FINISHED!

It's finally done. I finished the last details in the large flower pedals and with Tina's (my mom's) help, I learned how to hand sew them on with a hidden stitch. This way, you don't really see where the stitches are. We didn't sew them the whole way up, that way you can see them move a little. It gives it a playful feel. I'm so impressed with all I have learn with this project and I am definitely inspired to keep going with fabrics and sewing. I'm still working on the butterfly pillow but the quilt itself is complete.

Out of the FRAME!

After 2 weeks the quilt is quickly out of the frame! I'm completely surprised and very pleased with the outcome. The only part left to attach to the quilt are the large pedals to the large sunflower. One picture shows the pedals and butterfly laying on top but not yet attached. The other picture is of that large pedals unfinished. I still need to draw with thread on all of them and put more detail into them. It's so exciting!

Finishing up in the frame

My grandmother did 90% of the hand quilting because she is amazing and super fast. It was great spending time with her learning a new skill and learning from the best. It was also nice spending time with my grandfather who is 91 and sat in his chair and told stories as he watched us work. My sister and aunt also came to help hand quilt too.

Ready for the Frame!

I was able to put a boarder on my quilt and finally ready to put the quilt in the frame. I drew out on the fabric in washable markers the patterns of what should be quilted. The large pedals are just laid out in this picture, they are not attached yet, That will be done after the quilt comes out of the frame.

Flowers

This is the back after zigzagging on the pedals. This will not be seen in the end product. It will be covered up by quilt batting and backing.


After having the background sewn together, I needed to work on the main part which are the flowers. I cut out individual pedals and ironed on every one. After that, I took a tight zigzag stitch and went around each pedal. The biggest flower with not have pedals until after the quilt is quilted. I will be hand sewing them on.

Update on the quilt!

This was my spring break and I got a lot done on my quilt. I finished the grass and more pieces of the background.

More Quilt Pics

I'm starting to attach the Center of the sunflower to the sky and using different techniques of sewing in the grass. I'm experimenting with the grass so that when I start making sunflowers, I can have a variety of techniques.