Showing posts with label blackbird designs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blackbird designs. Show all posts

Sunday, February 5, 2012

More fun with Regal Dapple

After last weeks post about my pink scraps quilt and the fabric I used for the sashing, Brandon Malby's Regal Dapple, that Dapple has been on my mind, so when I was reading this book...


And I saw this pillow, it's called SleepyHead...


I knew instantly that I wanted to use the Dapple as the background....so I pulled as many pastel Kaffe's as I had...


That in itself was a challenge because I tend buy the brighter red and pinks, but I am really happy with how this has turned out...have I told you before that Vliesofix is my best friend....

The pastels really pop against the dark background.



I used my Clover 1/4 bias tape tool for the first time, to make the vines...now that is a little tool worth making an investment in.


I am going to free motion quilt to outline the applique, at the moment the applique is ironed down with the fusible webbing (Vliesofix)...the problem is now I have a little voice in my head saying....make it into a quilt...make it into a quilt!!!




So I have the block pinned on a little curtain in front of my sewing machine so I can consider what I will do next...and of course the observant among you will have noticed I have about 15 little berries to apply.


Pillow or medallion quilt...what do you think?