Here's a single block:
and here's a portion of the quilt where you can see some of the colored chains:
I stitched the outline of a butterfly in each block and filled in around it with a medium sized meander stich to set it off.
I don't know about the rest of you but often, when I'm working on a large quilt like this, I have to stop when I've finished quilting the center and re-pin the borders. I don't mind doing this but if there's a trick to prevent the fabrics from shifting so much, I'd be happy to hear it. I re-pinned the borders today and will start quilting them later when I come home from a graduation party this afternoon. I'm still trying to get the entire thing done this weekend--wish me luck.
Your fmq butterfiles are looking great, it is going to be beautiful when it is completed.
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Wow, your quilting is great. This is going to be a beautiful quilt.
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job on that quilting! It looks really wonderful. That's worth a high bid, for sure.
ReplyDeleteI like the colors you used. What is the name of this pattern?
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone. 9-patch, it's an Irish Chain pattern. I used the book by Eleanor Burns which I found very confusing as far as the directions go. Won't use her directions again.
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