I recently made this little sample to show the power of pebbling. It's just a plain piece of fabric and the whole thing is quilted in pebbles. I marked a circle (by tracing around a bowl) in the center of the piece and quilted that in a bright contrasting thread. The rest was quilted in a thread that almost matched the background. I love when you can make a plain piece of fabric amazing with quilting.
In each section I occasionally did something fancy inside the pebbles: a spiral in the center section and an asterisk in the background. I think that's my favorite way to dress up pebbling, just adding an occasional fancy one.
If you need a little free-motion quilting time this week and don't have a project ready, try something like this! Ours is now a little pillow. I've made so many pillows and small quilts lately I might do a craft fair booth this season, I need to make some space in here!
12 comments:
very effective, and a great way to practice pebbles!
Really nice! I like it!
I love this - great idea and awesome quilting!!
Love the idea of the little details to jazz up the pebbles.
Simply amazing! I wish I could do that. I am a lap quilter.
That is fun, and I love the snappy little binding against the blue background.
I love the pebbles with the "extras" - especially the spirals. I may need to make some placemats this way - just because!
That is awesome!
WOW! That's a whole lot of quilting going on! Love those little spirals, bet it fells wonderful!
Love the added spirals and astrics.
What a wonderful pillow! And a great way to practice FMQ.
So pretty, Christina! You make me want to sit down and quilt!!
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