Quilter's are a very aspiring group. We aspire to master our craft from the first piece cut to the last stitch of the binding. Mastery, it is a lifelong journey I think. My life's philosophy is "learn something new everyday". I do that with quilting . . . learn something new with each quilt.
Machine quilting is a particularly vexing part of quiltcraft to master. These pictures are all masterful. The quilting is not necessarily the right quilting for a quilt in everyday use . . . but they inspire, and I aspire.
The pictures are all detail pics of larger quilts that were shown at quilt shows over the years. I apologize to the quilters who made these quilts that I cannot give you credit because of course I did not record such details as we wandered through the show. If you recognize a quilt, please let me know so credit can be given!
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| Hearts, Feathers and Pebbles oh my! |
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| Quilt body of the feather heart motif border above |
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| For a border. Heavy background quilting gives the feathers a trapunto effect I LOVE this! |
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| McTavishing . . . with a butterfly amid the background swirls |
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| A very simple pieced piecing pattern made spectacular by the mix of traditional feathers and erratic pebbles |
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| I would put this quilting in the category of thread work. This would be very fun to try. |
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| Wow. Just wow. |
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| Pebbles take FOREVER. Midway you think you're nuts for doing them. Ah, but the end result! |
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| Fanciful thread work with a structured background |
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| Free hand. Something for the quilter who is loathe to take the time to mark! |
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| The background pebbles are all under 1/2 inch! |
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| This one is hand quilted. Isn't the block darling? |
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| Tesselating fish! |
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| Free hand. No marking, but forethought needed. |
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| More free hand. |
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| The fern fronds are amazing. Bet they took a long time! |
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| Background pebbles with applique. |
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| Free hand, no marking. (Guess who doesn't like marking!) |
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| Texture! Bead work! Thread Color! |
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| The applique is so free and fluid . . . all that is needed is a free form background to set it off. |
