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I am very happy with how the quilting has enhanced the applique in this design. The outline quilting and bubbles have given a lovely soft texture to the background fabric. The top is quilted with Superior Threads Magnifico, colour Elegante, with So Fine #50 in the bobbin. The polyester thread gives a soft sheen to the quilting.

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I have finally completed all the appliqué and embroidery details. Lots of French and colonial knots along with embroidered veins on all the leaves. It is always nice to use the Japanese fabrics, this time on an Australian Theme.

Now to work out how it will be quilted……

This quilt top was given to my local quilting group, Night Owl Quilters. We have decided to use it as a raffle quilt for Our Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser……It just needed to be quilted and bound.

I tried to keep the quilting simple as the Kaffe Fassett fabrics are so beautiful and vibrant, they need to shine. It is quilted with Superior Threads Magnifico, colour Elegante. All in the ditch and straight line quilting.

You can find the instructions and pattern outlines for this quilt in the current issue of Quilters Companion magazine #108.

I made the quilt for my granddaughter, Zoe, when she progressed to a big girls bed. It is raw edge machine appliqué using blanket stitch with a scalloped foundation pieced border. The quilt is constructed as a quilt-as-you-go project. I used a range of colourful pink batiks on a white on white background.

The quilt was awarded first place Large Quilts Professional at the Canberra Quilters Annual Exhibit in 2019 and best use of Batik Fabrics.

It is a great project for refining your machine appliqué skills.

We had a fun morning last Tuesday at Night Owl Quilters.

Anne Hunt, one of our members, very generously ran a workshop where we experimented with positive and negative shapes. Using fusible web we created 5 inch square designs, one positive, one negative. I used a small machine blanket stitch in a colour to match the fabric for the raw edge appliqué.

Finished result ….a small table topper and 2 smaller ones for the coffee tables.