Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Finished Quilt Top and New Project Details....

First I have photos of the finished quilt top for the Flower Garden Quilt A Long....This was suppose to be done over many weeks but since we are getting ready to move I needed it done and out of the way.
Here is a sideways view of the top.....These aren't the best pictures, for some reason the gray and pastels do not show off very well....




This will be a mermaid bellpull for in the bathroom, the two mermaids are stitched using the same techniques just different colors for the hair. Both tails are stitched with Pailettes in a peacock color with the torso and face outlined in DMC 310 (black) 

Their hair is stitched using Fly Stitches in two colors with Kreinik #4 Braid and Caron Wildfloers  and a hair strand done in Stem Stitch using a darker shade of Kreinik #4 Braid. 



After stitching the first mermaid I felt the cream background was to plain and took my sons crayons and shaded it in and then ironed it. I really like how easy the crayon goes onto the fabric but I was hoping for a more watercolor affect out of the overlapping areas but they really don't melt together just into the fabric. 

However after Ironong I noticed the mermaids scales had taken on a more rounded look with the colors changing to a more antique look. So now I will have to iron the other mermaid till her tail matches. I'm planning on doing some machine quilting around the edges and then a simple binding. I will also be adding some beads to each girl since the hands look like they are holding something.




Sunday, June 16, 2013

Flower Patch Quilt Long blocks 1-7

I finished cutting out all the blocks and background today although I don't think I got all of it right. I will just have to wait and see how it goes.

Here are the blocks I have finished so far. Of the 17 needed I have 7 done.







Monday, June 10, 2013

What I'm up to today....

 I have been working on a hex quilt for about a month now and I am almost 1/3 of the way done. I'm also working on a QAL Over at http://greenfairyquilts.blogspot.com/ it's the Flower Garden Quilt Along....I will post pics of those squares a little later in the week I am working on them in sections instead of one at a time.

Ok so on to pics......

What the finished hexes will look like laid out
completed hexes (ps...there are 288 in there!)

pinned and ready for sewing

Awaiting pins



Fabric for flower garden