This was quite a traditional snowball block quilt, with lots of small floral fabrics used in all the scrappy squares.
I stitched in the ditch around all the blocks first, then did the cathedral windows/orange peel motif in all the blocks of little squares (each scrap square was about 1.5 inches square),with a half flower in the half square triangles setting off the snowballs. In each snowball, I did a single loopy spine and bulbous feathers. All stitching was done in the same variegated pastels (pink, yellow, green, blue, and cream) thread. In the black floral border, I did flames all the way along. I didn’t stitch the pink border.
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Threads used:
- Top: Fil-Tec ‘Harmony’ (‘Spring’, colour 14062; 40 wt cotton)
- Bottom: Fil-Tec ‘Glide’ pre-wound bobbin in white
Rhonda Bracey: At Random 
I really like that you didn’t go for a feathered wreath in the snowball blocks (not enough “movement” in that stitching & a bit formal for this quilt). Love the “Cathedral window” stitching!!!! Perfectly charming!! Hugs…………….
Hi, Rhonda,
What a lovely quilt and the quilting is wonderful! Can you possibly tell me how you did the circular feathers in the hexagon? I am trying to learn on my fairly new (four months and counting!) Tiara. Thanks!
Mary Ed Williams Pittsboro, NC
Hi Mary Ed
I just did a semi-circular loopy spine from a point at the edge of the octagon, then the feathers on the outside to the feather at the top of the spine, then as that almost hit the spine, I segued into the inner spine and completed a couple more feathers to fill the remaining space. If you look at the second picture closely, you can see what I did.
–Rhonda
Thank you so much! And also thank you for the heads up about AO 180 – I have the same very hard water (like it comes out of the spigot in briquettes) and I’ve tried everything.
Love your blog!
Very pretty quilt. You really enhanced it.