Monday, January 25, 2010

Grey+Orange Doll Quilt

I wanted to work on some new quilting techniques before making my DQS8.
I started to put this together last week, the same day that my computer crashed.
I got about 2 inches from the bottom of the quilt, when I ran out of thread. I guess i underestimated how much pebbling would take!
This was my first time doing applique circles, and free motion quilting a doll quilt.

A close up of the pebbling. This was so much fun to do, and my stitches turned out nice when I got into the motion of it.. (next time I wont do this when the kiddos are awake!) My bobbin kept giving me problems, and broke at least 4 times.. I just need to practice more with my tension and such..
Here it is all finished up.
Made with orange cotton scraps and upcycled grey linen. It measures 13x17.
I already want to make some more for 'practice'..My sewing room wall looks bare with only one doll quilt hanging up!

6 comments:

Katie B said...

Love the orange/grey combo! You should definitely make some in other colors and hang them as a grouping.

Cristin said...

gorgeous! i finished a grey & orange pebble quilt a few months ago - and I LOVED pebble quilting! I may do it on my next quilt too!
Well done!

CraftGirlAlli said...

love the color combo! great work!

Beth said...

Love the pebbles! So cute!

GiMilanezi said...

Love this color combination... I would never imagine put orange and grey together in a quilt, but it looks amazing!!! =)

Tanya said...

Love the orange and grey together!

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