Tuesday, March 26, 2019

My March Goal Finish

This is one of the few times I've marked a quilt before loading it on my HQ16. I planned to do feathers in my borders and felt it would be easier to do the chalking on a flat surface. I did some marking on the inner border also. 

The rest of the quilting was freehand done in the light areas--echoing around the appliques and continuous curves in the 25 patch blocks. 

I didn't worry about staying precisely on the chalked lines when I came to quilting the feathers (maybe I should have--lol!) 


So this is my One Monthly Goal for March completed.
It's also my Bea and Cecile quilt-a-long quilt for 2019, which required 16 flower blocks of one's choice. Mine are from a book by Jo Morton (with a bit of adaptation).  

When I first started making the quilt, this fabric was my choice for the border and a guide to choose the fabrics for the rest of the quilt. In the end, I felt it was just too busy and competed with my applique blocks, so it had to go on the back. 


Linking with One Monthly Goal HERE
March OMG finish link-up opens March 26!

20 comments:

  1. Simply gorgeous! And great to have two goals met with one!

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  2. I love the blues and the pattern. Your quilting is so pretty.

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  3. What a pretty quilt! I wish I liked to do applique, as I love the way it looks.

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  4. It is a great flower quilt. I love the fabric that inspired your color/fabric choices, but I can see what you mean about competing with the blocks had it been the border.

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  5. What a fabulous monthly finish. The blue border frames those lovely flowers. Great feathers!

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  6. Beautiful quilt! It just says Spring doesn’t it. You did a fabulous job on the quilting.

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  7. The brighter shade of blue complements the floral blocks. Good choice.

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  8. your quilting is beautiful. I tried echoing for the first time and I love the look.
    What a perfect quilt for spring.

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  9. Well done. Your quilt turned out beautiful. I love the quilting. Hugs

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  10. Love your quilt. I have that book and should really think about doing some of those blocks.

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  11. What a beautiful quilt! Great finish.

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  12. Mission accomplished and beautifully done - love all the blues - it says Spring! Great quilting on there too.

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  13. Beautiful finish! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and congrats on your finish.

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  14. Your quilt is sooo beautiful ! Thank you for this awesome finish Karen and for your participation !

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  15. Really beautiful! Hurray for achieving your monthly goal once again!

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  16. This is a lovely finish and well worth all the work put into it.

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  17. I LIKE this quilt! Simple, yet striking! Good work!

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  18. Congratulations on a beautiful finish, Karen. The blocks have such wonderful details and the quilting is beautiful. And I like the back, too. When I first found your blog I don't remember that you were such a lover of blue.

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