My friend, Brenda, does a fantastic applique job and her quilts are always fun. She asked me recently to quilt some tops for her and I agreed. I have 7 of them to do.
This is the first.....cute snowmen, wool and flannel applique, clever embellishments.
It is 60 x 70"...wider than it is tall.
I just basically did SID around everything and a little bit of background quilting. The hardest part was what to do in the houses.
All these blocks just make me smile. This is one plump snowman. I love her background fabric. Easy to follow those swirl lines. Snow ladies can't go on vacation in the sun.
A snowman Santa....what a big nose you have. Check out those bead ornaments on the tree below...a quilting challenge.
This guy tickles me....just an old country boy....out to do some ice skating. haha Those ear muffs were my biggest problem. Couldn't get too close to those. I worried about the paper clips but they didn't give me any trouble at all.
I struggled with what to do in the border since some of the dark triangles were deeper than others. So, I just went with lines...and did some curves in the white parts.
The backing was a grunge fabric....blue with gray.
It's been a while since I've quilting anything for someone else. Hope it passes inspection. My eyes aren't what they once were. Old age sucks, you know. haha
Glide threads on the top...white, dark blue, light blue, green and red. Bobbin was So Fine navy.
There is another quilt just like this one but I'm going to do something different next and save that for later.
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