This week I have two finishes – one old and one new. I’m linking the ‘new’, above, to QED at Color Me Quilty – Pat’s exciting new monthly linky party for embellished quilts.
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| Tread Softly |
The ‘old’ finish is abysmal. In fact it was meant to be Abysmal – but not as abysmal as it turned out!
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| abysmal waters |
Last month’s colour for for M-R’s at Quilt Matters is black and I thought I’d try making something using all blacks so I bought three pieces of fabric from The Cotton Patch which I expected to be black fqs. When they arrived though, they were lqs and the earthenware turned out to be more of a grungy dark brown. This quilt illustrates the iching symbol meaning abysmal waters…
RAINBOW HARE 
Celtic Thistle
Well done on two finishes, even if one of them was a trial to do. I have never tried curved piecing, but it sounds like it is not that straightforward to do. As they say though nothing ventured, nothing gained, at least you have now come up with a method of curved piecing that works!
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Patti
Great idea to use freezer paper for the curves and it turned out beautifully!
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Benta At SLIKstitches
Fab curves, well done
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Lucy @ Charm About You
It's beautiful, I love it and surely that's a unicorn!!?
Seriously the curves look amazing and you can really see the skill. I love that you challenge yourself. It's a shame your waters are a bit murky but it did remind me of a waterfall!! Maybe you could add some silver to it or applique on some fish?? I'm taking painkillers they may be affecting my creativity ;)
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Pat
Beautiful work as always! Love that Pegasus!
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Marjorie's Busy Corner
Everything is lovely….really lovely
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M-R
Wow, your Pegasus and curves mini are beautiful, Janine! I'm sorry your improv curves didn't work. I've done improv curves unsuccessfully and successfully. For the successful ones, I learned (from Elaine Quelh actually) that you need to trim the block/quilt straight so the block needs to be made an inch or two larger than what you'll need in the end. I love what you did with the black challenge — so creative! Thanks for linking up with TGIFF!
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M-R
Wow, your Pegasus and curves mini are beautiful, Janine! I'm sorry your improv curves didn't work. I've done improv curves unsuccessfully and successfully. For the successful ones, I learned (from Elaine Quelh actually) that you need to trim the block/quilt straight so the block needs to be made an inch or two larger than what you'll need in the end. I love what you did with the black challenge — so creative! Thanks for linking up with TGIFF!
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Tracey @ The Peony Teacup
I admire your attempts at improv curves, even if it didn't turn out quite the way you wanted.. I find the idea daunting!
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QuiltinMama
Love the colors of your unicorn piece. And just what's wrong with the 'abysmal waters' piece? I like it! Feel free to send it to me…it'll have a happy home ;)
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Crafty Bags
Love the Unicorn and colours.
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Christy
The hand quilting really adds so much to the quilt with the unicorn. Curves scare me so much that I still haven't tried them yet. Someday, maybe.
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Archie the wonder dog
I love both pieces, particularly the hand stitching detail!
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