This month’s pillow is for my second granddaughter.
I used Cindy Needham’s Ultimate circle stencil to create a guide to free motion quilt.
I didn’t want to use the larger circles, but I did start marking one by mistake. Oops.
After marking the lines from the stencil that I needed, it is simply a matter of ‘connecting the dots’, in my case, for petals.
Then it got complicated. I had drawn s0 many lines that I really needed to concentrate on which ones that I was going to quilt on.
I thought it easiest for me to outline stitch the lines that I needed, and fill them in later.
I hadn’t decided how I wanted to fill the petals, so I quilted the centers and the background first.
Now we are getting somewhere! Love the texture!
I used Wonderfil Invisifil 100 wt. to outline stitch the letter and the ladybug. Aurifil variegated 40 wt. was used to free motion quilt the flowers, and Aurifil 50 wt. was used for the background stitching, as well as appliqueing the letter.
The finished pillow:
Just a simple covered zipper backing:
I didn’t think that I would make it this month, but here it is the last day of the month, and I can still link up to QuiltShopGal’s May free motion quilting pillow challenge. Yay! I chose Option #1.
Be sure to check out Cindy Needham’s website and blog. She is a fabulous quilter and teacher!
That’s beautiful Mom! She’s going to love it!!!
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Thanks Jess! I hope she does!
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Oh gosh, that’s fantastic!
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Thanks so much Vicki!
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Beautiful!
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Thanks Katherine!
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What a great pillow, looks wonderful.
mary
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Thank you for stopping by Mary! I appreciate the comment!
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love your work… it looks wonderful
Hugz
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Thanks Fiona!
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Absolutely brilliant Laura. I love the bouquet of flowers you created. Gorgeous. You did a fantastic job.
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Thank you so much Darlene! Because of your challenge, I am having fun while gaining confidence and learning new techniques! 🙂
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Laura your pillow is beautiful! I love the quilting and thread you chose.
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Thanks Marjorie! I appreciate your comment!
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Oh! I love-love-love this! NICE job!
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Thank you so much for stopping by and commenting! 🙂
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Fantastic work, I love !
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Many thanks Beatrice!
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Great pillow!!! I love your quilting flowers 🙂
Greetings from Poland
Kamila
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Thank you so much Kamila! I appreciate your stopping by and commenting!
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That is pretty. Love how you filled in the petals.
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Thank you Karin! It was a toss-up; I did think about filling in with feathers. That would look nice too.
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Great job, your FMQ looks beautiful!
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Thank you very much Tamara! 🙂
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Fabulous pillow-so cute, so beautifully quilted and designed!
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Thank you, Jenny, for your compliments! 🙂
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Beautiful cushion Laura. Your quilting makes me want to put away my piecing (and mouse) and start quilting something!
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Thank you Glynis! Don’t put away your mouse for long…I am so lovin’ your Memories series! 🙂
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Laura, that pillow is out of this world PRETTY! You did a gorgeous job. I am not aware of that stencil – will be ordering it tonight!
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You made my day, Wendy! Thank you! 🙂
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