Saturday, May 21, 2011

Rainbow Spikes Finished!

Remember this quilt? It's all finished now. The label sewing on took me just as long to do as the actually quilting I think! It is all ready for me to pass onto my friend now.

I ended up pebble quilting this one up to the edge of the circle that contained the foundation piecing. I stitched in the ditch in matching thread of every second point.

I decided to do it that way instead of all over pebbling like my first one as look what happens when you do that? It sort of bubbles up and becomes a lump! Photographed directly in front you can't tell but from the side..... interesting!

Here they are both together. The one on the left is done in Kona Bone I think. The one on the right is in Micheal Millers Dumb Dots, white dots on a white background. Subtle. My sister sent me 6 meters of this last year, I'm working my way through it slowly, it's my favorite white tone on tone.

14 comments:

Anita said...

Simply beautiful!

Staci said...

I am so glad you posted this! You might think this is odd, but quite literally yesterday I found myself thinking about your spikey quilt! So beautiful!

♥Duff said...

We can always count on you to make the rainbow as stunning on fabric as it is wondrous in nature!

Poppyprint said...

Gorgeous!!!! and very spikey.

carol said...

I love them both, but the right one appeals to me more. Wow, you do gorgeous work!

Andi said...

What a difference the quilting technique makes!!Thanks for sharing Helen.
xx

Jan said...

Helen what a great achievment. You must be proud of yourself, you do sew so well. (lot od sews there).

Top marks :)

Mandy said...

Wow!! Great work!

Deb said...

Wow!! I have been watching the progress of this one and love how it turned out. Beautiful!!!!

willow and moo said...

Gorgeous!

Lisa said...

Lucky friend! Can I be your friend??? hehehehe
They are both just beautiful.

Belinda said...

Love, love, love. Looks amazing Helen!!

Leanne said...

These are wonderful quilts!

Cascade Lily said...

Nice work Helen :)

I like the lumpy bumpy one! Lotsa texture :)