My Flowing Lines Piece

I mentioned a few weeks ago, that the Pelham Quilter's were lucky enough to have Elizabeth Rosenberg teach a workshop on her Flowing Lines technique.  We had a blast and many have finished the work they started.

Well I am 99% done, just have to face the piece, but Teri and Elizabeth have been pushing for pics, so I thought I would share with you as well.

 As you can see, I added a boarder to the piece.  I've been dying to play with a paisley design I had been sketching.  I love these swirls, but as you may have read from an earlier post, they gave me quite a fit.  But, I really love them.  I echo quilted them and will definitely be doing more with paisley! 

Here is a close up of the quilting.  At first I tried just quilting lines along the curves of the seams.  I tried two different variegated threads.  But neither the quilting nor the thread really spoke to me.  So, I pulled it out --- twice and  went with a different thread for each fabric (matching thread color to the fabric).  I then quilted the same free motion pattern in each same colored section.....  feathers in the orange, swirls in the magenta, etc....

I like the varied quilting.  It adds to the texture of the piece.

I had fun...  and I definitely like the curved flowing lines.

Thanks Elizabeth!