Beauty

"Be your own kind of beautiful."

Browsing the internet, I saw a quote the other day. I really liked it and decided to make a quilt. This is the result :)

I used scraps from a Moda Block Party by Sandy Gervais layer cake to create the peacock and piano keys, and embroidered the quote using my Bernina Artista 180.

Here are some pictures of the process...

I just love this line of fabric. It's so colorful! The pictures really don't do it justice.

First I embroidered the quote on a panel of white on white print. Then I drew all the pieces of the applique free handed on double sided press and peel paper.

And positioned everything around the quote, until I was happy with the result... 

Then the body of the peacock, the wing, and each feather was blanket stitched in place.

I decided on a black border all around the white panel and a "irregular piano key" on one side, to balance the feathers.

The main panel was quilted in swirls, the black border with a feather motif and the piano keys were outlined.
You can see the quilting better looking at the back of the quilt. For quilting the feathers I used two colors of thread on the bobbin.

And that is it :) I am very happy with the final result... 3 days of wonderful hard work.

Thank you for visiting :)