Coal Seam

Coal Seam was started in a class with Luke Hanes last year during QuiltCon 2015 and was included in Gwen Marton's book, Free Range Triangle Quilts. When I shipped it to the publisher for photography I had only quilted the black lines.

As the QuiltCon 2016 submission deadline came up, I pulled this out to enter in the show but after looking at it again, thought it needed a bit more quilting in the background. So, I started adding some seed stitch quilting to the white.

When I started the stitching, I didn't carefully calculate how long the stitching would actually take.

Six weeks of steady stitching later, I finished the quilting on New Year's eve. Needless to say, it wasn't finished in time for QuiltCon submission.   There's always next year, right?

I used Glide thread and am thrilled with the way the stitches shine, an effect that is very difficult to capture with the camera.

I enjoyed the process immensely and plan to add more hand stitching to future projects.

The Triangle Quilt

I was able to squeeze one more UFO finish in before the end of summer vacation. I started this one two years ago!

I had a hard time deciding on the quilting for this and finally settled on a thin black thread

with five rows of parallel stitching along the straight seam lines.

I am pleased that the quilting does not detract from the clear solid colors.

The quilt measures 39.5 inches by 47.5 inches.