It's Done

Here it is with the beads all sewn on. I decided that the orange beads on the top looked too heavy so went with colors to match the stripes. The color is a bit off because the wall is a warm yellow. The wall hanging is quite a bit brighter than this photo would indicate.

Finished?

This one is quilted and backed but the beads are not sewn on yet. I'm not sure if I'll use the big orange ones or not. Does anyone have any recommendation for the type of thread to use for the hanging tails of beads? Some of them are dangly earrings but lots of them are beads strung on a thread. So far, I've been using dental floss.


I finished the beading on the one on the left. It's about 25 inches squarish and the small one is about 15 inches. These are quite a lot smaller than my usual work.

I Like it Better Now

Before:

After:

I got rid of the light blue rectangles that were stealing attention from the middle circle. I'm not sure about the orange beads along the top. I liked them better around the blue circle or maybe not at all. Does the middle bottom area look like spider legs?

When is it Done?

The big question when working on this type of project is when to call it done. You could keep fiddling with it for weeks. I decided today that it was done. I quilted it and enveloped it. I just have to hand sew on a hanging sleeve. Our sunroom has yellow walls and I think this will look really nice in there. It would look even better if I'd finish and put away the big pile of hand work that is sitting on the table in there.

Quilting Playtime

I finished piecing the wall hanging and quilted and backed it. I spent some time sewing on beads and dangles. I moved the black tassel from the right and cut off one of the mauve pompoms. It was too squished to the side. I wish I had two more of the black teardrop beads. I'll have to take those off and put something else on I think. Adding the decorations at the end is half the fun of this style of quilting. I have a big cache of thrift shop beads, necklaces and trims that come in very handy when I start doing this job.

Quilt Game Updated

No posts for three days and now two in one day. Strange, I know.

I'm still having thread breaking issues on the quilting frame so I read the wrapper that was on the thread (following instructions, always a last resort!) and it said to use a top stitching needle. I guess it will now have to wait until I get back to town.

Meanwhile I did some more work on the Quilt Game. I'm still not satisfied with the bottom right part. I may add some of the green that is on the top and left. So much fun!

Changes

Here are some more changes to the latest quilt. I took off the pink piece on the top left. It just seemed too heavy and was the only place with any rick rack so it just didn't fit to me. It was the same with the piece on the top right. It seemed too heavy and had no little boxes in it, which all the other horizontal pieces did. I also added some vertical strips to the bottom right pink piece. There are a couple of new dangling bits too. Now I am thinking that I won't outline it in dark fabric. This way it looks less contained, as if it could explode in all directions at any time. Is that a good thing I wonder??