Good Morning Quilters!
This week I have been binding quilts that are recently back from the longarm machine quilter. The hourglass quilt is now bound and ready for a label. I thought I’d put the number of pieces in it on the label, so I calculated the number. It’s 40 blocks by 40 blocks square, and the blocks are two inches each. With the combination on hourglasses and half-square triangles, the total number of pieces in all the squares: 4,624.
Here is the quilt with the binding on it:
The back of it to show you the quilting design: It really pleases me, front and back. A quilt that wasn’t from a pattern, and just sort of “evolved” over time.
The second one receiving its binding this last week was the strippy brown and pink quilt made from lots of different four inch squares. It would take too long to count how many pieces of fabric are in all of these different squares. The binding is made from the ighter small print that was in the setting triangles in the quilt. All of the fabrcs in both of these quilts was from my stash of old fabrics.
The blocks were made as part on an internet free project: 365 blocks in a year in 2016 by Kathryn Kerr of Australia. Size details about this quilt: There are 207 blocks that are 3 inches square, and the entire quilt measures 79” by 92”.
The machine quilting is a small feather design in one stripe, and in other stripes and triangles, an orange peel. Then she quilted two simple squares in each pieced block. I really like what she did. Beverly Irvine quilted both quilts. Close up of the quilting:
Here is a picture of the quilt full on, as held up last week at the quilt retreat:
Here is a snapshot of the doll quilt, which is 17” by 28”, with 20 three inch squares.
What are you starting, or binding, or finishing, or working on this week? Please click on the link below and show us what you are doing. Thanks for joining in. I know your days are busy, and I appreciate your blogs very much.
12 comments:
wow - such awesome quilts and the piece count is amazing - congrats
Your quilts looked so nice displayed at retreat during show & tell! I've downloaded the patterns for the 364 day quilt but didn't like the original setting. I really like your way better. Sorry I missed the bird block display at retreat but you all will have made more progress by spring. Happy stitching!
i like how you used the 365 blocks...i made that quilt but hate it, gave to my daughter...i might have kept it using your layout...
Beautiful finishes! You've done really well with a last push on finishes at the end of the year. I really like Hourglass quilt. Do you plan to enjoy both these quilts on your couch or are they gifts?
Oh my your quilts are spectacular! That is a whole lot of sewing for sure.
Wow - both quilts are just so beautiful.
Hi Judy, those are really lovely quilts and really great quilting. I hope that you have a wonderful week.
I love your amazing quilts. Such extraordinary patchwork and wonderful creativity.
They're all 3 fabulous finishes, Judy!!! That baby quilt is absolutely adorable!!!!
You got me at over 4,000 pieces in your first quilt. You are really doing fabulously on finishing some of your quilts. I was whining this weekend when I was binding a 64 x 64" quilt. "Oh so much binding to do!" And I was doing both sides by the sewing machine. At least it is done.
Your piece count on that quilt amazed me! All of your quilts (and sock monkey and mini sock monkey) are beautiful. Thank you for hosting us all 😁 Carol
Pam and I both did the 365 quilt. On a whim I did mine quilt-as-you=go, waas fun. Haven't thought about the process since, but think I'll try it again based on new techniques I've learned since, no hand work involved. I've also gone over to the accuquilt side this summer, love it, hediously expensive, found great deals though, can't keep a thrifty person down. (Ladyfingers on-line and ebay) we are in Texas for the last of 5 weeks RV school and 3 or 4 more vacation then will wend our way home.
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