quilting

A Madder Mini

Last fall, I participated in a QAL hosted by Lori of Humble Quilts where we made a mini quilt using Madder fabrics. I got the quilt top finished, but that’s all the farther I got. Until now. Over the last weekend, I finished off the little quilt, using my new machine to quilt it.

Mini Madder Quilt - piecefulthoughts.com
The deck was pretty wet from all the rain we’ve had, so I snapped this shot then moved inside.

I kept the quilting simple, just diagonal lines through the quilt. I used a thin batting. When it came to marking the quilt for the quilting, I tried my hera marker, but I couldn’t see the lines well enough, so I opted for a light (or not so light, in places) pencil line. It worked much better for this one.

Mini Madder Quilt View 2 - piecefulthoughts.com

All the fabrics used are shirtings and madder prints from our local quilt shop, Reproduction Fabrics.

Mini Madder Front and Back - piecefulthoughts.com
This is a photo after I washed the quilt, but haven’t touched it up with an iron.

I’m currently working on a quilt top using some leftover batik jelly roll strips in blues and greens. I hope to get a bit more progress on that today. This weekend will mostly be spent on the road, as I travel to celebrate birthdays with two of our aunts.

Linking up today with Amanda of Crazy Mom Quilts, Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Laura at Slice of Pi Quilts and Myra at Busy Hands Quilts. 

Enjoy your weekend, friends!

Wendy

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