I was in a cushion making mood this weekend. Last weekend, I came into possession of some Melody Miller typewriter fabric. Basically, Lyndy from Stitchbird started following me everywhere - one quilt guild meeting, fabric-a-brac, another quilt guild meeting - until I was forced to buy some of her lovely fabric.
I really want to make the most of this fabric, so fussy cut one of the typewriters to be the feature of this cushion. I then surrounded it with a black texty fabric (a Spotlight find - what is the world coming to!) and then Essex Yarn Dyed Linen in Flax. I have the perfect teal fabric which I will use to bind the cushion once it's sewn up.
I'm a bit stuck on how to quilt it though. My preference is for the quilting thread to blend in, so I will probably have to use something different on each section. In the meantime, I am off to watch Angela Walters' Craftsy class on free-motion quilting to see if that provides some inspiration...
How do you think I should quilt this cushion? I would love suggestions!
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4 comments:
Lovely! I'm coveting some of those typewriters!
This looks fabulous with the text print - I need to go back to my local Spotlight to see if they have that one there!
Oh I love it! I would be tempted to do straight lines I think - maybe leaving the typewriter un-quilted? FMQ could look great too though. Not very helpful, am I?
Simple, modern piecing just seems to go with straight line quilting - like peas and corn. I'd probably go through the typewriter too - otherwise you'd get a puffy bit (which is not good). I got a nice black on white text from Spotlight (with a newspaper sort of setting) - but I didn't see a black with white print... might just have to have another look.
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