autumn sweet dreams ~ version two

our montana weather… has been perfect~perfect~perfect!  lots of color this season… no wind!  no snow!  and bright, blue sunny-big skies shining overhead!

 so ~ here’s version number two, of my orange/blue combos in a feathered table runner, with a similar colorway from the same piece of vicki welsh hand dyed fabric.  i used different colors of thread combos, and a more ‘meandering’ pattern of feathers, drifting over the fabric in different directions, and instead of one spine through the center, there are multiple ones.

the photo below shows the threads i used to stitch this piece, although the peachy pink thicker thread?  no clue!  i purchased this 3-4 years ago, and the label has fallen off, so i have no recollection of what brand/type it is.  {but it is pretty!} it’s rather a satiny type of shine. and a note about the blue, it’s brighter, but the lamp cast a shadow on it, and it looks so much darker than it is on the quilt.  

 essentially four threads on this one; golden yellow, hot pink, peachy pink {thick one}, and turquoise blue, and as you may know by now, i am just swimming in the limelight of this beautiful magnifico thread by superior threads.

did you notice that i stitched the thick peachy-pink thread with a top thread in turquoise blue?  yup.  i think it’s a cool effect ~ just to see what  the contrast  would look like. although it’s not as noticeable as i would have preferred. you can see it much better, up close, and in person.

but oooh, i love this bright orange, and the movement of the feathers through it.  

and ~ what i love best in this piece?  that delicious golden-yellow thread on that maroon-rusty-red fabric!  that is pure delight to my senses.  the second thing i love the most… is the binding fabric with the turquoise thread in the seam.  yup.  my favorite parts.

well, i actually it’s all a favorite.  and why not?  because…

yay! 
i sure hope you’ve had a wonderful season of blessing & color! … hint~hint… giveaway still open ~ have you commented on that post, yet?!  {i hope so!}  you only have until sunday. and here’s another version i’m playing with now:

joining up with “in the studio” and “off the wall” friday as well as the free motion quilting project! hope you are joining in, too!
xo
leslie