Saturday 13 September 2014

Winter Geese Cushion - a finish

Schools back, and life is busier than ever, despite the fact my youngest is a preschool now and I have a morning in on my own a week. I have, however, kept sewing in the small bits of time between the usual rushing around and have a finish to share.

Here are a few pictures: -

the front: a paper pieced circle of geese patter from Jeli quilts


the back: my first log cabin.
My second ever go at a zip was much more successful than my first!



It's my first bit if FMQ for ages - really I wanted a tiny scale meander over the background fabric to make the geese pop, but it was way beyond my skill level. If I do the pattern again, I might try echo quilting to emphasize the direction the geese are flying instead. I think it would be a much stronger design




All in all, a happy finish. Not a perfect execution of what I had in mind, but with each finish there's an improvement from the last. Now, who shall I gift to to?

Linking up to finish it up fridays at Crazy Mom Quilts


4 comments:

  1. I like your flying geese pillow and I think anyone would love to receive it! I really like the colors of the geese.

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    1. Thanks Beth. It's cheering up my sofa just now. Christmas is coming up and no friends and family see my blog so it'll be a nice last minute gift if needed :D

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  2. Very cute..both the back and the front. Good job.

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    1. Thanks Carol. It was nice to have something really improve along side the slightly more precise geese. Making a cushion out of scraps and 1 Fat Quarter was pretty pleasing too.

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