Wednesday, June 27

Winter Forest Quilt nearly done!


I'm nearly done with what I call my Winter Forest Quilt. I started this quilt sometime last autumn, tried FMQ it in the beginning of this year (or maybe the end of 2011 I don't remember) but was a bit disappointed with my FMQ skills (non existent) and left it with only 5% of the quilting done... until last week! I would show more of the quilt but the weather is not cooperating to make a nice photo. This is what the quilt top looked like before it was quilted):


I had read so many positive reviews of the Aurifil quilt threads in the past year that I had to try it as well. I kind of hoped it had magical powers so I would instantly be a fantastic Free Motion Quilter! Of course that is not quite what happened but I do like the Aurifil thread. Also I had a whole quilt to practice on and some parts (see top picture) were not as bad as others. I made a crazy loopy design and despite some puckering (and even  a bit of un picking at some point) some odd angular loops, stitches that differ significantly in length etc etc I'm not unhappy with the result.  Now I need to decide on the binding. I think either a dark shade of blue or a mid-orange maybe? Any thoughts/advice on the issue is more than welcome!

11 comments:

  1. Your quilting looks lovely and yes I'd go with a strong colour on this one to frame the quilt - it's a beautiful quilt I have to say, love it. X

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  2. love your quilt! The colours are just fabulous. I would probably go for an orange binding to really make it pop.

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  3. Well done for persevering - I would go Orange x

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    1. Thanks! well orange it is then :) I think I will order some Kona will try and find a good match on my Kona colour chart.

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  4. I really like your quilt and am looking forward to seeing it all finished.

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  5. I think orange would look great on the quilt binding!

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  6. I really like the colorway you chose, Nicole. I agree that orange binding would make that quilt "pop"!

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  7. So beautiful, I look forward to seeing it when you're all done! Thank you for sharing :-)

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  8. I think I've found the right fabric for the binding and orange it will be! :) Thanks for your thoughts everyone!

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