Scrappy Scallops
Scrappy Scallops is also know by several other names including Jujubes and Birds on a Wire. Scallop inspiration is all around, including the great work of collage artist Rex Ray.
Heavily quilted in what I’m calling my Isolation Quilting style - because I had nothing else to do.
48” x 69”
2021
Creating half oval applique shapes outdoors on a Tucson winter afternoon with wine and coffee
Planning and basting the rows of half oval applique
All the half ovals have been machine appliquéd - stitching the rows together now with piping between each row
Detail before quilting of the machine applique and piping
Doing some red thread painting in the semi circles with machine quilting - I was really excited with how those red half circles were turning out
Keeping my filler 1/4" lines perpendicular to the piped row edges
I often like dense quilting but during isolation I kinda went overboard - there's 5 different red threads in the grey border quilting including a metallic
With all the dense quilting I was doing, I didn't need to piece much interest in the back - but I did add a little interest with that ombre
One of my practice quilting sandwiches for Scrappy Scallops