Sunday, May 12, 2013

Hands2Help Quilts are Finished

Lots of free motion quilting this weekend. Three quilts are finished for the Hands2Help Challenge. I’m really starting to get the hang of free motion quilting…finally. My stitches need a tad more work in the even length department.

This has Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 batting in it. I used a rainbow poly thread from Superior and a large meandering stitch all over.

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Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 batting again. Same rainbow poly thread from Superior. I did large meandering on the color blocks, smaller stippling around the heart, and….

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Can you see it? Some fun words in the heart. It says Love, Smile and Hugs all hidden amongst the loops.

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This has an off name brand puffy poly batting in it so I used my walking foot and cotton thread from Connecting Threads.

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Hope you are making a quilt to donate somewhere too!

6 comments:

Lynne said...

Beautiful work in gorgeous colours.

Sarah Craig said...

Those are such wonderful quilts!! You have done a fabulous job!!

Vroomans' Quilts said...

They are all wonderful, but I love the ponies!!

Sarah Craig said...

Those are beautiful, Carol! I love the ponies, but the heart and rainbow is beautiful, too, and the last quilt is so colorful!! Thank you so much for joining in the challenge, and I hope to see you back next year!!

Kathleen said...

Wow! Three quilts! I love the bright colors. They are going to make someone very happy!

Karen said...

Beautiful quilts for a very worthwhile cause.