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Sunday, August 30, 2015

Still Hand Quilting


I'm about 1/4 of the way through hand quilting my Petunia quilt. 

(The pattern is actually called Spinning Stars and is by Anna Maria Horner)



Inside the octagons I quilted alternate wedges with lines going across the wedge or lines going down the wedge. 



I'm quilting with regular hand quilting thread on cooler days/nights. 


In the stars between octagons I quilted around each quarter section and then one half of the quarter section gets stitched around twice.   

It's all kind of difficult to see on these busy fabrics but it makes for some nice texture. 

Doing any slow stitching? Or other hand work? 
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11 comments:

  1. JulieroseAugust 30, 2015 at 9:26 AM

    I think "Petunia" is the perfect name for this bright and cheerful quilt...you are doing a LOT of hand quilting....and it's looking great. I get a sore shoulder from doing a lot at one time, so I have to rest for a couple days in between when I've been quilting by hand...hugs, Julierose

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  2. Carla A Few Of My Favorite ThingsAugust 30, 2015 at 9:38 AM

    Love the name of this quilt! Perfect! Looks like a fun one to quilt as you don't need to mark always a plus! Your making great progess and it looks fabulous!

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  3. KajaAugust 30, 2015 at 10:22 AM

    Even on busy quilts where the hand quilting doesn't stand out so much, it always looks really different once the whole thing is done. An unquilted top just looks kind of naked to me now! Still loving this one.

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  4. Vic in NHAugust 30, 2015 at 11:12 AM

    Lovely quilted texture here and colors galore!

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  5. ElinAugust 30, 2015 at 4:00 PM

    This looks nice!

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  6. Quilter KathyAugust 30, 2015 at 4:41 PM

    Such a happy quilt... must be fun to hand quilt such wonderful fabrics!

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  7. gayleAugust 30, 2015 at 4:58 PM

    I love your Petunias! (Much as I love stars, and I do, this is clearly not a star quilt...)
    And as usual, the more you show one of your quilts, the more I want to make one myself. This one is added to the list. (You know, that list that will keep me busy until I'm 325. And that's if I don't see any other quilts between now and then.)

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  8. SuzanneAugust 30, 2015 at 6:50 PM

    A very happy quilt....enjoy the quilting process.

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  9. AngieAugust 30, 2015 at 7:29 PM

    I like your quilting ideas - texture in a busy quilt seems like a better idea than adding more design elements via quilting.

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  10. StephieAugust 31, 2015 at 4:59 AM

    This is looking fantastic! Love your simple shaped quilting, you made a good decision :)

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  11. DebraAugust 31, 2015 at 6:55 AM

    I love seeing your progress on this quilt. It is so happy!!! Enjoy.

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