Wednesday, May 9, 2012

hand quilting

I thought I would share something green with you.
Here is my first piece of hand quilting,
My stitches are very big, but I think it's OK for my first go.  I used some perle cotton which I had hand-dyed green and the piece is actually medium dark green, although it looks blue here.
Now what has this got to do with the challenge?
Well, it;s green.  But really, this will be the back of my piece, although none of this will be visible from the front at all.
Oh, and yes, it is a bit wrinkly.  I had just handwashed it to remove my guidelines when I took the picture.

8 comments:

  1. looks way to nice to become the back!

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  2. I agree! It does look way to nice to be on the back, but that just means that you probably have something illustrious for the front, Right?

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  3. Looks beautiful Vicki! The handquilted pattern reminds me of something... which makes me even more curious to see the front!

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  4. Most intriguing from the back. You are light years ahead of me.

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  5. It''s wonderful. Hand quilting is so relaxing, but slow. Good for you.

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  6. Way to go for your first piece. You're right the color does lean more to the blue side on my monitor.

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  7. Looks great! I wish my plans were even looking half this good!

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  8. You will get no criticism from me on the size of your stitches, I am impressed that you've done that much hand quilting! That shape looks interesting, I'm really wondering what you'll have on the front--

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