I’m still busy working on my long-time unfinished projects. I really want to get them all done before starting anything new (ha-ha).
I’ve been slowly quilting my Twiddletails “Geese in the Forest” Quilt. I first blogged about this quilt on April 21st, 2010, so I think it’s time to finish it, already! It’s going to feel like quite an accomplishment once it is done.
It was my very first experience with paper-piecing and I used all vintage bed linens for the geese. The background is supposed to be all Kona White, but I accidentally mixed some Kona Snow in there, so now it’s an artistic choice (at least, that’s my story!).
I’m doing wavy lines with my walking foot all over the quilt. I am in LOVE with this type of quilting right now, and I can’t wait to see how it looks once it’s all washed and crinkled. I originally started off hand-quilting bishop’s fans, but after the quilt sat in a bag for 6 months, I realized I would NEVER finish it and that I should just do machine quilting. It has a lot of layers and seams too, so it’s not the easiest thing to sew through (even on my machine). I saw this quilt on flickr and I knew THAT was the quilting that I wanted to do.
I’m really hoping to be posting this as a finish next week!
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Linking up with WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.
Carla says
I love this! The quilting is fabulous. You go girl!
Jeneta says
It’s beautiful Janice. Did you mark all the quilting lines first? Love the use of vintage bed linen – I am slowly building up my little stash of vintage!
Heather says
The quilting on this is sooooooo cool. I just love it.
Heidi @ Fabric Mutt says
I love everything about this quilt — the vintage fabric, the shapes, the quilting! Awesome job!!
Curlyque Sue says
LOVE LOVE LOVE everything about this quilt. Fantastic job.
Juliet @ Tartankiwi says
Wow, your quilt is beautiful and I love the quilting. It really compliments the piecing perfectly. I never know how to quilt paper piecing and will have to remember this, its beautiful!
Teje says
Hi! Quilting looks great and I really love this quilt! Beautiful happy colours with white and the pattern is fantastic! x Teje
momiji says
Such a bright and cheerful quilt–wonderful!
Anne says
Oh that is looking beautiful!! A friend of mine just decided to start that quilt, so it’s great seeing how yours turned out. 😀
Kristy @ Quiet Play says
Ooh love it! The wavy quilting is just perfect!!
gina says
beautiful quilt and colors!!
Ms Midge says
This is just simply beautiful.
Aoife says
I love the quilting – the soft waves undulating through are calming and make you trace your eye along them. I love the quilt top too! It reminds me of forests and mountains 🙂
Mary says
Never seen anything like that, and I LOVE it! Congratulations!
Melissa says
That wave quilting is fantastic!
amy says
I love it!
Kim says
This is beautiful! I really like the choice you made for quilting it. How big is it going to be finished size?
diane stanley says
this is beautiful and you have inspired me to go shopping for some vintage sheets
Linda says
That quilting choice was most definitely inspired! The quilt top is beautiful, and it looks like it will be a stunning quilt once finished. Congrats on nearing the finish line!!
marjorie says
Gorgeous!! I have never seen this before…great color too!!
Martha says
Beautiful quilt. I really lile the quilting. I have never used vintge linens before. They are beautiful. Thank you for the inspiration.
Shanna @ Fiber of All Sorts says
This is fantastic! I love how it looks. . lalala no new projects. SIGH
Doreen says
I fell in love with this the first time I saw it and, now, with the quilting—–awesome!!! Yes, with all those seams, the machine is the way to go….smart girl. Blessings, Doreen
wombatquilts says
Love…. love… love….
Ellie Q says
Very cool! I love the pattern and your quilting looks fantastic!
Vicki says
I love your quilt! It’s so gorgeous! In fact, I love it so much I decided to join the vintage sheet swap. I can’t wait!
Cindy says
It’s beautiful Janice. Wavy line quilting is my favorite, for a number of reasons. Can’t wait to see it finished.
Karin says
Makes my fingers itch! I should not click on the linky for WIP.
Jennie @ Jennie's Threads says
The quilt is gorgeous and the quilting is beautiful! Good luck getting it finished!
Karen says
I love the look of vintage sheets in a quilt, I only have one so far but am going to the car boot sale in the morning and who knows what i’ll find! Lovely pattern on the quilt too :o)
ChristaQuilts says
Wow! This is so fresh 🙂 I love the prints and the background.