I’ve finished my fossil quilt for the SAQA Western Canada Burgess Shale fossil quilt project.
I’m really happy with the dimensional appearance of the head and body. I outlined the spines and small armor plates with zigzag stitching – using slightly lighter thread colors to give it a bit of a glowing look. For quilting, I echo-stitched around the spines, and then quilted a few straight lines parallel with the edges. I’ll be taking it with me to the CQA quilt show in Penticton next week to hand it over to the coordinator of the project.
Now I’m about to start quilting the VMQG logo colors group quilt. I’m going to quilt vertical lines with aqua thread, and horizontal lines with orange thread, to give it a plaid look. Then, I’ll carry on with the red bench art quilt which has to be finished by the end of May.
As always, I’m linking up with these blogs for WiP Wednesday. Click on the buttons below to see all the people participating and check out their projects.
The fossil quilt came out wonderful! The echo quilting really make it stand out! Can’t wait to see the VMQG quilt finished!
The fossil quilt looks amazing, and I love your layout for the VMQG blocks. Can’t wait to see the next steps on your red bench quilt, too. The bench looks like it is coming together very nicely!
This fellow really IS cool, Terry! Well done you!
Being a Micropalaeontologist I have a soft spot (excuse the pun) for the Burgess Shale. Some works based on it make my toes curl. But this is delightful. Thanks. Like.
Hi Terry, my name is Carrie Sharp and I am a quilter living in Calgary. I saw your fossil quilt along with the rest of the display at a small library in rural Alberta. Your work is exquisite as well as the rest of the display. I questioned the library manager about how these fabulous bits of art found themselves in Sundre. Great initiative. Thanks for sharing.