Along with blogging, the wedding quilt got delayed, too. But, it turned out that personally giving it to the newlyweds a couple of weeks late was actually nicer than having it mixed in with all the other gifts. I had time to make a nice label. We got to chat about the fabrics and how I made the quilt. Having the more personal connection was very nice.
This quilt was a perfect fit for quilting each quarter separately and then sewing the quilted parts together. The method is a pain if you need to match the sections (actually, I've never been able to get such sections to match at all), but it's nice when matching isn't an option to begin with. I can't abide leaving overlapped batting in the finished quilt, so there's a lot of fussy trimming and hand sewing, but that's better than maneuvering an entire queen-size quilt sandwich, especially when using straight pins to hold the layers together. (Safety pins are too thick. They break the threads of the mostly tightly woven shirtings.)
I knew right away I'd do an all-over meander. I think it's a nice contrast to the hard, straight edges, not to mention that it's the one type of machine quilting I'm even somewhat competent at. I used leftover thread from my hand quilting of the linen quilt--variegated green and variegated yellow--plus a somewhat strange variegated pink-beige, gold, and green that worked surprisingly well.
This was a fun quilt to make, and I got pretty attached to it. It was hard to give it away!
3 comments:
The quilt is so beautiful - soft colors! I can understand how it was hard to give it away! The quilting is pretty, too. And you did a fantastic job of joining the four sections. That's something I would love to do properly. Have to put that on my list of skills to learn...
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wow, it's great! congrats. and I can't believe you did all that extra work with the batting. definitely better for it, but eeek. glad to have you back.
I love your quilt. It has such calming and soothing appearance.
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