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I call this one Tequila Sunrise. It's my first French Braid. Looks much more complicated than it really is. I think it took longer to decide which fabrics to use than to assemble it! The top went together really fast. I drew my own FMQ pattern of curliques, copied it onto Sulky Solvy with Crayola washable markers and pinned that to the quilt to stitch thru. I also used water soluble thread to baste it. I think I will use that more often, it worked great!
Originally, I was going to quilt this in sections, but I didn't end up doing that on this one. My original plan was the "low fat" method where you assemble the whole thing then trim off 1/3 of the batting cutting wavy lines. When I layed out the top, it was a little off I guess because of the bias. I thought I better not push it, so I just left it whole. I do plan to try it in the near future. I'm fairly new to FMQ - lots of testing, but only got brave on the last couple of quilts. I am not good at staying on the lines, so the curliques are a good choice for that. No one would ever know I was way off. LOL I think you just need to be brave and just jump in and do it. I thought about it way too much until recently. My stitches are not consistent, but I like the overall look and had fun making it. Thanks for looking! Tequila Sunrise-front [ATTACH=CONFIG]32547[/ATTACH] Tequila Sunrise-closeup [ATTACH=CONFIG]32600[/ATTACH] Tequila Sunrise-back [ATTACH=CONFIG]32601[/ATTACH] |
Oh that is a lovely quilt. colors are just great. I have done a braided table runner in greens and black and i have a scrappy braid started, they are fun to do.
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you made that for me!
right? :mrgreen: :lol: |
Wooo! Where's the instructions for a french braid? I NEEEEEED to do one!
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Wow! That is a gorgeous quilt! Great FM pattern.
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ooo! such pretty colors.
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Beautiful!!!
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Nice quilt. Beautiful colors and quilting. I have a french braid quilt in my head. That is as far as it has gotten!
Barb |
Thats gorgeous! :thumbup:
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I actually gasped out loud when I saw it - it is so striking. Gorgeous!!
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