Clara's Zoo Quilt

 This quilt was so darn cute! I love the fabric and all the little critters on it.

I love the gate to the zoo on this fabric. Then there are pathways throughout that leads to the different exhibits. I decided to play a bit with that and "followed" the paths with my quilting.

Once at the different animals, I just followed the outlines to stitch around them to help them stand out.

You can see my quilting, if you can even call it that, on this one. It was challenging in some places to follow those lines and not quilt right over the top of a cute critter!

Here's a couple pics of the back...not much rhyme or reason to the quilting, but it was a fun quilt to work on!

Thanks for looking!

Dory

Marilyn's Sashiko Quilt

 This was my first time quilting a Sashiko quilt. My goal was to add to it without taking away from the fun Sashiko designs.

It was a fun challenge. On some blocks I followed the design already there; others, I played a bit. Here are a couple pics to show you what I mean. On this first one, I just did some cc's in the patchwork squares and did the same in the clamshells on the bottom left. The design on the top right was a bit trickier...I tried to follow the stitching in that random pattern. You can see it better if you click on the photo to enlarge it.

There were a couple of blocks like this in the quilt. Unfortunately, my photography leaves a lot to be desired. The pic is a bit blurry. I wanted to add some softness to the quilt, so I did a feather flower design.

I really liked the pieced back on this quilt. It totally complemented the top.

Just a couple more pics to show the quilting. 

Happy Quilting!

Dory