Skyrocket

Colorful and Scrappy!

This quilt uses batik scraps to make the "Skyrocket" pattern. My husband thought it was a bit too colorful, but I think it's wonderful.
The bright colors just give it such a cheerful look.















The blocks were connected through the white space, so I created a line pattern to fit, and incorporated the same design used in the sashing.
















Because the "Skyrocket" areas were so colorful, I thought simple would be best for these, so I incorporated straight lines and curves to fit the pattern.










The colorful border - picked to try to incorporated the many colors in the quilt - needed something to tone it down a bit, so  a detailed star pattern was used with a dark blue (toning down) thread.

The back of the quilt shows up all the designs quite nicely.











Until next time, Happy Quilting!
Cathy

Verse for the week: "For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel." (Ezra 7:10)

Appliqued Farm Animals

Creativity!

This wonderful grandmother did all she could to document what was important to her granddaughter as a wedding gift. She grew up in Colorado, is marrying a your man from Arkansas, was raised on a farm, and has won many 4H blue ribbons.

She told me some of these animals she had no idea how to find patterns for, so she found pictures and created appliques from them. I think she did a wonderful job, don't you?



Basic stippling was done around the appliques, continuous curve in the triangular areas, and a border/sashing to fit the theme.

Thank you, Linda for sharing this with us!

Until next time, happy quilting!
Cathy