Friday Finishes- HOLY TOLEDO - It is finally Finished!!
I promise this is the last time this quilt will be on my blog. It has been a work in progress for a LONG time.
I started this last spring before Jeffrey got critically ill so it has lots of bittersweet memories associated with it. I am SO glad to finish it. Now I can move on with other projects.
I LOVE the border on this quilt. Of course this is Bonnie Hunter's design. I found her last year while surfing the web by Jeff's bedside. What a find!!! LOVE her scrappy, pieced, recycled quilts. There may be another one in my future very soon. But first I have to make two baby boy quilts!!
I quilted this on "Miss Lizzie". I am learning. The more I do the better I hope to get but for now I am very proud of myself.
I quilted this free motion by outlining each large half square triangle with wavy lines. The rest was meandered.
I stitched in the ditch on the inner and outer lines of the blue sashing.
I did a small wavy line down the center of the border half square triangles.
I am linking up today with Link a Finish Friday, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, and Crazy Mom Quilts. Hop on over and check out all the beautiful finished projects.
Think I will cozy up with this tonight and read a book......after I work on those baby boy quilts this afternoon!! This is MY quilt!!
Happy Trails,
Mtn Mama
WOW!! I love this!! It's on my to do list and seeing your makes me want to do it even more.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous quilt! I really want to do this, maybe as a leader and ender project? I've promised myself that I won't start new things until I finish some, but this is sooo tempting!
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt! Definitely need to get the book.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Great job and I love the scrappy look.
ReplyDeleteJust wondering how you dealt with all the seams. Did you get them to nest? I had a bunch of blocks for a quilt like this but couldn't get them stitched together so they would lie flat. I ended up cheating and used sashing. This is the way mine turned out http://sewingoutofmycomfortzone.blogspot.com/2012/11/ufo-done-stash-report.html, but I like yours so much better!
ReplyDeleteI have a few quilts I have had in progress way too long too. Its great to get one finished. This looks fantastic. Thanks for linking up.
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Spectacular!! If I had this quilt, I'd show it on my blog every week!! And your quilting is very nice - fits well with the design. Whoop whoop!!
ReplyDeleteGreat looking quilt! Good job!
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