These Christmas panels are published by Angela Walters of Quilting Is My Therapy. You can get yours HERE .
I pushed myself to quilt up these panels right after I finished my Crimson Christmas project because I thought they compliment each other in design for the Christmas season.
The main Merry Christmas panel finished at 35 x 40. The background is a very deep green but may look black in the photo. I free motion quilted it with Glide Gold thread in and around the motifs and red thread for stippling in the dark green background. I always keep the ruler foot on the machine. This time I thought I would experiment with the Micro foot. I struggled with it, could not stay on my mark and it seemed to cast a shadow. I found myself always watching the tiny arm that reaches out instead of the needle. I also tried the open toe fmq foot but ended up getting back to the ruler foot. I seemed to have more control with the ruler foot. Here is the micro foot, Helen Godden demonstrated using it. Of course, she made it look easy. I will keep practicing with it.
So here is my Merry Christmas panel followed by a photo of the back
This is the buffet table runner. I think Angela designed it for a bench pillow. It finished at 21 x 39. I used the gold Glide thread in and around the motifs and green thread in the background area. I fmq the background with swirls. The swirls are a bit bigger than I wanted them to be. I know I used to make them smaller. I must be getting rusty.
I'm joining these lovely linky parties this week. Please be sure to visit them to see what other creative quilters are sharing.
Sunday - Quilting is more fun than Housework...
Monday - Small Quilts & Doll Quilts
Monday Musings at Songbird Designs
Wednesday - The Inquiring Quilter
Thursday - quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com
Friday - Alycia Quilts
I wish everyone a happy and creative week. Thanks so much for stopping by.
Those Christmas panel finishes are gorgeous, Kat! I loved seeing them from the back so you could see how the poinsettia and words were really highlighted. Your house is going to be very festive!
ReplyDeleteWow! Awesome quilting on that panel. I have been going through two boxes of panels. I know I will most likely not use them for what they are intended. I mean, i don't need a toddler vest with matching hat. LOL. All of the panels were given to me for free from various people. I hope I have enough apron panels for a whole quilt back. Most of the panels I have are really nice, quality fabrics. I'm going to be using them for quilt backs. Can't wait to show them off.
ReplyDeleteYour table runner and panel look great with the custom quilting. My husband is the long armer and he cannot do custom quilting. There’s no way I would trust him with those beautiful panels.☺️
ReplyDeleteI saw these done by another. Y’all did a wonderful job!
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