I am not the biggest fan of winter. My apartment is terribly insulated, so I spend most of my time freezing and huddled under quilts with the animals. I really lose my motivation for sewing and blogging. Today I'm feeling motivated to share, so I'm going to try to take advantage of it!
I finished my Pack Patch Mini Quilt a few weeks ago and brought it up to Vermont for a photoshoot. I ended up quilting it with parallel wavy lines, about 1/3" apart. I really like the effect, although it did warp some of the blocks. I then tried blocking the quilt to square up everything again, but due to apartment living was unable to let it sit flat and pinned for long enough. We'll just say its got a healthy does of character, right?
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| Mini Quilt in the snow. Drifts up to your armpits! |
I finished my Pack Patch Mini Quilt a few weeks ago and brought it up to Vermont for a photoshoot. I ended up quilting it with parallel wavy lines, about 1/3" apart. I really like the effect, although it did warp some of the blocks. I then tried blocking the quilt to square up everything again, but due to apartment living was unable to let it sit flat and pinned for long enough. We'll just say its got a healthy does of character, right?
As you may recall, I used some low volume charms for sashing and borders. Keeps it interesting, without making it too busy. I bound it with a great Denise Schmidt print I got on sale at Purl Soho, and the backing is a vintage yellow ditzy print. So vintage that my mom probably bought it in the 80's. Very authentic.
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| Back and binding detail. |
Each patch has it's own prompt. If you want to learn more about them, check out my other posts on the process. I didn't lay the blocks out in chronological order. I aimed for something that was relatively pleasing to my eye, with a kind of transition from lower volume to more saturated blocks. Under this image you'll see I've turned it into a 'block key' so you can check out any individual posts to see what I was responding to.
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Checking this one off my Q1 finishes for the 2015 Finish Along. Whew, what a lot of links! I've got at least one other project to share soon, and I've got to get my butt in gear for Round Trip Quilts as well. I've got some ideas working on that front, just need to finish them up!
It turned out awesome. The parallel wavy lines was a great choice.
ReplyDeleteIt looks fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThe backing and binding are really awesome selections for this mini, and the photo shoot in the snow is awesome. I know not all machines can do it, but when I quilt with my walking foot, I decrease the pressure foot and it has helped keep my top from warping since I learned to do that.
ReplyDeleteVery nice Liz. I love the finish. I find that alternating direction when I'm sewing straight lines really helps with the warping. I also increase my stitch length to about a 3.0 and that seems to help also.
ReplyDeleteWhere in VT were you?!
I really like the low volume sashing - really adds complexity but keeping it from intruding - must think about using this myself sometime!
ReplyDeleteIt's really great- full of character indeed, esp that sashing.
ReplyDeleteThis turned out awesome! Great amount of character always adds to the beauty of a quilt. Hopefully spring will come soon.
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