So what did I do craft-wise while I was up there? I put two of my longest-standing almost-finished-objects to rest.
First, my Picnic Plaid.
I first saw this quilt as a class sample made by Mary Ellen Sakai at Bearly Stitchin, somewhere in the neighborhood of 2004 or 2005. I don’t remember.
I do remember that I first made this quilt as a gift for my best friend, Bill. He tells me that his quilt has a label on the back that says “2005” on it. People, this is why we put labels on quilts!
This was a very quick top to complete and I loved the results when I made it for Bill. On his quilt, I put puppy paw prints all around the border and on all of the stripes. When I visited his house on my trip from LA to Pittsburgh in 2007, I spied his quilt. It was filthy. He was afraid to wash it. I straightened him out, but was happy it was obviously well-loved and much-used!
Anyhoo, shortly after finishing Bill's masterpiece, I decided I needed to make this quilt again, for myself! I used brighter hues of the same colors and quilted spirals in the borders and stippled the plaid stripes in like-colored thread.
So I did! I probably started it some time in early 2006. That’s pre-blog, so I don’t know exactly when I started it. Just a guess. I did decide to leave the white background squares unquilted. Not sure if I’m still in love with that decision, but they’re small enough (about 4”) that they should be fine.
I used Printed Treasures sew-in fabric for the label. Purchased at the J-store. With a coupon. I will certainly purchase again. I doodled up the “artwork” for the label in InDesign on my computer, then printed it out. I think it was a great solution, although it’s obviously a very densely-woven fabric, so it was kind of tough to sew through by hand. Oh, and this was my first label-sewing adventure in quite a while, so I didn’t quite line it up right. It’s a little puffy.
So this was a generally enjoyable project. It took forever to get the binding hand-sewn down, but I’ve been quilting less and less since I moved (I really want to change that!!!), so it kind of makes sense.
But dammit, when I edited this photo, I noticed an unquilted red square. One down from the top on the right. I’ll fix that. Someday.
8 comments:
Nice, very bright and cheery! At least you're being crafty, I've been playing "Professor Layton and the Curious Village" on my Nintendo DS pretty much non-stop.
I really like the multicolored binding!!
It is always nice nice to get those projects done - very colorful and fun!
The quilted details are absolutely gorgeous! Do you do those all freehand, or can you do them on the machine? Either way, I'm super impressed.
I love this. I love the colors and the little polka dots on the white squares. What a fabulous quilt. Well done.
Love the weaving look of this! Hehe..what red square..I'd leave it ;)
I love the spiral quilting!
I'm fairly new to quilting....but I LOVE this quilt!!! So far, I've just done my quilting by hand. I WISH I could afford a quilting machine, but I don't see that in my near future. Did you do the spiraling by hand or on a machine?
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