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Angela Flicker

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I'm fairly new to quilting, only about 2 1/2 years in. For this quilt challenge, I wanted to design something that was different from past quilts I have made --I wanted to step out of my comfort zone as a means to widen my skills base. I've always wanted to try diamonds, and so I made that my theme. I was intrigued by the idea of light areas growing into dark, and dark growing into light, and I didn't want my quilt to have a set pattern, rather I wanted it to be random. I now want to make this quilt in every color, I'm just so happy with the results.

 

My quilt is 62" x 86" in size and I used the following Kona Solids, from the purple family, for my monochromatic theme: orchid, mulberry, petunia, violet, magenta, pansy, crocus, and hibiscus. I bound the quilt by hand, and quilted it on my normal home machine. For the quilting, I used an invisible thread for the top, and basically stitched in the ditch making long diagonal double lines, along the entire length of the quilt.

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Uploaded on March 31, 2011
Taken on March 31, 2011