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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Wake up to Kona!

Wow, WoW, WOW!  

That's all I can say about the beautiful work everyone has done.  I love what God puts in each of us.  How different we each are and yet, how beautiful what is in each individual.

I want to thank Carol and  Madame Samm for hosting and cheer leading this Hop.  Thanks for letting me be a participant.

Todays participants are:   

January 21

Luka's Creation

As with most of my quilts there is no pattern or I adapt the pattern.  I designed this to work with color and I wanted the focus to be on the "blues".  I used part of a jelly roll for the blocks and around 2/3 of a yard of brown to do the sashings and borders on the quilt.  I also used different width sashings from top to bottom and left to right.  

Luka's Creation
 The entire quilt is free motion quilted on my Juki machine.

I started to use tape for the straight lines and my walking foot does not work properly, so I free motion my quilts.  I had seen examples of long arm quilters using a ruler for straight lines, and knew they had taught themselves to use the ruler, so why can't I do that.  It takes a little focus to hold the ruler and guide the quilt, but once I got started it was super easy.  I love the results.



The following is all participants in the blog hop.  Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you soon,

Renee 

January 7

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January 9

January 10

January 13

January 14

January 15

January 17

January 20


58 comments:

  1. Very pretty indeed with all those blues. Your quilting turned out lovely.

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  2. Love the blues...very pretty quilt!

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  3. Your quilt is very lovely. Thanks for sharing

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  4. Pretty quilt. I'll have to try using a ruler with FMQ.

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  5. Pretty quilt! Great tip to use a ruler when quilting.

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  6. Brown was an interesting sashing choice. Did you use brown thread to quilt, also? Was your quilt back a print and that is why you couldn't show it? I like your serendipitous approach to quilt making.

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  7. Nice looking quilt. Great job on learning to use the ruler with your fmqing.

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  8. PASS the checkers…that is what I saw when I saw your quilt…nice looking piece

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  9. Ruler is a nice tip, have to try that. Beautiful quilt. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com

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  10. Good for you, using the ruler to guide your quilting stitches! You are clever! And your quilt is beautiful. Great work!

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  11. your quilt turned out fantastic!! Great color choices.

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  12. Great idea! I will have to play with the ruler trick. I always say "why not try it!"

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  13. What a pretty quilt! I will have to try the ruler trick!

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  14. Very pretty! I might give that ruler idea a try!

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  15. Lovely quilt. Love all the different blues.

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  16. I like the varying widths of your sashing. I've never seen that before. svonfumetti at yahoo dot com

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  17. I'm a big blue fan myself. Your quilt looks so snuggly and warm :)

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  18. You did a wonderful job on your creation.

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  19. Aren'y you glad to have this finished. Great idea to work with the ruler, Keep up the good work. K

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  20. Wow, impressive that you were able to maneuver both the ruler and quilt at the same time, I can barely control the quilt! Thank you for sharing!
    ~Brandy

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  21. Lovely use of blues in your quilt...it looks beautiful! I use tape, but that's an interesting way to sew those lines using a ruler. I'll have to try that. Thanks for hopping with us! :O)

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  22. Nice colors. I like blue and brown quilts. Interesting touch with the different width sashing. Thanks for sharing ... :) Pat

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  23. That is solo pretty. I love all the blues.

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  24. I agree on the Wow, wow; the projects we've been seeing are amazing! Love your quilt - the brown sashing gives it an entirely different look. Yes, I've seen others using longarm rulers for their FMQ on a domestic machine. I gave it a try just with a regular ruler which is what it looks like you also did. I thought it worked pretty well, also, and I liked the consistency it gave to my lines. Curvey lines are another story!

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  25. I love all the blues and greens in your quilts. I've been using the ruler method for straight-line quilting and it does work pretty well - great job!

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  26. That ruler technique looks intriguing. I might have to try that someday.

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  27. Love your quilt. I might have to try that ruler technique.
    Thanks for sharing.
    xo jan

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  28. I like the different widths of sashing. It gives your quilt movement. =)

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  29. wow this is really, really lovely. I love the colors you put together and the sashings are of different widths. truly makes this one of a kind. thanks for sharing

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  30. Cool (warm! lol) quilt!!! Thanks for sharing the ruler idea.... I haven't really done FMQ yet...pretty new to quilty things...just easy stuff (so far...)

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  31. Beautiful in Kona blues! Fun idea to mix up the size of the sashings - it keeps the eye moving on this pretty quilt. Thanks so much for sharing!

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  32. Your choice of blue and brown Kona is beautiful! Love how you did the sashing. Thank you for sharing.

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  33. Very nice quilt. I like the different sized sashing strips the way you've used those.

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  34. Love the colors and the quilt! I never heard of the ruler idea, brilliant! :)

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  35. Great blend of colors. Lovely quilt.

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  36. Great quilt. love that the sashing varies in width. Nice effect.

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  37. very pretty. thanks for sharing. vickise at gmail dot com

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  38. Thanks for sharing your beautiful projects. That ruler idea is great

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  39. wonderful kona colors! like your pattern and your ability to change patterns to your liking. your ruler quilting fits the pattern!

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  40. Very nice quilt, so glad you shared your talents with us !

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  41. Blues and greens are my favorites! Lovely!

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  42. Pretty quilt and great tip with the ruler! Thanks for sharing :)

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  43. I love your quilt,also the new photos posted outside do show the colors much better! Impressive that you were able to quilt with the ruler,pretty sure I could not manage that.

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  44. Lovely quilt! I like how you placed your colors. well done,
    cheers
    maggie

    maggiemine42@gmail.com

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  45. You must me really talented with that ruler! I couldnt do it:) Love the pattern and colors. The new pics really showed them off.

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  46. You will be happier with a ruler made for longarm quilting. I used a regular ruler and sewed through it. This can throw the timing off on your machine. Quilting looks great!
    Barb@Witsend

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  47. Very pretty! Love the colors. Your quilting is very nice indeed!

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  48. Nice quilt. Thanks for sharing.

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  49. Lovely quilt like the asymmetrical borders. Thanks for sharing.

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  50. Your colors are fabulous and the quilt is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

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  51. Oh, just love checks and I love your quilt.

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