The Next One

I said  was going to quilt a quilt before I started the next top, but there are these designs rolling around in my head, so they have to come out...and making a top is so much more interesting than quilting!

I just came back from a pilgrimage to Ireland with a group of 16 people. One of the things I did was prepare a prayer book of Celtic prayers. These are very grounded and immediate. I love a lot of them. This one in particular, this is one from the Carmina Gadelica found online.

So I designed this quilt using the free software Quilt Assistant and today I bought the browns. I'm using all solid fabrics and the finished quilt should be about 24 x 38. The fabrics I chose are close to these colors, but not exact.


I'm going to tackle the words one of two ways. Either I'm going to use a stencil I make and add them with Shiva Paint Sticks as I did on this banner. The problem I see is that I will be stenciling over seams and it might not work well. In that case I might use the method I used on this wall hanging. I used batik for the letters because the fabric is tightly woven, so won't fray, and Misty Fuse and top stitching.

Here are the fabrics I have to use, I think I'm going to like it a lot!

Turtles Quilted

The quilting is done, now I just have to put the binding on. I am going to be hanging it, so I will use the triangle corner pockets and a couple of bands on the back to hold the rod. I just sort of played around with the quilting--the setting corners are kind of seaweed with turtles and around the turtles I used nylon tread and echo quilting. I hope when I hang it the back doesn't show--it's warm pink with blue and blue dots with green circles in them--I won't show you.

The back isn't very flat, but that's OK because it's going to be against the wall. I'm not sure why it bunched, but I'll live with it.
This picture shows you one of the turtles echo quilted. The triangle at the bottom isn't quilted in this picture, but I used nylon thread and outlined a turtle, then echo quilted there too. I'll get a picture once it's hung.

Turtles Wallhanging-Top Done

I like it! I am going to use nylon thread to attache the turtles to the background blocks, and the shells to the turtles. I don't know if I am going to use a zig-zag or a straight stitch, but I want to make sure they are attached.

This was much more fun than I thought it would be. It took a while, but I am glad I did it.