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.

The colors are great and the horse adorable.

Looks like you're right on for filling the order from your granddaughter, lovely quilt!

nicely done

Nicely done! Love the horse block, and pinwheels are always fun~

Oh she is going to love that! It is really pretty.

wow awesome job

Great work. She is a lucky girl to get such a beautiful quilt and to have a wonderful grandmother like you.

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.

Beautiful, great work.

I love the way you did the horse! Great job on the whole quilt!

She will adore it!

I used heat and bond to hold down the pieces, then I did a satin stitch around the outside. The brown thread matched the fabric perfectly. When I was quilting, I used the same brown thread and fmq just inside of the satin stitching. You can't see this unless you have a magnifying glass, yet it holds the layers together.

that is very pretty! one lucky girl

You are such a super grandma for making this wonderful quilt!!

Love the Horse. Did you piece it?

Extremely creative......bet your GD will be thrilled.......:)

Wonderful job! I'm sure she'll love it.

You did a great job. She will love it.

What a great gift for your granddaughter.

Great job! She will love it!

That looks great...

Beautiful job on quilt and quilting!!!!!