Leafy Gold

Leafy Gold by Kit Lang (front piece)

I showed you this quilt in one of my Wednesday WIPs a few weeks ago, and finally got around to quilting it.

Although this quilt's beauty may not show up in photographs well (BSP says it doesn't); this  is one of my favourite quilts that I've made.  Perhaps it's the warmth of all those wools (the entire quilt is wool except for the gold satin accents and the cotton batting!)

One of the reasons I love it, is that it's made entirely from scraps.  Some of the "scraps" were so big that they may not necessarily be viewed as such (a scrap is in the eye of the beholder after all); but the entire quilt is made from leftovers from other projects, so technically speaking at least; it's a scrap quilt. 

I chose to use a honeycomb quilting in the loden green wool panels; and line quilting in red thread in the plaid wool panels.  The satin accents were quilted in a free motion leaf motif; and the insides of the one row of blocks was done in receding triangles. I quite like the way that turned out, and am going to use it again!



I love this quilt and will be sorry when it goes to live in someone else's house!

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4 comments:

  1. Vicki W27.9.10

    Someone is going to love having a snuggle with that one!

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  2. Kit_Lang27.9.10

    I know! I wish it were me! :)

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  3. Loverly. Looks warm with splashes of sunlight. How long have you been machine quilting?

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  4. Kit_Lang27.9.10

    Hi Dee,

    Thanks for stopping by!

    I've been machine quilting since the beginning of time. :) Well, at least since I started quilting - I've never hand quilted anything.

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