Free Motion Mavericks - Week 129 - Silk Sandwiches

This week I have been busy with silk again.  I have come up with a project that needs seven quilted panels.  So far I have completed three.

The silk I am using is a shot dupion.  The red warp threads show when the fabric is held at an angle, but the main colour is blue.  On this photo I have managed to capture the colours reasonably accurately.

And on this one the camera panicked and got the blue all wrong. 

I have been quilting leaves and berries in a variegated thread in dark blues.  This is the thread that works best on this silk.  When experimenting last week I tried three different shades of thread.  I thought that a thread that included shades of dark red would go well with the red element in the silk.  However it actually seemed to deaden the shot effect, so I have stuck with a low contrast thread.

Here goes for Week 129...

The project that caught my eye in Week 128 was Shannon's confession quilt.  If you haven't seen her blog post yet, nip over now and have a closer look.

If you love free motion quilting, whether you are a beginner just taking the plunge, or you have reached the stage where you can do ostrich feathers with your eyes shut and still achieve perfect symmetry, then please link up.

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