Saturday, May 6, 2017

Snowflake Shimmer

I finished my Snowflake Shimmer Quilt Along top a bit ago, but took a little longer to decide on free-motion designs and complete the quilting. The quilt along and pattern was offered for free from Yvonne at Quilting Jetgirl. I made some modifications so I would have a checkerboard background and a toddler bed-size finish.
You can see the difference quilting made by comparing with my previous post.
The fabrics are a gray Kaufman Kona, a silver on white Fairy Frost by Michael Miller, Act It Out in Pink by Sara Jane for Michael Miller, and a gray flower print from Bella by Lotta Jansdotter.
In the stars, I did some dot-to-dot ruler work, which I filled in with a different design in each pink star.
In the gray squares, I quilted a combination of swirls, pebbles, and paisleys. Using a combination of designs makes the quilting less tedious and provides more options to avoid getting stuck in awkward spaces.
I marked out lines using a water soluble pen in the white sections before filling in the columns with ribbon candy.
That's one more project I can tick off the list. Honestly it won't make a dent in the UFO pile, but my daughter will be happy she can actually use it now.
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10 comments:

  1. So beautiful Afton. 'Love those colors and fabrics. Your quilting is excellent, as always :)

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  2. I really like the way you broke up the space in the checkerboard blocks with the quilting. Quilting really does add such life to a project!

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  3. I hear ya about the 'not making a dent in the UFO pile'. I think I have given up on the thought of ever getting things all finished but I still try a little here and there to whittle away. I really like your quilt and the quilting is all very fun!

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  4. This is so pretty! I love the pink and grey, but your quilting takes it over the top! Great idea on the checker board too!

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  5. Sweet, love your colors!

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  6. Wow, the quilting really does make a huge difference!! It is a beautiful quilt, and I am sure your daughter will appreciate it being a quilt, rather than just a flimsy, as the Australians say. You are really going to town here!

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  7. I like the combination of the grey and pink, it looks so sweet! Quilting brings a quilt to life, and you have used so many fun motifs. It looks great!

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  8. I really enjoyed studying your quilting here! Beautiful! I have a quilt top for my daughter that I'm trying to decide how to quilt. Decisions, decision! Your design modification and colors all add up to a really unique and beautiful quilt.

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  9. I really love how you took the snowflake pattern and put a twist on it, beautiful!

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