Meryl's Magic

Scraptastic!

What a burst of colour! This mainly hand pieced (EPP) marvel, made by Meryl, got off to a dodgy start last weekend. I was going to use a multicoloured thread in the border and centre section, but I couldn't balance the tension so that it didn't show through on the plain cream calico backing and I just wasn't happy with it. I spent about 3 hours unpicking and eventually reloaded it to start again and walked away from it for a couple of days.

On Tuesday I went back to it and chose a soft yellow thread and all went well. I decided to outline the stars after all; I figured that is what Meryl would have done if she had hand quilted it, and just linked from star to star with flowing curls.  

Then I made flowers in the inner border corners and petal feathered my way around the cream section.

The clean finish on the back was worth the extra time I took to restart. 

Now the way is clear for me to start work on quilting the Halo Quilt.

Happy Quilting Everyone!

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