Last month I asked my youngest son to help me set my signature logo on my Blog. It make it look so easy. A click here and there and it's done.
For once I started my own design for a quilt I had dreamed for many years. Creating a project from scratch is fun, that is if you're a natural at designer and drawing. As quilters, it's easy to just pick a pattern, cut and sew it, but to design and sew our own pattern takes a bit more ingenuity.
DAY 1
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
How do you quilt a "beginning"? I'll try to keep my design very simple and cut my blocks into 15" x 15" for a starter. I divided the block into sections and started quilting from the center out.
In each section was marked with lines, so I wouldn't quilt crooked or waving lines. The black fabric picked up the batting flimsy stuff. Not too happy about that.
One quart completed. Simple enough.
After ironing it real good, it flattens a bit, but I wasn't entirely satisfied with the final look.
When back and quilting more lines and filled the spaces.
DAY 2:
"The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters."
By using two different colour threads, it added effect to the water and sky.
This project will be done entirely with a silhouette design - I think- and only will add a thread for the colour. I'm not overly planning it.. Trials and errors as I learn and quilt.
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