The pattern is "Charlotte" from Three Times the Charm which you can find here or Amazon. (It's cheaper shipping through Amazon.) I added another row to make it a little larger. The pattern calls for the octagons to be a neutral color, and the in between space to be the patterned material. I decided I wanted to change it up a little and swapped it.
This is only my second time doing free-motion quilting, and I decided to try a different pattern. I did a modified dogwood pattern. You can find directions for it here at Oh, Fransson! I didn't want the lines between, so that is where the modification came in. I would leave one section of the flower open then more on to the next one. Once I made it through the whole thing I made my way back to the beginning by closing up each section. It worked great!
I hope my friend and her little girl enjoy it!
You do a great job! It is really pretty! I love the edge!!!
ReplyDeleteI love what you did with Charlotte!
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Barb
What a gorgeous quilt! I love the colors! If you want to make another one Im sure I could find a nice home for it on my bed ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking this up too! Im your newest follower.. yay!
Oh, this is so beautiful. I really got started sewing working on quilts, and I know what you mean about them being hard to give away when you're proud of them!! (Taking lots of photos helps.) :)
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Adrianne
www.happyhourprojects.com
My husband has said those exact words to me, how many quilts do we need? It is hard to give them away. So much work goes into them. I am in love with this one. My baby's name is Charlotte, and dogwoods are my favorite trees. I am so impressed that you quilted it your self. Thanks for linking up with us this week.
ReplyDeleteI do like your take on the dogwood quilting. Very pretty and simple.
ReplyDeleteWow, what a beautiful quilt! Its beauty certainly justifies it. And your quilting looks perfect!
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute quilt and I love the quilting! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI just LOVE you quilt. I am featuring it on my facebook page today. Thanks so much for sharing with us.
ReplyDeletethis is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! Wow, just your second time with Free Motion. Shows I should be less of a chicken. That dogwood pattern is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteWow, thanks Rachel! That's a huge compliment especially coming from you. I would think you would be AMAZING at FMQ. Thank you for taking the time to stop by! I'm excited for Curves Class.
DeleteThis is gorgeous and I think your changes made it even better as a pattern. Great job on the FMQ, mine is terrible, need to work on it a LOT.
ReplyDeleteYou are so kind! Thank you! Keep at the FMQ, you'll get it. Mine started out pretty bad, but I figured that meant the only way from there was up!
DeleteDropping in from curves class to say how cute this is! I really love your FMQ, it really adds an extra dimension to it.
ReplyDeleteReally cute baby quilt. I feel how you do. I only need so many quilts in my house.
ReplyDeleteI just linked over from the curves class! I thought I'd pop over to my classmates blogs and say hello! =) =) I am becoming a follower so I can see all the fun curvy projects you make!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure this beautiful quilt was well received!!!
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