Agave Garden, the big reveal
10-04-2015, 12:17 PM
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Agave Garden, the big reveal
I posted a sneak peek here:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...k-t269398.html
I just finished it up today. Now all that is left to do is the binding. This is a Judy Niemeyer pattern called Agave Garden. I changed the pattern a bit. I left off the applique and enlarged the border so the finished quilt measures 80 x 80 (as opposed to 70 x 70). I wanted lots of space to do some knock out quilting.
Techy stuff, I used Filtec Essence, a monofiliment nylon, to do all the ditching. All the decorative quilting is done with Filtec Glide threads except the humming birds which are King Tut. I used magnaglide prewounds in the bobbin. I double batted it but it was a waste of batting. I usually put the denser batting on bottom and the loftier on top, this quilt I switched because I was worried about the wool bearding through on all that black so I did Hobbs 80/20 in black on top and wool on bottom. By putting the denser batting on top I negated the effect I usually get with two bats so the quilting doesn't have the definition I normally like. We learn with every quilt and that was a good lesson. Now all I have left to do is block it and bind it.
Here is the quilt unquilted
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And here it is all done taken at close to the same angle
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Some other shots including a couple of close ups
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A penny to show how little those pebbles are
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All the black on black, thought I would go blind! I would have to charge a lot to do this again for a client quilt. As this one is my own I splurged. But at times I could not see a darn thing!
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Hummingbirds
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And a couple of gratuitous back shots
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http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...k-t269398.html
I just finished it up today. Now all that is left to do is the binding. This is a Judy Niemeyer pattern called Agave Garden. I changed the pattern a bit. I left off the applique and enlarged the border so the finished quilt measures 80 x 80 (as opposed to 70 x 70). I wanted lots of space to do some knock out quilting.
Techy stuff, I used Filtec Essence, a monofiliment nylon, to do all the ditching. All the decorative quilting is done with Filtec Glide threads except the humming birds which are King Tut. I used magnaglide prewounds in the bobbin. I double batted it but it was a waste of batting. I usually put the denser batting on bottom and the loftier on top, this quilt I switched because I was worried about the wool bearding through on all that black so I did Hobbs 80/20 in black on top and wool on bottom. By putting the denser batting on top I negated the effect I usually get with two bats so the quilting doesn't have the definition I normally like. We learn with every quilt and that was a good lesson. Now all I have left to do is block it and bind it.
Here is the quilt unquilted
[ATTACH=CONFIG]532524[/ATTACH]
And here it is all done taken at close to the same angle
[ATTACH=CONFIG]532525[/ATTACH]
Some other shots including a couple of close ups
[ATTACH=CONFIG]532526[/ATTACH]
A penny to show how little those pebbles are
[ATTACH=CONFIG]532527[/ATTACH]
All the black on black, thought I would go blind! I would have to charge a lot to do this again for a client quilt. As this one is my own I splurged. But at times I could not see a darn thing!
[ATTACH=CONFIG]532528[/ATTACH]
Hummingbirds
[ATTACH=CONFIG]532529[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]532530[/ATTACH]
And a couple of gratuitous back shots
[ATTACH=CONFIG]532531[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]532532[/ATTACH]
10-04-2015, 01:02 PM
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Wow what a beautiful job. That's really fantastic quilting. I'm glad your keeping it for yourself. Thank for sharing and letting me feast my eyes.
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10-04-2015, 01:02 PM
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Jane: I am just blown away by all the new design elements you were able to add with quilting. Wow. I can only imagine how difficult it was to do such detailed work on black with black thread. I did a simple meander on a black background one time and it was awful...............I couldn't see where the heck I had sewn and where I was going next. It was a nightmare..............never again. You never disappoint and I always look forward to your artistry on fabric.
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10-04-2015, 01:18 PM
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OMG I'm dumbfounded with all of the quilting! Awesome and every adjective I can think of! Don't think anything of it when you get many more looks than comments; I will be coming back for many, many times as I'm sure others will as well.
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