Monday 16 April 2012

Finally!

Well, I actually have something to share now!  I finished my sister's quilt that I've been making.  This is using the blue fabric panels that started their life as a wrap dress.  I cut the piece in half and used one side as a panel for the quilt, and the other was cut into 5" squares for the rest.

Emma's Quilt


My sister wanted the quilt backed with a flannel sheet for comfort, so I had her provide the sheet for me.  She ended up getting a duvet cover, so I used extra from the other side of the cover for the piecing on the front as well.  I don't have a picture of it finished and held up because I was by myself and it's big and heavy!!

Emma's Quilt


Quilting

This picture shows all the types of quilting that I did.  In the middle I quilted around all of the little flowers and then did loopy meandering between.  I did loops around the two narrow border diamonds.  The paisley part got the big loopy style stuff, and then the grey border is just stippled.  I did echo printing for the square borders the long way, leaving that part fairly minimally quilted.  

Black polka dot binding

I sewed the binding on with the machine and it turned out really well.

My label!

I finished the quilt off with a label I got made on Spoonflower.  I attached it with steam a seam lite and then did some zig-zag stitching around the edge.  I am not sure why the one side was so tight because I didn't change anything, but I like how it works out.

I'll be linking up to Manic Monday Linky Party with Sew Happy Geek, and WIP Wednesday with Lee at Freshly Pieced.

8 comments:

  1. Kate, it looks SO great! What does your sister think? The binding fabric is just perfect (or was that also part of the panel?)

    Hope you're well!

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  2. Lovely, the quilting looks great.

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  3. Your quilting is amazing - I'm in awe:-)

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  4. Gorgeous Kate! The quilting (as usual) is to die for!

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  5. Nice! I love the quilting!

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  6. Very lovely quilt! I really like the colors and the binding is awesome!

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  7. Hey, I awarded you the Liebster Award :) here are the details http://cassiescrafties.blogspot.com/2012/04/liebster-award.html

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  8. Lovely quilting. You did a great job.

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