Project Quilting Season 8 Week 2 "Carolina Lilly"

It's been a busy week. I'm happy to say I was able to finish the challenge.

I forgot to take pictures alone the way but this is my finished project.  

It's a 14 x 14 inch square wall quilt.  

The fabrics are a combination of batik cottons, Kaffe Fassett 

cotton prints, and a little orange broad cloth. 

 I used Wonder Under to attach the flower and accents. 

 I then added free motion quilting to attach the petals and create more detail to the design. 

Project Quilting Season 8 Week 1 "8 is Great"

2017 has arrived.  Its time to start a new challenge.  

I find the title of this 1st challenge leaves so many possibilities.  

What shall I make?  

I recently purchased a coloring book of Mandala's.  

Coloring them has been a great escape from the boring TV.  

I've decided I want to create a Mandala and turn it into a 

small table runner to use on my round dining room table.  

With our theme of  "8 is Great" I'm starting with 8 colors.  

My helper Frankie had to get involved and check out my fabric.  

These fabrics are a combination if sheer Organza & Shinny Tulle Netting.  

I'm planning to layer them to create a color wheel. 

The layers are ready.  

I've combined between 3 to 5 layers of fabric for each square to create my color array.  

I choose to start with Yellow, Red, Green & Blue.  

From there I combined colors to create a color wheel,  

 Now for the fun, it's time to start stitching.

Using my circle attachment I outline each block.  

I trimmed the fabric to the stitching line then added a decorative stitch for the final look.  

Its a challenge to position them so they are all placed evenly.

 Circles are done and adding some detail using a variegated thread.  

Time to choose a backing and put it together. 

 

This is the final project photo

 and a photo of my backing.  

I love the colors in Kaffe Fassett's fabric.  

This piece was hiding in my stash