Color Wheel Quilted

I shared this quilt as a work in progress earlier this week.  Today I'm going to bore you silly with a bazillion photos of this finished quilt.

I made this quilt as a gift for a little girl as part of the Curves Class I took at Stitched in Color.  Funnily enough I'm generally not a pattern follower and when I was making the top I was enjoying it but I got to thinking about how you can follow a pattern but still make a piece your own.  Coincidentally Rachel wrote a blog post earlier in the week that really helped clarify how I was feeling.  If you haven't read it I encourage you to pop over, it's all about discovering your style.  This speaks volumes to me.  I am learning to be confident in my style, to always listen to my instinct, to respect but not be confined by traditional rules.  I put a lot of "me" into this quilt and I am super proud of it.  It is quite possibly my favourite quilt to date and definitely my best FMQ so far.  But moving right along :)

I'm not sure whether the recipient will use this quilt as a wall hanging or baby quilt so I included a hanging sleeve but I also made the back fun and a little girl.

Working on this quilt I found myself feeling really proud of how well it was coming along and that maybe it would become a wall hanging in Baby's room.  Let's not forget that quilts are meant to be used and kid's quilts can be fun, I would be so happy to see this quilt used.

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If you're a regular reader of my blog you will know that I love using Aurifil.  In fact I only use Aurifil these days.  Why?  Because the colours shine, my machine feels better when I quilt with Aurifil, my bobbins seem to last longer (I think this is because Aurifil is so fine) and I always love the result.

I quilted each of the segments of the wedge in a matching colour of Aurifil 50 wt (2250, 1100, 2235, 1135, 2884, 2720, 2810, 1128, 2545 and 2605).  I actually started to quilt the negative space in grey, but I wanted it to feature without being overbearing so I changed to a soft pink (2410).

The binding (Kona Lagoon) has to be one of my favourite parts of the quilt. I love how it totally defines the edge of the quilt, is fun and perfectly matches the quilted flower in the centre of the quilt.  I was worried it might be too much, and it may not be to everyone's taste, but remember this is a kid's quilt :)

For the first time ever I marked some quilting lines.  I'm glad I did, by marking the most inner and outer diamond lines in the negative space I was able to achieve balance.  I then echoed one of these lines.  The rest of the quilt is entirely free motion quilted and I'm super proud with how well I did.  It ain't perfect but it's my best effort so far and keeps me dreaming about one day owning a longarm and maybe even quilting for others :)

My wishes for the recipient <3

I recently wrote about photographing quilts, I'm trying to find a balance between detailed shots, interesting shots, shots I think others like and shots I like.

standard shot (midday, out of direct light, taped to wall)

hanging shot.  Seemed like a good idea, but not sure it works.

I love showing a little of Nouméa's colours

And then there seems to be an unwritten rule of photographing your quilt folded LOL

This quilt was pieced and quilted by me on my domestic machine (Delilah my Bernina 440QE) using Aurifil threads, cotton batting, scraps, Kona solids (except for the back with is a Spotlight special LOL) and using the pattern provided as part of the Curves Class at Stitched in Color.  It measures a little under 40" x 40"

I'm linking up with TGIFF over at Quokka Quilts!  Have you had a fun finish this week?

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