Oliver - a finished quilt
It's June and this is only my third finished quilt for the year! I don’t consider this to be a negative. I just can’t work as quickly when I am designing my own quilts.
This week I have a finished quilt to show you. Enjoy the pictures. If you get to the end, there is a short video of me describing how I handquilted the Oliver quilt. I really do cringe at the sound of my own voice!
The Oliver Quilt Pattern can be purchased here.
If you prefer to read about it instead, here are some of the details:
- I used perle 8 and perle 12 in a range of colours. Using whatever threads I had on hand. I have a range of mostly DMC, Wonderfil and Aurifil Threads in my stash from various projects. Perle 8 is slightly thicker and will show up more on the quilt. Perle 12 is thinner and will glide through the layers more easily.
- I like to use Jeanna Kimball’s Redwork Embroidery Needle in Size 9. I encourage you to try different needles until you find one that you like to use.
- I first quilted vertically and horizontally along the block seam lines, about 1/8” away from the seam in a white perle 12. This was to stablise the quilt and I didn’t want the stitching to be a feature.
- Then I stitched around each circle with perle 8 thread in a co-ordinating thread colour to the circle.
- In the border, I used the circle template to mark out random arcs. It was organic marking. I did not worry about making them symmetric from the centre. I stitched with perle 12 here but could have used perle 8 for more emphasis. I used a very pale grey colour thread.
- Lastly I stitched a smaller circle inside the cross block in perle 8.
The Oliver Quilt Pattern can be purchased here.
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Hand applique circle techniques
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