Sunday 14 April 2013

Le Challenging FAL finish

I have killed two birds with one stone this weekend: my first FAL finish this quarter and my contribution to Le Challenge



Now, these poor circles have been lying around, abandoned since the middle of last year and each quarter they got moved to another quarter



When Lucy and Nat announced their challenge I thought about it and couldn't think of anything to do.  So I googled 'geometric patterns' and a whole heap of circles came up.  An idea took seed and last weekend I started to play with the circles

 
and I got really despondent as it just wasn't working.  But the next day was a better day


I blanket stitched the circles on to the pink and then last night started quilting


I only did five lines around the outside, as I was worried that it all might look too busy.  And just a couple of lines on the inside



I am really pleased with how is has turned out and also that I have my first FAL ticked off for this quarter.
Linking up with Le Challenge and FAL

24 comments:

  1. So glad you kept going Catherine - you must be so pleased. It's perfect for Le Challenge and a tick off the FAL list - win win win!

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  2. I think it looks amazing. Well done you.

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  3. i love the black and the pink together - lots of energy

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  4. Such intricate work!! Love it!!

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  5. So beautiful! Glad you manage to finish it in time for le challenge!

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  6. I love the way the hot pink works with them. There is so much work in this. Beautiful!

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  7. Really lovely quilt - I love the fact that there are so many colours in the circles.

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  8. I love your background fabric choice. It really pops.

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  9. This looks so great. Fab you killed two birds with one stone too - Result!

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  10. Hooray for multi-result finishes! These are very striking Catherine - hope you plan to hang them somewhere you can enjoy looking at them!

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  11. This is beautiful! Love the quilting :)

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  12. You are so talented doing those tiny pieces in the circles they are absolutely fab. A FAL finish too. Well done. Di x

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  13. You are a clever clogs!! It looks brilliant and so glad you could make something with those circles because they are beautiful! It looks fab with the pink and the minimal quilting works really well! Thanks for linking up :)

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  14. Well done C! A great finish! Jxo

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  15. This is fantastic, Catherine. I love it!

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  16. Turned out lovely! Bet you're glad you finished them!

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  17. Great job! It looks fantastic--especially on that bright pink.

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  18. How nice is it finally use orphan blocks?! This looks fabulous!

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