of the batik.  I didn't want to take away from the beautiful batik so I chose solids. The colors reminded me of  the local beach and sea glass. 

I started with 10" squares of the batik.  I used a dinner plate as a template for the curved pieces.  The curved pieces were hand appliqued to each side of the square.  The squares were then machine sewed together.  I added a 2" inside border and the 8" wide border.  I used what little I had left of the batik for the binding.
Approximate size 65" square.
Hand quilted with matching thread.

This was enjoyable quilt to make.  The different types of work (applique, piecing and quilting) keep me interested in the project.

This was one of the three quilts I offered to the Thornton Academy Annual Auction.  My contact person picked a hand quilted baby quilt with vibrant-colored fish on an aqua sea background.

Before and After Quilting

 The first photo is a piece of a mini wall hanging.  The 1/4 inch hand quilting was just started.

The second photo shows the echo quilting completed on two triangle sections.  Hand quilting done with matching purple thread.

...And with the hand quilting added

I matched the thread to the fabric.  Quilting lines echo seams 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4  inch.  Applique pieces were quilted around the edge and 1/4 inch.

For the fish in the ocean, quilting lines were used to create movement of the water.  The fish, star fish and coral were defined with quilting lines.  The thread color matches the fabric.

Summer Wall Hanging

This is the corner of a beautiful group project. I am hand quilting and binding the piece. I am using 1/4" and 1/2" echo quilting to give some movement to the sand, sky and water areas.

Later I'll show a close up photo of quilting lines.

Tumblers

This is the beginnings of a large wall hanging. I began with 6" squares. I've cut a dark two " inner border and six" outer sage border.

The colors - sage, navy and beige.

This is a great stash buster project.

Feathered Circles

This vintage red and muslin quilt top was completed with hand quilted feathered circles in the 7" blank squares.

1970's applique quilt

The 1970's applique quilt was completed adding 8" borders to the 12 blocks. Another row of cables was hand quilted then lines 1 1/2" apart. This twin size piece is now with Inga for binding.