Saturday, October 20, 2012

October Quilt Square Quilt Along

When the October Quilt Square at Jo's Country Junction came out, I was sitting in our family room looking out over our backyard. The trees were in full color. The pattern that Jo chose was the four stars of Lori Smith’s #6 Quilt Square pattern. I decided that I just had to use the colors of fall. 


I went through my batiks and packed a number of scraps to take on my little retreatI pieced my autumn inspired stars that day and pinned it so it was ready to quilt.

I wanted to quilt it with leaves. I thought about maple leaves - my favorite - but my small ones look more like ivy and the larger ones were too big. It finally occurred to me to use a simple leaf like an elm leaf. I remember trying this for the January 2012 Free Motion Quilting Challenge
January 2012 attempt to FMQ leaves
Here is a closeup of my quilt square.
October 2012 attempt to FMQ leaves
I embarked on my journey to learn to free motion quilt in January 2012. I think I have improved a little!

Here is one last photo - I think you can see the quilting..

7 comments:

  1. Beautiful quilt ... I love the colors and the quilting. How big is the quilt?

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  2. It is 12" square and I think has 105 pieces. ~Jeanne

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  3. The texture is amazing! Such a simple quilting pattern but huge impact.....very nice and a beautiful representation of Autumn!

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    1. Thanks! Of course I LOVE batiks and this was just a perfect place to use them. Since autumn inspired the color, I decided to quilt the leaves. ~Jeanne

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  4. This is perfect for fall! Love those colors and the FMQ!

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  5. Love your block and the story behind it! The leaves are wonderful on this. Great job with the quilting.

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