All Things Rhapsody

[Debbie L.]

Judy,
Love your rhapsody.....the colors are fantastic. Almost looks like a tapestry. Great work. Can't wait to see the next one.
Camille

[Debbie L.]

Judy, are all of those flowers appliqued? It's so beautiful!

Ruthann

Ruthann, I used the same method as Ricky does. First I used fusible web and then I stitched around everything with a blanket stitch.

[Nanette H.]

Woohoo! I finished piecing my rhapsody quilt. It is on my profile under my personal photos. The name of the quilt is "Hawaii Calling". I am doing this for a quilt guild challange where we were limited on color choices. I needed a little more hand holding on piecing this together because there are a number of puckers. I guess more opportunity for quilting. (quilt it out) Thanks so much Ricky for your inspiration and instruction (great book) in doing this. I would have never thought I could have made something this challenging. I have till June 18th to get it all done. Can anyone answer me, if I use a white polyester thin batt, will it come through the front on the black background?

[Nanette H.]

Nanette, I LOVE the Hawaiian-themed applique. So cute. Great job!
-Tina

[Margo C.]

Woohoo! I finished piecing my rhapsody quilt. It is on my profile under my personal photos. The name of the quilt is "Hawaii Calling". I am doing this for a quilt guild challange where we were limited on color choices. I needed a little more hand holding on piecing this together because there are a number of puckers. I guess more opportunity for quilting. (quilt it out) Thanks so much Ricky for your inspiration and instruction (great book) in doing this. I would have never thought I could have made something this challenging. I have till June 18th to get it all done. Can anyone answer me, if I use a white polyester thin batt, will it come through the front on the black background?

Nanette, I can't help you with the batting issue (never used thin poly) but I've got to tell you that I LOVE THIS RHAPSODY!!! Great job!!!

[Margo C.]

Nannette, Your quilt is wonderful!! You did a great job on designing and color. If I remember correctly, polyster batting is better than cotton for a dark quilt. I did a dark one with cotton batting and it came through or fibers just showed up on the top when I was done. I had to carefully brush it off. Check with your LQS for more batting info. Carolyn

[Patti P.]

Nanette - love it! The Hawaiian motives are really great in this.

[karen f.]

Nanette, I didn't answer at first since I don't have a lot of experiences to base this on but I once used a thin poly on a sort of scrappy quilt and it comes migrating through all the time to the front. If you do use it on black I would use a dark poly batting at least.
Karen

[Eileen K.]

Nanette,
Your Rhapsody is really beautiful!!!
About the batting-I would go with a dark batting just to be safe. Why take a chance that a light batt will show through or beard?
eileenkny

[Eileen K.]

Can anyone answer me, if I use a white polyester thin batt, will it come through the front on the black background?

Your Rhapsody is gorgeous! I use Thermore batting for all my wallhangings, and it does not beard. I would feel confident using it in a black quilt. That said, there is very nice black batting available, also.
Brita

[Eileen K.]

Nanette

I love your Rhapsody. I believe a black batting might be what you want to use.

Margarita in Auburn, CA

[Eileen K.]

I think that Theremore ,(SP). also comes in black. I know I really like to use that for hand quilting. (Have not used the black though.)

Margarita (again) in Auburn, CA

[Eileen K.]

Judy, I love your Rhapsody. It will be great.

Margarita in Auburn, CA (Still dreaming about doing my Rhapsody)

[Lynn K.]

Now, Ricky, don't take this as criticism because we know you are BUZY but...............

when are we going to see the next chapter of your Rhapsody? I just love watching you work! You inspire me!

Lynn

[Lynn K.]

Nannette, I love the colors, the black make the brights pop. I would use a dark batting for this quilt. My Rhapsody isn't lying perfectly flat either. I have begun the quilting and so far so good. It feels so good, da da, like I knew it would.