Embroidered Roses

Hi, everyone. Hope this day finds you well and thankful!

This elegant quilt of hand embroidered roses is a special treat for me. I don't often receive embroidered tops to quilt, and I was thrilled to have the opportunity to work on this one. My picture of the whole quilt is not the greatest, but with the close up photos I think you can get a better idea of what the finished work looks like.















There were large white blocks in the center, and since this is a traditional quilt, a feathered wreath seemed a perfect fit here. This one has a few additional ribbons and leaves which adds to the frilly look of the quilt.

 The setting triangles received a similar look.













For the borders, a rose swag was chosen to go with the theme and enhance the overall look.

 The embroidered blocks themselves simply required a bit of  complimentary outlining and detail to give them a quilted look without taking away from the hand work.


The binding on this quilt will be red, and I hope my client will let me see it when she is finished. The hand work is stunning, and I hope I did justice to her hard work!

Until next time, Happy Quilting!
Cathy

Verse for the week: "Therefore, keep watch, because you do not know what day your LORD will come. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him." (Mathew 24:42,44)

A Funky Autumn Sampler

Quilting Fun!

This sampler had blocks that I have not seen before, some of them really funky looking. It also had some very plain blocks which needed to fit in with those funky looking ones - I had to get my creative juices going! I had this quilt hanging on my design wall for a while, wondering what I was going to do with it. It was not until I loaded it and started working on it that it all came together.













I started with one of the more unusual blocks, adding design elements (curves and zigzags) that were consistent with the shapes in the  block. Adding in the "peas in a pod" circles made a statement, which I continued with for the remaining sampler blocks. Figure 8's and continuous curves were added as needed for some of the block shapes.

The design elements were added to the more  more simple looking blocks to give them the same character as the more complex ones.

The setting triangles were completed with a curved crosshatch pattern for additional texture, which I have shown on the back of the quilt, since it is hard to see here with the busyness of the fabric.The sashings and parts of the border patterns can also be seen here.

Well, that's it for today. I am now working on some embroidered roses, which I hope to show you soon!

Until next time, Happy Quilting!!!

Cathy