16th And Balitmore - Eye Candy Quilts

Before we get to my stuff, how awesome is the applique on this quilt? It was seriously impressive. And perfect.

And I had such a good time quilting it :D Which is always a bonus. It was designed, appliqued, and pieced by Anneliese of Eye Candy Quilts.  Plus, it's a pattern they are debuting at market in a couple weeks.

Here's the secret guys. I'm super lazy. (ok, not so much of a secret). Basically I didn't want to have to navigate my background quilting all around those flowers, so

I quilted a circle which I could fill with bubbles in around those flowers, so I didn't have to worry about. I think it ended up looking really cool, despite it being born of lazyness.

I think it worked out rather well actually.

I also really love how the feathers created a secondary design in the quilt. I really wanted the quilting to be a mix of traditional and modern, much like the quilt top, and so the feathers are my ode to the traditional. I think actually, the quilting got a bit more traditional than it was in my head, but such is life.

In a different note, I spent most of the time I was quilting this watching "Grounded For Life" on Netflix, and so now the pictures of this quilt are bringing images of that show into my head.

How cute is this label? Despite the fact I missed it being there at all, and so didn't realize that it was upside down compared to the rest of the quilt until after it was more than half done.

I was also really exited by the fact that I worked crazy hours on this quilt, and my lovely APQS Lucey did not die, complain, get moody, have a conniption... nothing.  Only perfect stitching. Except when I was dumb, which does happen :D

This quilt had a pretty tight deadline, with one more quilt for me to do yet for market, plus my normal job plus Rocky and Dad being away for a week, plus one last ski trip, plus two days of longarm classes with Karlee Porter... the next 12 days or so get a but nuts. Luckily, Rocky worked extra hard the last couple days so I could stay home and get this finished. So I think I'll keep him.

That's it for me! Later days! Kathleen.