I missed the quilt retreat in October of 2018 due to my niece's wedding. I also missed completing the challenge assigned to everyone in May of 2018. I am going to make the 2019 October retreat so I have been working on completing the challenge.
We were given four fat quarters to do with as we pleased.
Almost immediately I thought of taking artwork used for carving pumpkins and making a silhouette wall hanging.
I enlarged the artwork 200-percent.
I added fabrics from my stash to make strips of oranges, golds and yellows. I started with 1-1/2 strips but decided to reduce them by half an inch after sewing most of them together.
I now have the piece all fused together and ready for top stitching which I will do as I quilt it.
I'm making good progress on my "Sparklers" quilt. I finished stitching all the areas requiring white thread. Below is a detail of how I worked out marking stitching in the white stars.
A little detail of the large white stars below...
I am ready to switch to red thread and have my quilting plan worked out for those areas.
Will I get it done in time for show and tell at Thursday's Breakfast club?
I don't think so but I'll keep trying.
Your pumpkin carving idea is such a brilliant idea! It will make a great wall hanging for Halloween. Your sparklers quilt is looking good, too. Looking forward to seeing it all finished.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of using the pumpkin carving artwork for the quilt. It turned out great.
ReplyDeleteI love your Halloween challenge wall hanging! What a great idea for the fabrics you received. The quilting on your Sparklers quilt is gorgeous. You are really making that quilt shine.
ReplyDeleteI totally adore quilting and this looks too good!
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