Owl Baby Quilt

Last Friday I started this little baby quilt with owls as the theme.

It is the same owl design I did for my owl cushions.
Remember these?

 I simply put them on a tree with a few leaves and left lots of space for quilting.  I kept the borders simple so as not to detract from the owls. It took me a whole day of sewing ( at least 8 hours) to do all the cutting and machine applique.

Its ready for quilting now and I decided to take my big Janome off the frame and do this one on the table top. I thought my lack of working area on the frame would hinder my feathers in the center.

I used a thick 6 oz polyester wadding/batting.  It is about an inch thick but flattens out once quilted and it makes the feather plumes nice and puffy.

Bit close with the camera here but you can see how thick the wadding is.

Freehand feathers

Simple stippling in the background makes the leaves and feathers 'pop'.

I wasn't sure how to quilt the tree but I think I've managed to give it a bark like texture.

                               
                                                                    Quilting complete.

I rounded off the corners and finished with green binding.

Now, whats next?

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Rhianon.