Bling It On Giveaway

Today I bring you a finish with a bit of sparkly pizazz. The pattern is Total Eclipse by Judy Niemeyer of QuiltWorx.

The pattern contains enough paper-piecing papers to make a 56" x 66" quilt, but I stopped when my stash-pulled fabrics ran out. This method resulted in a 20" x 29" table runner--the perfect size for my quilt-it-to-death-and-back free-motion styling.

To plan out my free-motion designs, I like to lay a flexible chopping mat over my top and draw out my ideas with a Vis-a-Vis wet erase marker.

I used dot-to-dot techniques for the orchid spike tips ad salmon wedges, stacked coins for the purple center stars, feathers for the pale green wedges, wave fill for the cream wedges and composite quilting for the background. There's been some discussion surrounding a term for quilting composed of an assortment of fillers; composite quilting is my favorite, so I'm going with that.
I used Aurifil 50 wt #2784, #2370, #2110, and # 2886.

You might have noticed a bit of sparkle accenting my pointy tips. Not only do crystals add an elegant touch, I found them to be a sneaky way to conceal trouble spots where some of the bobbin thread pulled up to the quilt top due to the rapid change of direction. You could pause at each spike point and take another stitch in place to secure the thread before moving on. Then again, why turn down an excuse to add glamor to a quilt?

I used hot fix (attached to fabric with heat activated glue) crystals and a Kandi Professional Touch HotFix Applicator to create the glimmering finishing touch.

 For the step by step crystal application process, see my previous crystal-applying post or this YouTube video.
How about adding a little twinkle to one of your projects? Thanks to the generous folks at Kandi Corp, I have an applicator to give away to one lucky follower and glitz admirer.

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