Thursday, April 14, 2016

Sea Glass

51 x 60

Doesn't this quilt make you think of the sea?  I just love the blue and greens in this Kona Cotton quilt.  I used Breakers, Grasshopper, Mediterranean, Ultra Marine, Astral, Parrot, Ice Frappe, and Silver. 
This pattern is called Out of Step.  I removed the outer border from the original and added 4 rows and 1 column to make it bigger. I continued to follow the maze pattern, making it twist and turn at the bottom. I love how it turned out!


I wanted the quilting to look like waves.  It was harder than than I thought trying to control my longarm because I really wanted the wave to be equally spaced.  I was getting distracted with the up and down motion and had to do some seam ripping.


I found this button print in my stash and thought it went perfectly with my colors.  It's one of my HTU (hard to use) for  this month, a welcome surprise!  It reminds me of pieces of sea glass.


Linking with Needle and Thread Thursday.

This quilt is my One Monthly Goal for the month. You can see more of the goals met at Red Letter Quilts  I hope you'll join us next month and pick a goal for yourself.

10 comments:

  1. This quilt is so pretty, and the backing matches perfectly, too! The wavy quilting is a challenge, and you got it!

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  2. Turned out so very pretty! Yes that was a great use of fabric for the back.

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  3. Love anything resembling the ocean! Great job and the backing compliments the quilt wonderfully!

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  4. Sea glass is the perfect name for this quilt. It looks like you planned the backing all along. Perfect combination.

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  5. I just love those colors togather. good job

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  6. A lovely finish. The "waves" quilting finishes it off perfectly.

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  7. It does remind me of the sea Shannon and I think it's gorgeous. It looks like modern art!

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  8. I lOVE these colors! A gorgeous palette, and it looks like your colors were selected from the backing fabric.

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  9. Wow! Beautiful finish! The name fits the quilt perfectly!

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  10. So many pretty colors, love all that Kona goodness! Great job on the quilting too, those waves look so soft and cuddly. :) Awesome finish!

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