Linen Quilts

[sewengel]

I thought you guys would like to see this linen quilt I just finished for my aunt and Godmother. She is 89 and when i go see her she loves to see my quilts, so I took a linen quilt to show her. She was so excited and asked me to quilt a linen she had purchased in Germany several years ago. Her favorite color is teal. I quilted it with Superior Kimono Silk and wonderfil in the bobbin. The silk thread sews like butter. today I delivered the quilt and she was speechless, which doesn't happen too often, hehe. I had a ball designing and quilting it, which now I would do a few things differently, but she loves it and its hanging in her front room. There is an S in the middle for their last name.


Sharon in Colorado

[sewengel]

Sharon, great job. The quilt is lovely.

Margariya

[SoBelt]

Sharon, That is beautiful, thanks for sharing, Pat

[Sewdreamy]

A great beauty of a quilt.

[Renata]

Sharon, that is beautiful! How did you come up with the design for it? The quilting looks like it "belongs" to that piece of linen! Congratulations on such a wonderful piece of work. So glad you had fun doing it and that your aunt loves it. :cheer:

[rehak]

It turned out gorgeous, Sharon!! I really love it!! Do you have any detail shots to share? I think all of the quilting is perfect!!

[twiglet]

Beautiful, how great to do that for her. The S is a good touch.

[Reetzbobeetz]

That is beautiful Sharon! I particularly love the curved cross-hatching. What a lovely gift, no wonder your aunt was speechless. :cheer:

[loise98]

Sharon, What a lovely, lovely piece of work. The teal enhances the original beauty of the piece and your work makes it such a treasure. Hope I am still interested in redecorating my living room when I'm 89 years old. Your work and your Aunt's spirit makes me smile. I'd love to see greater detail too.

[sewengel]

thanks everyone for the lovely comments on the quilt. So here are a couple of closeup pictures. I made several tracing paper templates to play with and decide what to do. I had the cross hatching on the corners and now wish I had kept it that way, because even though the feathers look nice, they aren't my favorite on the quilt. I also wonder if I should have gone back and hyperquilted on the feathers, too. If the cross hatching had been on the corners I think I would have liked the feathers more. But more importantly, my aunt loves the piece.





Sharon, its raining!!, in Colorado

[sewengel]

Nancy, I really appreciated all your input. It did turn out great. Hannalore messaged me yesterday and she is counting the days now and getting very excited to meet us. As it gets closer the plans will get clearer. I know Linda and I will be going on thursday, but I was kinda hoping we could all do dinner on Friday, but will certainly work with your and their schedules. Just a thought. Are you getting snow up there, nice rain here.
Sharon

[Sewdreamy]

This is exquisite. I think you made very nice decisions on placement of designs...no second thoughts needed.

[kfstitcher]

Sharon the quilt for your aunt is just beautiful. All of your decisions seem to work wonderfully. Can't imagine it getting even better.

[loise98]

Thanks for the detailed pictures. Still love, love, love it. BTW is raining/not snowing in Pennsylvania. I even saw some blooming daffodils.

[genevacarroll]

Sharon, your quilt is beautiful. So elegant. And how nice that your aunt loved it also.

Geneva