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Connie’s Twister Quilt

Connie’s Twister Quilt

Don’t you love the modern colors for this twister quilt?  And Connie used the leftover squares to make the small twister border!  That’s a nice feature of using the twister tool.  Connie wanted minimal quilting that featured the twister pattern,  She also selected a darker plain backing fabric so the quilting would show on the back. I designed a tessellating pattern running through the large twisters and a smaller version for the borders.  The cream background is a small loop meander.

I love the secondary pattern this is created and evident from the back.  This will make a fun reversible quilt!

The batting is Quilter’s Dream Wool which is great for accentuating quilting!

The top thread is Superior OMNI, light tan and the bobbin thread is Superior So Fine #50 Teepee.  By using darker thread in bobbin the thread color was subtle against the orange fabric.  The lighter top thread was perfect for the background and twister fabric without having to change thread colors.

Still have a couple of quilts to post before I finish for the year and then on to 2012!

Thanks for looking!

Linda

 

Christmas Wall Hanging #2

Christmas Wall Hanging #2

Here’s Barb’s second Christmas wall hanging. Isn’t it adorable?!  Now I really want to make a wall hanging!  For this project we decided on custom quilting with double batting.  The bottom layer is Quilter’s Dream 100% cotton and the top layer is Dream Puff.

A small meander flattens the area around the cardinal and a branchy meander flattens the area around the piecing. The double batting enhances the other stitching in the blocks and borders, too.  I love it!  This wall hanging is about 29 inches square and the double batting gives it nice body and some weight.  I definitely have a wall hanging on my to do list so I can use double batting again!

How’s your Christmas sewing progressing?

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