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My lovely, beastly assistant. So rude.
In spite of him, the two year old with a pink feather boa (used as a weapon), and the puppy dog, all of the pieces are in order, pinned in 21 piles. K helped tremendously. The last corner was hard, as it got very beige. I think we solved it.
The patterned bits are from a vintage set of curtains I've had forever. I reupholstered a chair with most of it, but cut some pieces for the quilt. They break it up nicely.
Here's Sirius modeling the chair. It was the least he could do.
I'm not sure what to put on the back of the quilt. These pieces are all medium weight woven cotton, so the back should be on the light side, but of similar strength. It might have to have a seam or two.
I'm also not sure about the actual quilting/top stitching idea. Keeping it simple appeals, but it does need to attach through the batting front to back. Maybe there will be top stitching along some lengthwise seams. Maybe straight, maybe wavy. It's so linear though, swirls would be nice. They might have to be hand sewn. I'm not going to worry about it now.
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6 comments:
Love your color spectrum.
I ventured into quilt making last year (no, two years ago) not with a small baby quilt, but with a bed-sized quilt for my daughter. I pieced it in record time, pinned it to the backing, started hand-quilting... and petered out. It's still sitting in a bag, this close to being finished. Undoubtedly my natural laziness has something to do with this, but some blame must be placed on my intrepid helpers, who ran off with the big quilting hoop and broke it.
like the new look of the blog! and happy new year too! also, black cats are my absolute favourite!
good luck with the quilt...it looks amazing already.
quilting is next on my list of things I'd love to learn (after nursing school perhaps) I am saving some of my favorite kid clothes to do something with later..oh and their christmas pj's, I'm saving those to make a christmas quilt some day...
do really like how you're using color for your quilt, i hope you post a picture when you're finished.
That quilt is going to be spectacular! The piecing (is that what it's called?) must have been excruciating. Definitely worth the trouble though. Can't wait to see it completed.
Thanks for all the kind words about the quilt and the new blog look. Also for the quilting wisdom.
I will not entertain the thought of hand quilting any longer. It was folly, true, oh wise one.
So far three rows are assembled, and all is on hold until next blitz. I'm not looking forward to the ironing phase. At all. Sewing is yummy and fast. Ironing? Not so much.
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