Fiesta Entry 1600-007

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Delicious Mountains

By Rebecca L Salinger (Austin, TX)

Size: 67" W x 30" L
Entry: #1600-007 - Embellished, any size but miniature

Awards

Judge's Choice selected by Barb Broshous
Honorable Mention in Embellished, any size but miniature

Comments

"Delicious Mountains" was started as a Gift of Quilting class project, taught by Linda Potter, a former AAQG member and president. She taught us an accurate strip-pieced method for the Delectable Mountains block. Linda had sewn simple blanket stitches around the colored edges of her blocks, which also function as the quilting. I was getting interested in edge-stitching applique with Crazy Quilt stitches, so I decided to add a variety of stitches to the blocks. Of course, this required shopping for really cool perle 8 threads, beads, charms, and stitch books. I also added some embroidered motifs, such as my mom's Mexican Lime tree and a Royal Poinciana tree in my backyard because it was my favorite climbing tree. It is quilted with Linda's Needle Magic stitch process from her book "Quilt & Embellish in One Step!" (C&T, 2004). Edge stitches mostly from Judith Baker Montano's "Elegant Stitches" (C&T, 1995) and "Embroidery & Crazy Quilt Stitch Tool" (C&T, 2008), and Sue Spargo's "Creative Stitching" (2012, www.suespargo.com). It was fun!

Techniques

Hand Quilting. Hand Embroidering. Machine Piecing. Other. threads. beads. charms

Design Source

Delectable Mountains by Linda Potter (Gift of Quilting, 2005)

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