◎ Indigo Circles ◎

This quilt falls into a couple of categories for me: 1. a DrEAMi/squirrel project--I had a free evening, so I decided to put this together. And 2. the fussy-cut category running this week with Project Quilting, found here.

Quilt Info:

Fabrics: Japanese vintage indigos

Size: 15" X 15"

Batting: Quilters Dream Wool

Thread: Glide--various blues

Quilting: Free motion quilting

Interesting Info: This is my second time to make this quilt! I gave my first one, inspired by Cassandra @ My (not so) Dramatic Life and made in solids, to our guild's annual silent auction. This time I decided to use vintage Japanese indigo fabrics. I used Wonder Under to fasten the circles down.

The quilting consists of grid lines, then going around and around and around each circle!!! 

Each inside circle was fussy-cut, although it may only be obvious with the four large flowers. Here's the center flower block:

For the backing, I used part of an IKEA linen pillow case that has an indigo dyed look. Here's a photo of the backing, along with my hanging system using corner tabs and Command strips:

I used a piece of wool batting that was hanging around and just the right size, AKA, convenient. It did add way too much puff, though! I was able to tame the puffing down quite a bit by going over it with a steam iron from the back, after it was finished.

Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy

Linking up with Show Me Something Applique, DrEAMi, Project Quilting 12.2--Fussy Cut,  Free Motion Mavericks, UFO Busting, Patchwork & Quilts, Oh Scrap, Monday Making.