Flock Wave
I was so excited when Thomas Knauer sent me two of his recent fabric collections to make a quilt – Flock and Savanna Bop. Using Flock, I have made a children’s quilt, aptly named ‘Flock Wave’ because I used a curved block based on Jennifer Lanak’s ‘Roller Coaster‘ block. Wishing to alter the slope a smidgen, I drew my own in EQ7 and inverted alternate blocks to make a wavy effect.
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| Block Size 6″ finished.
Quilt Size 48 1/2″ x 60 1/2″
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Adhering to my ‘White Rule’, I searched for a suitable background solid to complement the fabrics. Being inquisitive and willing to try anything, I found a spandex 4% / cotton 96% blend fabric at Spotlight ( on my twice yearly visit ).
While it has the weight of a home dec fabric, it was the nicest fabric to sew and quilt with. I had no trouble at all on the long arm or the domestic machine. I even used an iron set just below cotton to press the fabric and it did not scorch the fibres. This blend came in some gorgeous colours, 54″ wide and has a beautiful lustre, changing shade, depending on the light and how it was cut. At $AUS 12.99 / metre not a bad buy.
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| Superior Highlights and So Fine threads |
For the backing I pieced together some Flock FQ’s and one of my favourite solids from Kate Spains Flurry range in blue.
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| Super Model – Jasper Carrot |
7 Comments
Patchwork and Play
LOVE the quilting!
capitolaquilter
I like the bit of a twist you made to the quilt and think a scrappy binding would be terrific. The quilting pattern looks so hard to keep track of – really nice effect tho.
Jaejaejae
Beautiful! I love the backing – I think I might do a pieced backing on one of my quilts. I think the scrappy binding would look great on Flock Wave.
Kristy QP
Love this! The quilting is fantastic!
Danielle Hudson
What a pretty quilt, and I LOVE your quilting design. I will be using that. What's your white rule?
Newbie Jen
Love it!
kitblu
Please tell that the quilting is not free-motion. I would be soooooo jealous. It suits your blocks and makes them seem to ripple. It is that the sign of a flockwave?