There will be no shortage of colour in Betty's hexie quilt (I think it needs a better name that that, don't you?), and that includes her quilting threads. She's using this gorgeous collection of crochet cottons.
The quilting weaves through the quilt in a random diagonal wave pattern which is a nice offset to the geometry of the pattern.
It's almost easier to see it from the back.
Speaking of the back, she has pieced it using this collection of fabrics. That dark teal along the bottom used to be a favourite dress of mine; shot linen - absolutely loved it. I remember buying it at The Linen Shop (or was it The Irish Shop?) in Toronto, one of my first splurges after I started working. Still love the colour.
Here's a close-up of the fabric that was the jumping off point for the entire quilt, the navy with turquoise and lime; she thinks that it might be a Liberty print. It's a coarse weave, which may explain why she chose to work with small diamonds, but she definitely decided to offset it with the bold and bright prints used throughout....M
Ooh, Marie -- those crochet cottons are going to be just gorgeous on this quilt!
ReplyDeletewow the threads are lovely and will add to the beauty of this quilt. Had a gentle nudge this week and resurrected the little Christmas tree pattern from you and pulling reds/greens/ivories to get going on a little Christmas throw for ME!
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