Quilted -

 

 

My Batik - 16-Patch - Kiwiberry is quilted -

 

YAY!! -  

 

Sorry about the suspense in my last post - 

But I thought I would try an orange peel "petal" in each square - 

Then I tried to work out the stitching "map" in my head -

And didn't get very far - 

 

I needed to "sketch it out" on paper first - 

So yesterday morning I worked up an EQ version and printed it out - 

 

I didn't really want to use a ruler to get the curves "just right" -

And would rather do it "free-hand" - 

But it was a "bit much" - 

 

When I mapped it out - 

Each square got two passes on one diagonal -

Both of them curved - 

 

Trying to keep that "uniform" without a ruler would have been a challenge - 

 

Wanda suggested a wavy crosshatch -

That would still be two passes in each square -

But it would be faster and more "forgiving" - 

 

I wouldn't have to worry about which direction the "petal" was going -

And if I missed something - it would have been easy to get "back on track" - 

 

She also suggested doing all one direction first -

Then turning the quilt a quarter turn to do the other direction - 

But I didn't want to do that - I'd need zippers on all four sides -

 

I wanted to do 4 (2") patches diagonally before I changed direction -

Since the 8" block fits nicely in my "workspace" - 

And tried to map that out - 

 

Then I remembered Vicki Welch had a tutorial -

And her diagrams had the "path" already mapped out - YAY!! - 

So that's what I did - 

Vicki's Wavy Crosshatch -

 

There is a LOT of room for improvement - 

 

But it was GREAT practice - 

And a design that I will DEFINITELY use again - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -