Friday, July 6, 2012

quilt done

My quilt is done.


The machine stitching lines are not as parallel as I'd hoped but it's good-sized, it's colorful, it will be warm.

My first object in making this was to use up large amounts of fabric, of which I had too much. I grabbed a colored toile. It had three scenes in it and I cut them out, not very precisely, which gave me 23 little "pictures".  I'd just been looking at Jane Brocket's quilt book - The Gentle Art of Quiltmaking - and was really liking the ones made simply with wide strips. So, I got the idea to make three rows with these vignettes, alternating them with strips of (somewhat) coordinating fabric. I had a large piece of a yellow with pink rosebuds which looked well with the toile.

The next thing I needed to do was try and get these little pictures into a uniform size; I had just quickly cut them. I thought I should "frame" them, and for that I found a deep blue batik; when that ran out I used a deep pink with small yellow dots.I sewed some to the sides of each "picture. Then, I needed to make my columns with matching fabric in between, and I found three fabrics which matched well - a green with machine embroidery, a golden yellow with white dots and a yellow with flowers. I made my three rows.

The white I used for a sashing made the whole thing too big for the backing I'd chosen, so I pieced it with something else - both with roses. I made the binding from a deep berry color.


My machine stitching went a bit off course at times - I need to improve on that. Overall, I'm very happy with it anyway - I made a quilt!

6 comments:

  1. Hi Lisa,

    Hope things are good with you.

    Is it very hot in your part of the world
    if so I hope you are staying cool.

    Your needlework is beautiful.

    I think I told you before that I couldn't do anything like that so admire your work all the more.

    Have a lovely week.

    Take care.

    Fiona x


    hope your pussy cats are well!

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  2. it's so pretty! I'm doing parallel machine quilting right now - I don't worry if it's precise, but I've heard you can add masking tape guides if it bothers you. Me, I try to quilt without marking anything.

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    1. I didn't want to bother with the masking tape; I really thought I could eyeball it. Perhaps if I try to neatly roll up the side next time, instead of shoving it through the machine, it wouldn't go all over the place! Patience.

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    2. Thank you, ladies! I've been bit by the quilting bug.

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  3. (Giggle) See I did comment on this quilt already. Silly me! ;)

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