Friday 28 November 2014

Round the Bend squares 3 and 4

The next 2 squares for Round the Bend 2 are complete.


Round the Bend in 12 Squares 2, free motion quilting, art quilt, original design, gold metallic fabric, Hilary Florence Quilting Workshop

This is the top row left hand corner, using the motif 'Encore'. It is important to audition the motifs for the amount of curves in each square. Here the curves are very tight, so need a smallish, flexible motif. Encore is quite simple - which often gives the most flexibility. It is also very quick and easy.


Round the Bend in 12 Squares 2, free motion quilting, art quilt, original design, gold metallic fabric, Hilary Florence Quilting Workshop

This is the next row down, still on the left hand side. You haven't seen this motif before and I have yet to come up for a name, but it is sort of based on an alternating round and square snail shell. No, we don't have square snails in south Devon UK (although I have thousands of the round variety)- I do have imagination!!

Round the Bend in 12 Squares 2, free motion quilting, art quilt, original design, gold metallic fabric, Hilary Florence Quilting Workshop

Here are the 2 squares aligned together. 

Happy Thanksgiving to all US visitors!


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Hilary Florence


Please find below a list of linky parties. I may not link with all of the every week, but with some of them most weeks. Please go and have a look at some of the other wonderful quilts and quilters there.

Linky Tuesday at Free motion by  the river­­­­ @ http://www.conniekresin.com/
WIP Wednesday at freshly pieced   @   http://www.freshlypieced.com/
WIP Wednesday at TN + TN  @  http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/
I Quilt Thursdays @ http://prettybobbins.com/
Off the wall Fridays @ http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.co.uk/

17 comments:

  1. I really like the unnamed motif.

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  2. Great quilting, and your fabric is gorgeous too.
    Would you like to enter my fabric giveaway?
    Great fabrics to win ;-)

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  3. I love the Encore motif. they look like people who are holding up their arms in joy! Your stitches are awesome, as always. And that fabric is amazing... really showcases your work. Wow!

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    1. That's exactly what I was going to say! Like Rejoicing people! So wonderful. I'm going to have to try something like this out!

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  4. so accomplished you really are making the most wonderful blocks to go into this piece

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  5. As always, your quilting looks fantastic.

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  6. The blocks are coming together beautifully. I had previously said that the gold with the quilting looked like hammered metal. Now that the two blocks are together they really look Etruscan! I am loving what you are doing!

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  7. WOW!! A work of art...At first glance, I thought you were showing an antique tin roof tile!

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  8. Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! (I think that pretty much covers it!)

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  9. Oh, my, that is beautiful. Looks like metal.

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  10. This are so cool! Very enchanting to look at!

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  11. Hello Hilary,

    These designs look fantastic on gold. The last one looks slightly like Mackintosh roses.

    Thank you for linking up with Free Motion Mavericks.

    Love, Muv

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  12. What an imaginative quilt! I thought I was seeing etched metal at first! Gorgeous!!!

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