The Dandelion Quilt-Revisited

April 15, 2015
Dandelion Quilt

Dandelion QuiltGood Morning, Quilters and Gardeners!

Any weeds in your garden (yet)?

Last week we worked on The Dandelion Free Motion Quilt tutorial and I made the little quilt below.

We discussed if the quilt below had enough quilting.-Read more HERE (see comments, too!).

Dandelion QuiltSome of you suggested I needed to add more, perhaps with a  neutral thread–

This adds a subtle, but interesting texture.  (Compare to The Scissors quilt--all the thread is the same.)

Dandelion Quilt I’m happy with the results.  I used Sulky Rayon to stitch the Dandelions and  Superior’s King Tut cotton in a color that matches the fabric for the background.  

Dandelion Quilt

Dandelion QuiltLESSONS LEARNED

  • More quilting is ALWAYS better?
  • Use a heavy weight thread (40 or heavier) with a sheen (like Rayon) in a contrasting color when you want to pop the quilting.
  • Use a low sheen thread of finer weight that matches the fabric when your goal is to add texture.

Dandelion Quilt

I think there’s a Thistle Quilt in our future!

Lori

PS…All tutorials, images and information are the property of Lori Kennedy of The Inbox Jaunt and are intended for personal use only.  Feel free to re-blog, share or pin with attribution to The Inbox Jaunt.  For all other purposes, please contact me at lckennedy@hotmail.com.  Thanks!

PPS. Aurifil 50 wt cotton in the bobbin, on my BERNINA820-a domestic sewing machine.

 

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