Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Ahoy matey...

Picked up this quilt yesterday I made for my step-son. He's 40+ years old going on 20 when it comes to his pirates|skulls and crossbones. Had lots of fun collecting fat quarters that would go with the pirate and flame prints. I had it long-armed quilted in a flame pattern with red thread. Yesterday, the hubby and I discovered while holding the quilt up, with the sun shinning behind it, the red stitching caused the flame pattern to glow.... cool! All that is left to do is the binding.
The inset shows detail of the overall quilting pattern.

"Red sky at night, sailor's delight.
Red sky at morning, sailor take warning"

3 comments:

Patty Biermans said...

AY, Ay, it's a lovely quilt me deern!! Arggg..... :)) hugzz...peebee

Jennifer said...

Fabulous - love it! and such fun too, we all need fun in our lives.

l.wilks11 said...

What a lucky stepson.. I'm sure he will TREASURE it.....
Its so lovely seeing you blogging again......xx