Friday, June 14, 2013

Le Challenge - Maritime

There's nothing like waiting until the last minute!  I thought that this month's maritime theme would be easy.  I went through my stash repeatedly and didn't find anything, except a bit of Saltwater in my Tula stash.  I also had no ideas.
 
I decided to make a project inspired by a Craftsy class, Pattern Free Quiltmaking.  I am going to call this mini "Waves" and it finishes at 12 x 12.



I started with 4 1/2 inch squares and a package of navy bias tape.  Then, I started sewing the bias tape in squiggles or waves on each of the squares.  I sewed the squares together and planned to use white thread to FMQ.  But I thought this may look kinda boring.  So I pulled different color blue embroidery threads and echo quilted the lines rather free-formed creating a ripple effect.
 
(Hoping to get a better photo with more light because the mini does not look so dull. )

Do you have a maritime project to link up this month?  Check out all the entries at Le Challenge.  I cant wait to see what the next month's theme will be. 

Also linking today to Finish it Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts.

16 comments:

  1. I Love this!!! Such a beautiful design and the hand quilting finishes it off perfectly. Such a great interpretation of Maritime.

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  2. This is so cute - such a different interpretation, and so effective :-)

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  3. What a great intererpretatipn of the theme - so modern! I did no realise you used coloured thread, I am su it must look awesome in the light! Thanks for participating!

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  4. So modern and sweet. I first thought of seaweed but the quilting is definitely wave-like. Great mini!

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  5. So simple, but very striking. Love it!

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  6. Gorgeous mini, I love your interpretation :-)

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  7. I love its abstractness. It reminds me of the shapes that seaweed make under water.

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  8. Lovely interpretation of the theme!

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  9. I think that's such a brilliant mini! Love the waves and the gorgeous hand quilting! Thanks for linking up :)

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  10. What a great idea! I am impressed by the result! I love the theme!
    Esther
    esthersipatchandquilt at yahoo com
    ipatchandquilt dot wordpress dot com

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  11. Cool design and lovely quilting.

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  12. I love this and I think your hand quilting was the right choice! It adds so much. Great job!!

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  13. I'm loving both of your little minis, the echo quilting is great, try to get a better picture, I would love to see more detail.

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