Monday, February 17, 2020

And my February OMG is completed!


I'm so pleased to say that I have finished my goal!  My goal was the pattern you see on the side from   Brigette Heitlan - https://www.brigitteheitland.de/ who has gorgeous modern quilts.  This one is also in her book.  It's called Sky.  A wonderful pattern using 5" squares, and making flying geese.  She uses a trick that I explain in my original post and my challenge statement here.  


My quilt did end up differently and it is on my wall exactly where I said it would be on the wall upstairs in my loft.  It's long, more rectangular then the square pattern.  I used the method of how to make the geese.  Did tons of them, then started to put them in rows, with some blanks in between.  But after that it was a free for all........  I placed them here and there with blank spaces in between and this is what it ended up liking (look below).  This is where I started at. 
 Some of the quilting was done, but definitely not all.  I do my own quilting and I enjoy it so it took me at least 8 hours.

Here is what it looks like when done and on that wall:

 The empty spaces that I quilted my own geese.  I quilted wavy lines all through it to make it look like the geese were flying.  Did it work that way?  What do you think?  But I love the blank geese the most.  Glad I did that...

 The final shot.....
The material is from Koffman of course, that wild animal/flower print.  Love how it pops with the green.  The green was some material I purchased two or three years ago during Christmas.  You can't make out the trees in the fabric, with the quilting it all goes together and makes it look like a forest.  Very, very different.

Hooking up to One Monthly goal@ Elm Street Quilts



By the way, I did do more than that as promised in OMG.  Here's the list:

  • I completed the tree and am working the owl.  See picture below.
  • I did do 4 more scrap string quilt blocks as I promised myself.

  • I started the baby painting quilt created by Sew Fresh - a wonderful designer in Canada.  She designed paint brushes with paint drawn down.  I'm using solid colors with a background that looks like a wall that needs painting.  The pattern comes in two sizes, and I started to make the baby quilt but I turned it into a table top cover for an art teacher.  It's not completed, but it's three strips, and now I have the other three to make a second table top.  Great gift for someone else I know who paints. I may put it on my list for March.  

That's it.  That's enough for a week..  I am cutting back on my material and cutting down on some of my scraps.

Now I need to relax, like my cat.


Happy times, now onto the next OMG because there always seems to be a next.

5 comments:

  1. Whew! You've been busy this month. Please reward your cat with some relaxation time; she looks like she'd enjoy it. :o)

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  2. Looks pretty just like the other projects. Well done!

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    1. I love your projects as well Vera, the colors are gorgeous. The heart is adorable.

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  3. Lovely. Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and congrats on your finish.

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