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Quilting: Practice Red
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Practice Red

bright red wholecloth

bright red wholecloth
close up red wholecloth

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This project was made as part of a Craftsy course:
Design It, Quilt It: Free-Form Techniques »

Instructions

I quilted the green practice in a thread that matched too well and the design showed up beautifully when flat and viewed on a table. But when put on a wall, the design got lost in the mottled fabric. So this time, I used silver, a pale pale grey thread on the bright red. The quilting design shows well on the mottled fabric because of the high contrast thread.. The project is actually ...
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Category: Quilting

For: Home

Style: Classic


Materials

Red mottled cotton was used. I used a stencil (38" wholecloth design from Stencil company) to get the circles and those outer arches. I used my diamond ruler for rotary cutting to get the diamonds in the center which are divided fourths. All the components are very simple in shape.

What was your inspiration?

Design It Quilt It class

What are you most proud of?

I am learning

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

Do a small piece to test colors and thread

 

21 comments

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LivnH20 on craftsy.com
Feb 08, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Beautiful. Is this your design or templates?
patz in suffolk on craftsy.com
Dec 02, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
This is quite astonishingly beautiful!
holthanlon@hotmail.com on craftsy.com
Nov 19, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
If that is practice....what is perfect? I think that design is stunning!
Thread Head on craftsy.com
Oct 23, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
The whole design is so incredible!!
Pam NZ on craftsy.com
Oct 09, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
I stand in awe! Just love it!
patpeters756621 on craftsy.com
Oct 08, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Simply amazing!!
st john mbc on craftsy.com
Oct 08, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Job well done. We can all get there. Cindy thanks for being an excellent teacher
LILI on craftsy.com
Oct 07, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Amazing
Cathie P on craftsy.com
Oct 06, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Truly beautiful! Gives me hope for what I might accomplish. Thank you for sharing & encouraging all of us to step up.
Olga1951 on craftsy.com
Oct 06, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Very beautiful!!!
BabsK on craftsy.com
Oct 06, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Wow, it's sooo beautiful! I love the work you've done in the outside background too. I love the colorchoice - it stands out. Thanks for sharing!
sue2944 on craftsy.com
Oct 05, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
This is really beautiful. I love the outside border of scallops that are feathered and your background quilting is amazing. .
anne 727 on craftsy.com
Oct 05, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
WOW this is beautifull. love the pink .
Artmomma on craftsy.com
Oct 04, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Very beautiful. Excellent work.
Cindy Needham on craftsy.com
Cindy Needham
Craftsy Instructor
Oct 04, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Almost gives me bumps...what beautiful work you've done! Good choice on the threads too. Congratulations!!! :)
Sallen456 on craftsy.com
Oct 04, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Very beautiful!
JolovestoQuilt on craftsy.com
Oct 03, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Just beautiful. Isn't this class the best?
Unbelievable on craftsy.com
Oct 03, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Elaborate and simply beautiful. I think I need to sleep awhile and envision.Yes, sleep perchance to dream.
penny9468 on craftsy.com
Oct 03, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
just beautiful!
Wazoo Sue on craftsy.com
Oct 02, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
wow! Just...WOW! I need to step up my game. Thanks for sharing.
Lola Jenkins on craftsy.com
Oct 02, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Beautiful...just beautiful!