Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Hand Quilting Twinkle Twinkle

For way too long, Twinkle Twinkle has been folded and sitting on the shelf of an end table next to my spot on the couch.  Ignored.  I thought surely if I left it next to the couch I'd pick it up some night and start stitching.  Right.  Right?  No.


I can not even really remember doing it, but I had previously echo quilted the center of each star with perle 8 over the summer.  When I pulled it out again this week, I started echo quilting in each diamond shape around the star with various colors of perle.  I am about half way done with them.  


I now need to come up with a plan for each of the larger squares at the four corners of each star block.  You can see I've been sketching out little orange peel-like shapes in chalk.  They're a possibility....  but each time I lay the quilt out to see how I like my orange peels, someone moves in and makes a nest.  It's a weird reoccurring problem with this quilt in particular - she has a special affinity for the teal I think.


I am hoping to have this finished by the end of March (binding and all) so that I can enter it into our Modern Quilter's of Ireland exhibit.  Fingers crossed it's done in time!  A deadline might do me good here :)

11 comments:

pennydog said...

So cute, more Molly pictures please.

Susan said...

Do you think you were waiting for the quilting fairies to arrive? I do that! Good luck on getting it wrestled off Molly- she sure loves it!

Sarah said...

molly wants it bad!!

Ruth said...

Are you sure Molly will let you enter it? Might have to make her a smaller version and swipe it our from under her nose?

Teje Karjalainen said...

Hi Cindy! I think we know WHO will get this quilt! It's really beautiful and I love the teal colour. It's not so common for a base and looks gorgeus. Your quilting is going on beautifully and the orange peels sound great idea. I haven't stitched them - thank you for inspiration! x Teje

giddy99 said...

Love the quilt (and its occupant)! If I sit in front of the TV at night to do handwork, I have a cat who isn't truly comfortable until she's lying on top of either my tools, my materials or (last resort) the remote. :)

Judith, Belfast said...

Great idea to enter it into the exhibition! Maybe I should do the same with my unfinished Sew Irish Bee quilt!!! Jxo

Tomomi McElwee said...

Looking good. I better crack on mine too! We don't have tv room any more and I can only sew at my machine(excuses fo not hand sewing).

quirkyhannah said...

Someone can't wait for their new quilt- so cute! And love your hand quilting very neat :)

Archie The Wonder Dog said...

It looks wonderful so far. Speaking of wonderful, Molly is gorgeous!

Tina said...

Ha-ha! It's such an appealing quilt, I'd probably be just like Molly around it. Love the hand quilting!

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Label Cloud

241 tote all heart appeal antique applique apron art quilt aurifil award baby quilt back background bag basket batik bee Bee Blessed Big Stitch Swap bird's nest birdie stitches birthday blankets of love block blog blogaversary blogger bundle bloglovin' BOM book brit bee brooch bundle bunting business card holder camping cathedral window chain piecing chaos charm pack charm squares charm swap chickens Christmas class clothes color commission community community quilt contest craft craft fair cross cross stitch Cúchulainn cushion design wall diaper Do.Good Stitches donation double wedding ring drawing dress eclipse election electronica embroicery embroidery eraser stamp exhibit fab fabric fabric tape facebook FAL farmers journal fat eight fat quarter fat quarterly feature festival of quilts film finish finish along flag flickr flying geese FMQ FNSI frame Free Motion Friday free motion quilting friends fugly Galway Galway Now gift giveaway goal goals goodie goodie swap granny mania granny squares graph guest blog guild hand puppet hand quilting hand sewing happy hat help hexagons hey girl hospital hot pad HST I Spy ICA improv innovation award inspiration interview invitation ipad ipad cover IPS IQFOI Irish chain Japanese key fob kind stitches knit knitting knitting and stitching kona lattice illusions laugh launch learning lecture Liberty linky list little star loops love on the blocks LQS Day magazine market medallion mennonite miniquilt mixer cover mod logs Mod Pop QAL modern blocks Modern Irish Bee modern irish quilters modern quilt guild modern quilt guild bee modern stitching Modern Stitching Bee monster mouthy stitches mug rug mural name name game name tag napkin needle book new york beauty newsletter Nieve notebook cover overlocker panel paper piecing patchwork pattern Pay it forward Peace Valley peanut butter perle cotton pezzy pizazz photograph PIF pillow pillowcase dress pin cushion pinwheel PJ placemat podcast polka dot pom pom portholes post pouch precut puffy pouch puppy purse QAL quilt quilt exhibit quilt frame quilt top quilter in the gap quilting Rainbow Charm Swap research retreat retroflower review sale sampler scarf science scrap scraps screen printing seams selvage sew and bee happy Sew Bee Blissful sewing machine sewing room shop significant sizzix sketch skirt solid spools stall stand star stargazing start your own stitched in color string stuffed super tote surprise swap swoon tablerunner teaching text thumb tack tiles top tote toy travel tree skirt tumbler tutorial twinkle twinkle twitter video vote walk wallet website win WIP wonky house yarn youtube zip

Total Number of Page Views