Golden Storm Progress

Given this quilt only existed in my head yesterday morning I am quite pleased with my progress. As you can see I have the quilting done for the background. It is a really nice pantograph by Sophie Collier, Sew-Phie Quilts. It is called ‘Falling Leaves’, and is described as a complex pattern. Never one to take advice I just had a go at it and if you take it slowly it is pretty straightforward. I think the way it is drawn really helps, the line is very clear to follow so you can’t really go wrong. I’ve quilted about twice the area I need to I can cut the piece I like most. Hopefully I won’t have too obvious a repeat once I have trimmed it.

I think I have most of the leaves made, they are still in need of some details but I think they look pretty leafy. The really surprising thing is that they feel like leaves. They are 2 layers of batik held together with Misty Fuse. I really like Misty Fuse, and suspect I will be needing a second roll sooner than I had expected. It is just so easy to use and Esterita is right, you can use all the little offcuts really easily. Some of these leaves have leftovers in them. I think I need to put these leaves on before I make any more so I can get an idea of how many more I will need. So for the rest of the night I think I will be sewing veins.