Thursday, May 26, 2016

Sunflower Gatherings Quilt

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This is Marlene’s Sunflower Gatherings Quilt and it is a pattern by Primitive Gatherings, you can get the pattern or kit here.  Marlene did all the beautiful wool applique by hand using a buttonhole stitch and did a fantastic  job with her piecing as well.    She changed the applique design a bit in the outer border and said she left more room for me to add quilting details.  I quilted feathers and pebbles in the back ground fabrics and CC’d all the pieced squares.  It was pretty intense quilting for me but I don’t mind the challenge once in awhile.

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I used a beige 100wt Invisifil thread on this quilt as I find that is the best thread to use for dense quilting designs.

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The batting is Quilters Dream Blend batting.

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14 comments:

  1. Gorgeous! I'm with ya on the Invisifil. For heavier/denser quilting, it's the best!!! Your quilting is wonderful (as always)and your photos/settings are amazing! Thanks so much for sharing with us!

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  2. Stunning!! And your quilting was the cherry on top!!

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  3. I think your customer will be over the moon happy with this!!! A real treasure :)

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  4. So tastefully and classic.......stunning!

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  5. Wonderful quilting, Kathy!!!!! This is one stunning piece

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  6. Wow, Kathy and Marlene, it is completely spectacular! Beautiful work by you both. This will be a real treasure. :D

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  7. Wow! It really is a masterpiece, both the top & the quilting. Thanks for sharing this Kathy.

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  8. What a beautiful quilt...so much work! Your quilting just topped it off!!

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  9. Such a lovely quilt. Love everything about it, both the applique and the quilting. Thank you for sharing. Love your blog.

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  10. That quilt belongs in Kansas, the Sunflower State! WOW!!!

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