Saturday, January 23, 2021

◎ 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.

28 comments:

  1. I absolutely LOVE this, Nancy!!! In case you didn't know, I have a thing for circles, spots, and dots. I don't care how many more entries join the PQ Link Party, your quilt will remain one of my favorites!

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  2. The quilting around the circles really gives depth to each of them.

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  3. Very nice mini quilt! Your quilting is simple yet very effective!

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  4. Love this! So modern. Great fussy cutting

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  5. What an interesting quilt....I really do like it. Love the quilting.

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  6. Beautiful quilt!! Love the vintage indigo fabric. Smart hanging system. :)

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  7. Hi Nancy, what a beautiful piece. I really like how you are hanging your wall quilt. Thanks for the idea. Take care.

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  8. I love it, so creative and as soon as I saw the screenshot and before I even read the post, I said to myself, "Japanese!" Love the quilting and I think the puff from wool is a good thing!

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  9. That is a fascinating idea. I love the fabrics. Great result.

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  10. I love it!! Just the right kind of Squirrel to give yourself a lovely wall piece to display.

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  11. This is so pretty, Nancy! I love it. It will look great on your wall of quilts!

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  12. That's a great squirrel project for certain! And fun to just quilt in circles to your heart's content!

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  13. This is beautiful! I love the circles and the way you quilted it!

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  14. What a great project this one is. I love what you did with he quilting and using the extra stuff “lying around”. You did fabulous picking up the theme and running with it...or should I say going in circles with it. Gorgeous.

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  15. What a cute quilt! Love all the different blues, and that stripe in the binding is the perfect touch!

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  16. I always giggle when I see s small quilt on such a big quilting machine. But I have been know to quilt a potholder on mine. You get used to certain tools!

    Thanks for linking up with Oh Scrap!

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  17. How fun for you to have free time to do what you wanted! I would have quilted it on my long arm also:)

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  18. This is gorgeous! I love all the circular stitching...just fabulous!

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  19. Hi,
    Beautiful little quilt..love that indigo fabric...so
    pretty. Have a great day!

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  20. Also thread painting category!!! Very pretty. Love it!!!

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  21. Very unique! I love the circle quilting you have done. Beautiful!

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  22. Yeah, your beautiful mini quilt is featured on my today's linky party ;)

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  23. I love your circle quilt. I’ve made several circle quilts using my circle attachment and fusible interfacing for the backing and then press on the block and hand stitch it down. Some call it an “I Spy” quilt. I also love your idea for hanging the quilt. I decided recently to just make wall quilts for awhile. Do you wash your wall quilts? I washed and dried one I rally wanted hanging on my wall, but now it’s crinkly, which I want in big quilts. I tried to iron it, and it’s still crinkly.

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  24. I missed this lovely mini when I looked at the PQ thumbnails. So glad that Tish featured it. Love your use for those japanese fabrics.

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  25. This is just fabulous Nancy! The quilting is perfect. Love the backing too, and will remember how you hang your minis...I usually just stick to thin small pins in each corner into the drywall lol.

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  26. Hello Nancy,
    What a great idea! This quilt looks such fun to make. Thank you for linking up with free Motion Mavericks. Your quilt is this weeks featured project!
    Love, Muv

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