I wasn’t sure about this quilt — there was something about those bunnies that was scary! 😉 Maybe it was the clown colours or the upright ears, but these rabbits just didn’t seem very friendly.
Anyhoo… My job wasn’t to wonder about scary or friendly bunnies — it was to quilt the quilt that someone had spent hours making.
My first step was to outline and stabilise all the appliqued rabbit features in invisible thread. Once that was done, I just did a simple meandering stipple in a variegated pastel thread over all the other parts of the quilt, letting the bunnies take centre stage. I hadn’t seen or touched pique (?) fabric in YEARS, so it was quite nice handling the pale blue fabric.
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Threads used:
- Top: Fil-Tec Harmony ‘Spring’ (variegated cotton [pink, yellow, blue, green pastels], 40 wt, colour 14062)
- Bobbin: Bobbinfil (white, 70 wt, cotton)
Photos of all the Community Quilts I’ve quilted are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhondamadeit/sets/72157630291250200/
