Sea Glass Finish

 Several years ago I saw a Sea Glass quilt on Pinterest

made by the Exhausted Octopus  and I immediately

knew I was going to make a quilt like this at some point.

Last year when I was Queen Bee for the Gridsters,

an on line bee I belong to, I asked my bee mates

to send me scraps of fabrics in colors of the sea.

Boy, did they come through!

 

After hours of drawing the shapes,

 then redrawing the shapes after realizing I made them too small,

cutting them out, ironing them to the background and

the quilting around each and every piece of glass,

it's finished.

 

 

 

 

 

This was so daunting to me when I got ready to start this quilt.

How to I place the pieces?

What design should I use?

I finally just jumped in and started playing.

 

 

 

 

 

I used an 80 wt thread to quilt the pieces

so it isn't as noticeable, but still stands out.

White was used on the entire quilt.

I don't mind the white showing on the

colorful pieces. 

 

 

 

 

 

It was actually very relaxing to do some mindless quilting around

each piece of glass.

 

 

I did learn some things making this first quilt.

If I make another one,
I need to draw or tape a frame to the background

so I have boundaries and know how far out

to place the pieces.

 

Even redrawing the pieces of glass,

they were still too small.

I do like the look, but would

make bigger pieces next time. 

I also need to take the pieces all the way to the edge of the background.

There is a bit of a wave to this quilt because

of the denseness of the quilting,

but I'm okay with that.

After all, it's sea glass.... there are waves in the ocean.

:) 

 

 If you are interested in making one of these quilts,

the Exhausted Octopus offers a class. Above there

is a link to her blog.

 

Happy Quilting!