Friday, February 18, 2011

Happy Friday!

It is Friday, and I finally have a finished quilt to show off!! Barely made my “this week” cutoff…but I DID make it!

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I know I say this every time I finish a quilt, but I love this one! I’ve been dying to try out this block style since I saw them all over flickr, but I was kind of afraid it would be difficult from the comments on said flickr pictures. But, I figured out how to strip piece them,and I happened to have a little stack of fat quarters that just screamed USE ME, USE ME! By the way, this entire quilt was made from stash. So proud of myself!

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At first, I thought about using a bright pink or orange solid, but settled on the lighter pink (Kona Carnation) for a couple reasons: so that the brights would stand out better, and so that the quilt wouldn’t be so bright it hurt your eyes!

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I have serious issues photographing orange fabric. For some reason, the entire picture ends up tinted orange. Any suggestions?

Anyways, this is the back. A wavy stripe print from Amy Butler’s Midwest Modern, with strips of a cute little orange flower print. The orange print is also the binding, which frames the front very nicely.

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There’s a less orange-washed picture of the backing, and a better shot of the binding :)

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This was the last quilt I quilted on my old machine, and of course this one was a little larger than what I’ve done lately(52”x60”), so the next one was much much easier! I quilted all over loopys (my favorite!).

This one is listed in the shop.

Ooh and guess what? I have another finish to show you on Monday! Have a fabulous weekend!

3 comments:

Kelli said...

Wow,awesome!
I love this block too but I've been too much of a lah lah to try it ;)
Good girl for using your stash!!!

Lauren Phelps said...

Beautiful Quilt! The pattern reminds me of apple pie.

Lisa said...

Great quilt! Love the back too. Such fun colors, reminds me a popiscle.