Flying in the Autumn Winds
12-21-2014, 07:48 AM
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Flying in the Autumn Winds
My granddaughter asked for either a wall hanging or a quilt with horses, blue and fall as the theme. I thought I would do a wall hanging, but this is what I ended up with. I found the free horse picture online at www.shutterstock.com and just blew it up to the size I needed, then designed around it. So the appliqued center panel is 24 x 32. I quilted the center with outlines of mountains and clouds at the top and scattered ____\|/____ to represent grass at the bottom. I chose pinwheels and flying geese because they "fly" in the wind. The flying geese have hearts quilted, and in the pinwheels I did a squiggle connecting the darker wings. The 2 blue inside borders have continuous leaves. I just quilted simple diagonal lines in the outside border. I am really pleased with how it turned out. It is the first quilt that I have designed.
12-21-2014, 04:34 PM
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Wonderful quilt! I would be very surprised if the gd did not love it. The horse center is fantastic and I personally love how you both pieced and quilted the borders.
edited: Forgot to ask what method you used to applique the horse. You can almost hear it's thundering hoofs.
edited: Forgot to ask what method you used to applique the horse. You can almost hear it's thundering hoofs.
Last edited by KLO; 12-21-2014 at 04:40 PM.
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