Friday, November 30, 2018

Flight Path

My latest quilt finish is Flight Path, a pattern from Alison Glass. For the fabric, I picked Alison Glass fabrics from the HandCrafted collections to give all the geese a glowing, jewel-like look.

I used to have a lot of trouble with flying geese, and they always seem to come out undersized. In this quilt however, I think I finally got comfortable with them. Apparently, the trick to perfect flying geese is the same as for perfect half-square triangles ... make them bigger and trim them down!

For the bright geese, I used dot-to-dot designs. It does double duty as quilting them and holding them down, but not overwhelming the fabrics.

I filled the backgrounds very, very densely. One of the sections is a matchstick quilting design. This is my first time using the matchstick design, and I quite like the way it looks.

Even though pebbling was my favorite design when I first started free-motion quilting, I got sick of them and haven't used it by itself for quite awhile. But here they are, and there's no denying that the texture of pebbles feels great under my fingers.

As much as I enjoy the front of the quilt, I like the back even better. I love using solid backing as not only is it cheaper than printed backing, it provides a wholecloth experience!

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Linking up with: Crazy Mom Quilts, My Quilt Infatuation, Busy Hands Quilts, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Cooking Up Quilts, Sew Can She, and Powered by Quilting

16 comments:

  1. I agree that flying geese can be fiddly and I used to struggle with getting them to size as well. It's a stunning finish and it's awesome to know you feel more confident with your flying geese piecing as a result, too!

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  2. This is just gorgeous! I love your pebbles because they look a little larger and have a great "pop" to them!

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  3. Just stunning. I love how the geese seem to fly above the backgrounds.

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  4. The geese just glow! They almost look radioactive, but in a good way, ha ha! It's lovely to see your pebbles again, too :) Great finish, Liz!

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  5. You have outdone yourself again! Great fabric and quilting choices. They make the design pop!

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  6. Well, that is some migratory flight pattern! It reminds me of going out with my daughter to see the trumpeter swans during their migration. Lots of swans, lots of chattering too (by the swans). Another great quilt, Liz!

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  7. Как здорово! Мне очень нравится! На таком приятном спокойном фоне гальки, песка и волн - такие яркие летящие гуси...Просто чудо!

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  8. Wow!!! I just keep looking back over all your fun colors and fun quilting motifs!!!

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  9. I love this! The jewel tones pop against your background and as always, your quilting adds so much life and texture to the quilt. Beautiful!

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  10. I love love love your quilt. The quilting is GORGEOUS as well. I tend to like my quilts more densely quilted as well, but it takes a longwY time to quilt them that way.

    You absolutely don't look of age to be retired. No way.

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  11. Truly stunning! I just love everything about this quilt.

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  12. you and your breathtaking quilting! I love it!

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  13. Your quilt is gorgeous! So many fun textures and colors.

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