Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Over the River and Through the Woods

Yes, I can do some hand work.  No not hand quilting, but hand embroidery.  The first hand embroidery quilt that I finished was the Over the River and Through the Woods by Crabapple Hill Studio.  I have seen it on several blogs and was just in love with the pattern.  I would love to say that it stitched quickly, but there was a billion tree branches.  I like to sew at night, so I kept it in the family room to stitch on if I sat down to watch T.V. with the family.  As usual, I would get started stitching and the rest of the family would go to bed and I would want to just finish this next little section and finally make it to bed several hours later.  There should be a disclaimer on the patterns that states    -  Warning....Highly Addictive.....

This photo is the finished quilt.
  I decided on redwork so that it would be great for the holidays.  And I added the extra border on the outside just to make it a little larger.

I told you there were billions of tree branches to stitch.



 When I quilted it (by machine) I wanted to give it more detail, so I quilted clouds in the sky and smoke coming out of  the chimney.  I made drifts in the snow. 
I quilted trees on the center panel.

Thanks for letting me share my quilt today.  I really enjoyed making it.  I have made a few more of the Crabapple Hill Studio projects that I will probably share with you soon.  I usually keep some kind of embroidery going at all times.  But it just does not get completed as quickly as the other projects.  But if something is happening where I have to have a project to go.  I will grab the bag and have a little hand project to keep me out of trouble.

9 comments:

  1. Beautiful! What line are these red fabrics from?

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    1. I collected fabrics for this quilt for a little while so most of them are from the Blue Hill collection called Pan Am that was out a couple years ago. There were a few others mixed in to make enough variety, but they were just things I had that color matched. Thank you for your kind comments.

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  2. Gorgeous~! That pattern is in my upcoming projects pile. I may have to rethink the black/tan version after seeing your beautiful red one.

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    1. I saved the black work for the Halloween quilt. Maybe I will share it soon. But I have seen it in Blackwork and also in Blue work. It was beautiful in both colors. It made me want to do a blue one.

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  3. Beautiful...i especially like how you machine quilted. Creating clouds and smoke and drifts...very creative.

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  4. Terrific quilt and a marathon to complete for sure!

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  5. Love your quilt & especially the red. I just finished a redwork embroidered quilt top & wonder if you quilt over the embroidery or just around it?

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    1. I try my best not to quilt over the handwork. So I do a lot of stopping and starting. I think that lets my handwork really stand out.

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  6. Love going to Grandmas house in the redwork. I have done this same quilt in the black and tans and just love it. I am just starting to trace out the Vintage tins by Crabapple at the moment. Can't wait to see it completed.

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