It is Week 14 of the Happy Quilting Marathon and can you believe I am posting on a Monday!!! I know, right, but it is going to be a busy week with lots of fun shares, so I had to get this in early :) And early was the only option, as we have some fun BBQ and Family and Games planned for this evening ;) So let's get to it. Here is my Low Volume Moroccan Lullaby!!!
So these were actually Bee Blocks that my Bee Mates made for me clear back in 2018. After making up my original Moroccan Lullaby pattern, I started to wonder what it would be like in a low volume version. Kind of funny that it was actually the beginnings of my Moroccan Lullaby 2 pattern ;) So I grabbed all of my Corey Yoder Low Volumes from 3 different lines and sent the fabrics out. And I have to say, when I sewed the blocks together, I really worried that I might have gone a little "too scrappy and bright" in my low Volume Crosshatching backgrounds ;)
I quilted it with an all over loose feather design. The main reason I choose this, is because it is not super dense. And you might have also found this, but when putting quilt blocks together that have been made from lots of different people, they aren't always the same size. So there was a bit of "easing in" in the quilting and something really loose works best for that ;)
Yay - that must feel so good! Beautiful quilt - such an intricate design!
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful and I'm sure your daughter's friend will be delighted! I absolutely love that loose feather quilting!! I'm fairly new to your blog AND to free-motion quilting...do you have more info on how to do the feathers? I like that they seem to have no spine. And do you mark a meander first?
ReplyDeleteHi Robin, I love doing the loose feather quilting, it really is easier than it looks.
DeleteI first learned it from Rebecca Silbagh and shared her little "tutorial" for it on this post
https://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/2018/03/loose-feathers.html
THANKS!! Wow, that's perfect and exactly the look I'd been wanting, but it never clicked how to do it until I saw her video on the magna doodle! Thanks so much, Melissa!
DeleteThis is truly gorgeous. I'm drawn to the subtle colors and low lights.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really beautiful quilt, Melissa. Now I want to make one.
ReplyDeleteIt is a real beauty!
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