French Braid

Dolores made this beautiful (and if I may add VERY photogenic) quilt using the French Braid book and even added some fussy cut appliques on it of flowers and vines! Isn't it gorgeous?

 Dolores teaches both the French Braid technique and the machine applique technique at the shop too.

 I tried a new border technique because it sort of looked braided too and it used my curved cross hatching ruler that I love! I saw a tutorial on how to do it here. Check it out!

 Dolores really nailed the light to dark gradation didn't she?

I love how it turned out!

Nancy's French Braid

Nancy finished this quilt top months ago and it has been waiting in my queue patiently to be quilted. I was waiting patiently for it to speak to me about how it wanted to be quilted.

Somewhere in the flux and flurry of Quilt Market suddenly I heard it make up its mind and speak to me. (Perhaps it took a few months to learn English?? haha since it's a FRENCH Braid-- pathetic I know....)

Textures! It wanted lots of texture. So I treated each band of the french braid uniquely.  It is a lot of fun to try different things on quilts. A little free- motion, a little ruler work etc...
Here are a few more pics:

 The diamonds (above) have a spiraling feather in them and the set in triangles (below) at the top and bottom of each braid are done with curved cross hatching.

I hope Nancy loves it! It was a lot of fun to quilt!