Shoreline Shells

Here is my finished Shoreline Shells quilt from Whole Circle Studio.

It was a block of the month last year, and I pretty much had all the shells done (foundation paper piecing) by the end of the year. The sea glass in the center was done almost immediately. :)

Then I had to decide how to quilt it!

I ended up sort of, kind of echoing around each piece of sea glass and each shell after I had stitched in the ditch around each object.

Boy, did I have trouble with thread!

Omni, by Superior, is my favorite thread to use when quilting, but I had some Glide that matched my background--it kept breaking and I regularly had "goobers" on the back despite tension changes, bobbin changes, and needle changes. So I tried Isacord--same deal. Finally, I ordered some Omni from Superior (kind of hard not seeing the thread in person but I had seen a thread card at Lori's Pins and Needles in Paris--very helpful).  Yay, the Omni was a true performer!

Don't you love my quilt holder's feet? LOL!

Below are some closeups of the quilting. I didn't try to stay at the same distances for the echoing.

I faced the quilt instead of binding it--I like the look of facing sometimes when I don't want my eyes stopped by the binding.

Sew, it was at the Piatt County Quilt Show last Saturday and will likely be at the Salt Creek Patchmakers quilt show next spring (both in Illinois). I should have kept track of the hours I have in it--it's a bunch!

I have another pattern from Whole Circle Studio--and the fabric--one day soon I'll get after that paper piecing project too.