Friday 25 February 2022

Bollywood

I'm pleased to present "Bollywood" - another finished quilt from Millefiori Quilts 4 by Willyne Hammerstein. 



I love the vibrant colours in this quilt.  I started with a piece of the Legendary fabric by Pat Bravo as my inspiration fabric, and chose the other fabrics from that.  The hot pinks, the rich golds, and the sparkling teals.  I love them all together in this fabric.  


Bollywood is made from the Raindrops Are Falling on my Head pattern that is in Millefiori Quilts 4 by Willyne Hammerstein.  I chose to hand piece my quilt, but it can also be paper pieced.  I used templates made by Paper Pieces in USA, and fussy cut as many rosettes as I could. 


You can read my earlier posts about my Bollywood quilt here:

Just starting out - March 2021

Making progress - June 2021

I love hand quilting, but a quilt like this has a lot of seams, so I took it to my local long arm quilter - Rayna Clinton.  We developed a plan, and she quilted it beautifully on her long arm machine.  




I decided to use up all my scraps from this quilt on the back.  I now have a permanent record of what the Legendary fabric looked like before I fussy cut it to death.  


Bollywood isn't huge, but it was fun to make and allowed me to experiment with pattern and colour.  I'm making another version of this pattern with minor changes this time.  You can read about my Ruby Star quilt here, and I'll point out the differences in a future post.  

Finished size: 40" x 55"

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10 comments:

Gretchen Weaver said...

Bollywood is beautiful! It seems like you really EPP'd this quilt top fast! The machine quilting is perfect. I especially like the outside border, just lovely!

piecefulwendy said...

What a fantastic, vibrant quilt! It really turned out so well! Great idea using the fabric in the backing so you can see what it originally looked like. Nice finish!

Barbara said...

Ein Traum von Quilt - wunderschön!
Liebe Grüße - Barbara

Pam Dempsey said...

Oh, so pretty! Love the bright colors and the design. Do you enjoy hand piecing better than paper piecing?

cityquilter grace said...

another beauty wendy! so bright and well pink!

Becky said...

Great job on the corners—I remember your earlier post on that. Lovely quilt!

Gemini Jen NZ said...

You have such a great eye for selecting your fabrics/colours and your fussy cutting to make new designs of the prints - great job!

Sharon Kwilter said...

Your fabrics are amazing.

Zenia Rene said...

Bollywood is STUNNING! Congratulations on this gorgeous finish!

Marie said...

Absolutely fantastic, and the perfect name for this quilt!