Good Golly Miss Mollie and a reader's Value Proposition quilt so far

It is quilted... Good Golly Miss Mollie is quilted and bound. All it needs is a hanging sleeve and it is ready to hang at the quilt show in two weeks! The quilt is densely quilted for two reasons. First I like the look and feel of dense quilting and the second reason is that I just can't stop myself once I get started. I used a fine weight polyester thread so the quilt is very soft and foldable even though it is heavily quilted.

I need to get a picture of it hung outside so you can see the whole thing. For now I'll just share some pictures of the blocks.

On September 4 I showed you a little leaf motif that I like to quilt. Here I've used in in round of hexagons made with the taupe & orange fabric.

To quilt the leaf motif  I quilted the outer most shape of the leaf first using the hexagon as my guide for the shape. When it was quilted I bounced back the way I just came from and echoed the leaf shape. Then I bounced back and quilted the outer teardrop and finally I bounced back to quilt the inner teardrop. When I bounce I try to stop a stitch or two (or three) from the corner/edge to avoid a heavy thread build-up. I stitch along the edge of the hexagon until I get to the point where I want to stitch the next leaf. Fast and easy!

If you will be in the Toronto area in two weeks you can see my quilt at this show.

Now for a little bit of eye candy! There are a number of you who are participating in my free Value Proposition Hexagon Quilt Along. The quilt is made up of 18 full blocks and 4 partial blocks. I set up a FLICKR page so that sewists could post pictures of their blocks. Bunny put her blocks up on the design wall and posted a picture. Are you drooling over her quilt? I sure am! Bunny tells me she doesn't make scrap quilts but she is using her bits and pieces to make this one and she is very happy with what she is seeing!

If you are tempted to join in the hexagon fun you will find links to all of the patterns under the tab Quilt Alongs by Karen H just under the banner at the top of this page!

Until I post again, happy sewing!
Karen H