Barely two months later and here we have another finished quilt! I got this one from Wendy on March 18, but didn't have the batting to get it started until a week later, began actually quilting it on March 28 and put the last stitches in today. It's from the book "In the Meadow" by Barb Adams and Alma Allen of Blackbird Designs. The finished quilt is about 81"x81" and will hang in Wendy's living room.
As usual, Wendy provided the quilt top, meaning she did all the lovely bird and leaves applique. All different reds and greens on a scrappy background. She does a great job with her applique, I always love the colours she chooses and the patterns are never boring. She usually has a rough idea of what she wants me to quilt, but leaves
most of it up to me. It's great to have that kind of trust that I'll
know what to do for each particular quilt. In this one I did some 1/4"
outline stitching in and aound each bird and leaf, with feathers quilted
in the birds' wings and tails and a vein through the centre of the
larger leaves.
Even after all of that there were still large gaps of
empty space between the blocks, all around the birds. I took each of
those spaces as I came to them, quilting random shapes in each one just
to fill the space. For the border I copied the shapes of 3 different leaves, traced them
around the border, then put 1" apart lines around them One section of the border was a bit wavy so I did 4 "adjustments" to force it to lay flat. I'm very
pleased with how it turned out and I know Wendy will too. She had gone
on vacation and called me today to see how it's coming along. Good
timing, as I had the final corner left to quilt and finished that today.
