I spent the "best-est" long weekend quilting with the "best-est" of friends at our annual quilting retreat. Amongst the singing, laughing, eating, etc... I managed to get some sewing done too.
Last week I showed you the shott cottons that I had cut, and here is the finished quilt top.
A Modern Churn Dash.
I absolutely love these shott cottons. The colors change, depending on the angle you view them from. It's hard to illustrate in a photo, but take a look at this block from straight on...
See how the background color changes when you view it from an angle?
It's all one fabric, but the warp threads and weft threads are two different colors - burgundy and turquoise. It's really quite magical to see it change as you move around the quilt. I'm so excited to quilt this one and see how the texture of the quilting stitches add to the effect! Can't wait!
Now I just have to decide on a quilting design...
The other project I finished assembling was this circle quilt.
The blocks are made from this huge pack of Dimples Charm Squares that I won in an Andover contest a couple of years ago.
I'm not sure whether to do some free-motion quilting on this one, or maybe just lots of straight lines to offset all the curves in the piecing...
At least I've got a couple of projects to think about when I can't sleep at night.
Cheers!
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