Thursday, January 14, 2010

WaveRunner finished

I finally sat down and quilted the wave runner quilt from the Bumble Beans quilt along.
I had planned on hanging it over the fireplace but I am not totally thrilled with the quilting so it is going in the hallway.


I so overquilted it.   I am hoping after a good pressing it will hang better.  I named it 'pick up sticks farmfields' and thought the quilting would look like furrows in a just plowed field.  The quilting looks more like big banana leaves (except the edges of flowers).

I learned so much with this little quilt.  No rulers is great and I am going to work with that for the next couple quilts I start.  The wavy edge was a problem but I think I will try it again, this time with borders that are not pieced.  The quilting was so much fun.  I usually don't quilt so heavily because I have always thought a quilt should be used, so it needs to be soft, but I am starting to like the idea of hanging a small quilt.  Also and the best of all........small quilts finish so much faster!

Has everyone else finished their wave runner quilt?  I would love to see how you quilted yours.

1 comment:

  1. I think your Waverunner looks wonderful! My first thought when I saw the picture was a just plowed field, so I think you succeeded wonderfully with your quilting! Mine is still a top waiting for borders, sandwiching and quilting, but is on my to do list before I start anything else new!

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