These aren’t the most wonderful photos but I thought you might like to see the quilting on the fossil quilt. Most of the quilting is a combination of the linear stippling (like little interlocking and overlapping boxes) and wavy lines. The thread is hand dyed in colours ranging from cream to chocolate brown, with terracotta in between.
I have reached the “get it away from me” stage, with this project. When will I learn to stop accepting commissions??? I find the whole process so stressful.
For me, all the joy of making a quilt lies in the development of the idea - watching the thing grow and evolve, wondering what it will become. Once the point of revelation has been reached, it’s just a grind to finish it. And if I don’t LIKE the quilt, it becomes a nightmare and so, so hard to make myself keep going.
Enough complaining for one day. There’s binding to be done!













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May 26, 2006 at 4:54 am
Anonymous
I know how you feel. The quilting is great, but it takes forever!
MRM
May 26, 2006 at 5:34 am
Shirley Goodwin
I’m with you on this one, Kirsty. I love to make the tops, but quilting and binding and so on is a drag. I love putting the design together, but the rest feels like work.
May 26, 2006 at 12:28 pm
Megan
I love the combination of the linear and more organic quilting lines. You might be sick of it, but it looks awesome!
May 26, 2006 at 1:44 pm
jenclair
I think its gorgeous, too.
May 28, 2006 at 2:30 pm
The Mater
Wow, I am not a quilter but your work is so beautiful. I love the fossil theme. I toured a dinosaur museum in Canada and the one pattern brought me right back there.
You Aussies are an industrious, talented bunch :>)
May 29, 2006 at 2:59 pm
LittleMissMeshell
Hey, I found your blog through Craftster, nice to meet another crafty Aussie!
I’m from Perth.
I love your quilt, the quilting is wonderful and so are the colours. Your sisters paintings are gorgeous too!
MissMeshell xoxo
July 20, 2007 at 9:08 pm
nicolette
So you dó quilt yourself? Wonderful!