Look at all this space! It is wonderful, no drag on the quilt, it really does make quilting much easier.
I used the quilting stitch to enhance the design. Especially adding some ‘lace’ at the bottom of the skirt.
While putting this quilt together, I realized that the bow just doesn’t stand out enough, but I didn’t want to remake it. Leaving it completely unquilted does help.
The girl is done, now to figure out the background.
My design wall is upstairs, so I still check out block placement on the floor… but it is nice to pin something up and step away. One thing I noticed, when quilting the feather I was filling them in. I forgot to fill in one feather and it looks so much better, it pops out from the background – duh!
So I went back and ripped out the internal stitches. Also, how cool is mirror image?
Here you can see better how the feathers pop more. Yes, after taking this picture I went back and removed some more stitches. The only ruler work was setting up the diamond. The background grid is done freehand, no need to work with rulers.
This isn’t an art quilt, at some point I’ll give it to a baby girl. So with the binding I used a decorative stitch. It sort of echos what I did on the bottom of the skirt – win!
Just a closer look.
The back, I named her Sassy Girl. Now someone needs to have a baby girl…
Leah