Yesterday was a great day. It was the day I finished the Edyta Sitar Spring Bouquet Quilt. This quilt was pieced and appliquéd by a local guild member who commissioned me to quilt it. I had no idea what I was getting myself into…for real. This quilt was A LOT of work and my biggest job to date. I’m super proud of the final result and I can’t wait to give it back to her.
This will be a show quilt so the quilting is a way more intense than normal. I really wanted to give her something special. I micro-quilted all the background fabric which really helps the appliqué pieces to pop.
The quilt measures 73″ x 73″ and the appliqué pieces are machine stitched. I used 100% cotton batting (Warm and Natural) and So Fine #50 by Superior Threads. I think there’s at least a full cone of thread in the quilt. Yikes! That’s a lot of thread. All quilting is freehand done with Roscoe {my Gammil}. He’s a non-regulated machine so the micro-quilting was a fun challenge.
The quilting took almost 6 days which includes about 6 hours of picking out stitches because I wasn’t happy with the tiny checkerboard border.
I have tons of pictures to show so you can see all the details of the quilting.
The orange circle appliques in this picture measure no larger than 1.25.” The smallest one is about 1/2.” Super tiny pieces.
Sorry for bombarding you all with so many pictures. I’m just super excited to have it finished I wanted to share all the details. This one was definitely worth all the work. Too bad I can’t keep it….
Beautiful quilting, can’t wait to see it in person.
Stunning!! The quilting, the applique and the colours!
Wow! I’m just speechless. It is fabulous. Congrats on a job well done.
I am in total awe of this person’s applique skills!! Not to mention your quilting skills! This is absolutely stunning and should be a show stopper for sure!
Awesome job on the quilting! The quilter did a fabulous job on the applique too! That leads to a fantastic quilt!!! Hope it does well for both of you at the shows!!! I don’t know how you quilt without a stitch regulator – amazing!
Stunning quilt!!!
What a beautiful quilt and your quilting really makes it!! How did you decide what to quilt and where, did you draw a mockup first Vicki?
Too many pictures…..never! beautiful quilt and beautiful quilting. I love how you quilted
this quilt, I bet it pops.
This is no less than STUNNING! Congrats to you both! Ummm…..you use a long arm without a stitch regulator????? WOW!
Wow a beauty! just love all the brights.
You did a great job!
Really really lovely – well done to the both of you!
beautiful work of art, tasteful and loving hours spent on it.
thank you
Потрясающе красиво! Браво мастеру.
Dios, tanta belleza, felicitaciones.
Amazing, how I would love to be able to do something like this. Applique is my first love BUT I never could do all the background quilting. I hope this goes into a BIG show and you win an outstanding award!!. Your love really shows in your hand work…
How can I get the pattern
Do you remember what was used as the backing for this quilt? I am close to finishing the top and want to make a good choice! I’ll be quilting it myself on my sit-down longarm.