11 Feb February Friends?
This wall hanging is untitled at this point. Since it is a version of my Traffic Pattern quilt, my brain still calls it Traffic Pattern. February Friends maybe? Anyway, I’m pleased it is finished and I can take down the last Christmas quilt!
After I finished the quilting, I realized it needed a dose of red besides the birds. So, I added some piping in with the binding. I haven’t tried piping this small before and I’m happy with how it turned out. I have often added 1/2″ flanges to borders in my larger quilts, but this piping is about 1/8″. I cut 3/4″ strips, folded them wrong sides together and then lined up the raw edges with the edge of the quilt and basted them in place before I put the binding on. I’ve been using Rita’s machine sewn binding technique (in her right sidebar) a bit lately and I’m getting much better at it.
Sorry the quilt looks a bit wonky in the photo. I had just taken it out of the dryer and the lower right corner was a bit crunched. The bright light from all the snow outside helps the quilting show up nicely. It has been very cold here – about zero each morning, but is supposed to get up to freezing this weekend. Yay!
Marg
Posted at 20:19h, 11 FebruaryThe piping frames it well. I love the red birds against the light grey background and the quilting has added lots of movement to it, it looks fabulous.
Mary Pustejovsky
Posted at 15:50h, 11 FebruaryBeautiful! I saw a quilt in an issue of Quilter's World that was grey/white with red birds and I just love the combination. I think theirs was called "White Birches" but it is just striking to see the combination without a lot of pattern distraction. Very nice job!
BaileyGirl5
Posted at 14:08h, 11 FebruaryRed birds always make my heart feel lighter, especially against a light background. Real life, pictures, quilts …. they're all striking.