Thursday, December 19, 2013

Flight!

As the end of the year approaches, I have my last finish of the year to share!
 I call this quilt Flight....



 The grey is a new fabric from Studio E....it is a Peppered Cotton in a dark charcoal color.

The Geese are paper foundation pieced.  Two Geese per block with a finished block size of 6 inches square.

   
I felt the design of this quilt lent itself to machine quilting rather than pick stitch.
So I went with a large loopy motif....easy to do and not at all perfect in appearance.  Call me crazy, but I prefer my quilts to look less than perfect...more homemade and lived-in.

I used Aurifil thread for the piecing and the quilting.

     
The backing is this fabulous fabric from Anna Maria Horner's Dowry Collection...AMAZING!!!

 
This quilt is about 42" X 54"....perfect for a lap or a baby....
You can see this one at Sew To Speak....
it will be a class in the New Year!

  Happy Thursday!
mary 

25 comments:

  1. Love the kwilting ! I am with you on the less thn perfect look!

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  2. Ooh, I love the colors. I definitely want to learn how to piece shapes this coming year. There's a quilt in Quilty magazine that I'd love to make.

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  3. its beautiful. i really want some of the studio E solids too! again...wish i wasnt so far away, would love to take your class

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  4. Gorgeous! Great colours and i love the amh on the back! A perfect compliment to the front and adds a touch of traditional. Beautiful! Makes me want to do flying geese :-)

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  5. Love the simplicity.
    I think all my quilts look homemade then, for they are far from perfect!!

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  6. Mary, I love Flight! I work for Triangles On A Roll and we have a paper that makes rows of Flying Geese so easy! They come in 5 sizes. See tutorial:
    http://trianglesonaroll.com/blogs/news/8927335-flying-geese-tutorial-with-our-sew-and-fold-paper

    I noticed you will have a class for Flight. Would you be interested in me sending you some FG paper to play with?

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  7. I love it! Beautiful! I love the quilting. I too like un-perfect quilts. Most likely because I couldn't make it perfect if I tried.

    Amanda Rose
    sewmuch2say.com

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  8. Your loop quilting is lovely with this beautiful quilt! I agree that quilts need to have that homemade and lived-in look. Makes them ever so much more fun to curl up with them and enjoy.:)

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  9. Just gorgeous. I think I want to be you when I grow up :-)

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  10. This is a stunning a stunning quilt! Everything about it is beautiful. I bet you class to teach this will be booked out in no time.

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  11. Great quilt...love the look and the quilting...looks amazing. I am intimidated by quilting anything bigger than a table runner by machine...looks like I need to overcome that fear.
    Mary

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  12. I have another entirely different reason for a lack of perfection -skill with my FMQing mainly! Your geese are lovely!

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  13. this is a beauty, the yellow and grey work so well together

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  14. Flight is beautiful, the grey and yellow work so well together.

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  15. So beautiful. Another gorgeous finish. Now you can put your feet up : )

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  16. Great design and love your loopiness!

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  17. Great design and color!!! The simplicity of it all is very modern and bold. Well done. Merry Christmas.

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  18. Great quilt...one of your most modern! I call my quilting "utilitarian"! Noting perfect about it! LOL

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  19. The grey and yellow look "stunning" and the name is so fitting! :)

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  20. Lovely quilt Mary! Merry Christmas!
    xo jan@sewandsowfarm

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  21. The combination of the grey and those acid citrus colours look brilliant together......fabulous! Have a lovey Christmas Sweetheart :) x

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