Weeks and months surely fly by, and here we are again, with a new Bloggers’ Quilt Festival starting up!
I haven’t been able to finish anything “interesting” lately, so thought I would share one of my most involved paper piecing projects. As it turns out, it was also my last PP endeavor… for some strange reason I took a dislike to this technique (maybe an overdose of PPing?) and have not returned to it since.
I designed this table topper initially way back in 2006, as part of the Christmas patterns offered that year on our website. It was on my “to-do” list for quite a while, and I didn’t get around to piecing it until 2008. I had cut out the pieces and had pretty much committed to finishing it, but by then paper piecing just didn’t do it for me. And it took me pretty much that whole year to work on it, off and on. I finally finished it, and then faced the conundrum of how to quilt it.
After much indecision I finally decided to stitch-in-the-ditch with monofilament thread. And although it was looking pretty good, but I did realize at that point that it was going to need more dense quilting. It is a table topper, after all, and I wanted to make sure anything set on it wouldn’t topple over. So I decided to add more machine quilting with decorative threads, and have to say that was definitely the most fun part of the process!
It doesn’t look like I’ll take up paper piecing any time soon, but I am glad I did finally finish this piece… because I really, really love it! 🙂
I am a self-learner. I taught myself to sew and to quilt. And I taught myself how to draw. I am learning how to dye my own fabrics and am dabbling with mixed media. I am a quilt designer and teacher, and design and publish my own line of quilt patterns. With this blog I would like to share the bits and pieces of my life.
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It’s very pretty. It must feel so good to have it finished. Love the quilting!
I am glad you decided to finish it up, it really is quite pretty. I love PP and can’t stop but I do understand the need to pace myself sometimes and work different projects in between. I think b/c it gets so tedious at times.
Your work is great.
gorgeous!
It is stunning. It must feel good to be finished with it.
It is very lovely! PP can drive a person round the bend but the end product is usually wonderful.
Gorgeous quilt
Ann
jolie réalisation ce quilt méritait d’être terminé , félicitation
It looks fabulous and the quilting is wonderful!
what a fantastic quilt! it’s beautiful angie. so glad you shared and have a great day
This is just gorgeous! You did a great job!
Love this! Your quilting on it is gorgeous! Very inspirational.
That’s just gorgeous!! Makes me think of a flower opening. The colours really bring it to life. 🙂 I tried PP once and made such a mess–I take my hat off to you for completing this. The quilting is beautiful too, and really brings it to life.
Hazle
Angie, this is sooo beautiful.
It is crazy how amazing this quilt is! I am speechless.
Looks like it was a labor of love! The quilting looks fabulous– getting out of the ditch was definitely the right thing to do. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Beautiful table topper. I love the colors and design!
Have a great day.
Always, Queenie
It looks beautiful!
Beautiful. Quite intricate and detailed.
I love that!
Your work is so beautiful, but I understand your reluctance to make more paper piecing. I’m not fond of it myself.