Double Wedding Ring

There's always a challenge! 

When I was asked to quilt a piece that had already been sandwiched and bound, I nearly turned it down. It goes against all the rules. But when I saw how lovely it was I agreed to give it a go. It was all beautifully hand pieced and made from a gorgeous blue oriental print. For some reason the lady who made it said she hated it because there was too much pink. 

Really ? Too much pink! 

But there was a lot of open space, so we agreed I should try to tone it down with a different colour thread.  Before I saw the quilt I thought I might be able to remove the binding to get it on my frame. But as you can see it is scalloped and so neatly bound I couldn't do that!

So it was a real struggle just to load it onto the frame and keep it from shifting as I quilted up to the edge. 

It was crying out for some sort of feather motif inside the rings. I chose a light blue to match the other fabric which of course showed up against the pink - No pressure then!!

But I am quite pleased with the effect and hope she likes it too.

It looks nice on the back, and surprisingly I managed to do it with very little puckering.  

After that adventure, I spent half a day 'processing' a bag of scraps I'd been given (Thanks Jean - it doesn't take much to distract me!) I was quite ruthless in chucking some of it away (green camouflage fabric - I don't think so!) But then I found some pretty pinks and blues and I was lost. Like I said, you can never have too much pink!

 

This weekend I had planned to start on a hand pieced quilt for Meryl, but the thread tension was playing up and I did more unpicking than sewing. So I walked away from it  for a while and went back to the 'Halo' quilt. 

And today I finished piecing it.

I love the final stage of assembling a quilt top - it seems to come together so quickly after all the fiddly bits. I really enjoyed playing with my favourite treasured fabrics which I have used very sparingly. I just need to add an edging of the background so that the binding will clear the flying geese.

After I complete Meryl's quilt, I want to set some time aside for some serious custom quilting on this one.

 Happy Quilting Everyone!

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