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| Hanging from the highest curtain rod it flows across the carpet |
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| Lying on the floor |
In the end the biggest challenge was that lovely Dutch chintz fabric that I used as the final border.
I wanted to mitre the corners and, ideally, have each corner matching - with the blue vine sweeping across the inside of each corner.
And - to cut a very long story short - that is pretty much how they ended up. Here are another two corners.
But - if you look closer at the border on all those edges you will see that I had to make
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| A collage of "cut and paste" border - see them all?? |
Well - that was a learning experience! and what did I learn? Don't use that fabric again!!
The end result is acceptable to me...and it is called "patchwork" after all.
This is the fabric I have set aside for the binding - love it:
Anyway I have about had just about enough of that quilt for now so it is on the end of the queue for quilting. Goodness knows if I will manage to quilt it in my normal fashion on my domestic sewing machine ...suspect it will not fit. There will be more "sighing" then too.
This is the fabric I have set aside for the binding - love it:
Anyway I have about had just about enough of that quilt for now so it is on the end of the queue for quilting. Goodness knows if I will manage to quilt it in my normal fashion on my domestic sewing machine ...suspect it will not fit. There will be more "sighing" then too.
Wow Hilda it's so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe colours are brighter than some I've seen - much better.
Good luck quilting it!
I'm in awe - it looks so wonderful!! Such gorgeous colors and fabrics! The only person who will notice the border adjustments is you. It will be a challenge to quilt but you'll get there :0)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely lovely! You will never notice the border adjustments after this is quilted. Spectacular!
ReplyDeleteI love it. The colours are beautiful the border compliments the quilt even though it may have been difficult to get to flow, well worth the effort however
ReplyDeleteIt's so beautiful! Well done!
ReplyDeleteBreathtaking! Just love your use of the chintz and border fabric.
ReplyDeleteOMG--I was wondering where you got the floral border fabric--fantastic!!!!! It is absolutely gorgeous. Love your colors for the stars--I have viewed this pattern from afar--and you met the challenge head on and it is beautiful!! I also love your header of the Sarah Morrell quilt--I have that pattern and need to get going on it. Good Luck on the quilting!!! Judy
ReplyDeleteWow! That is such a beautiful quilt top!!! And Huge!!! Your cut and pasting of the outer border worked really well. You really don't notice it and if someone did they would be impressed by your ingenuity.
ReplyDeleteThat is one beautiful quilt. Everyone has to do a bit of cutting and pasting at some point and looks like you have done a good job.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on finishing the piecing of this quilt. Shall watch with interest how you quilt it.
That is so beautiful!!! And so big!! I used that border fabric on my Baltimore (still not quilted), so I know about the sighing..;o)
ReplyDeleteBut your end result is fantastic - who cares about some cutting and pasting? Once it's quilted you won't even notice.
What a lovely quilt this is. I really like the green you have used for the stars.
ReplyDeleteMarian
Wow! I can't imagine piecing this one. You need a big pat on the back, it has turned out quite lovely, be proud. I made a king size quilt last year and size really adds to the challenge. I was so glad to finish mine, but now it is my favorite quilt.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful. Is this ENglish paper pieced? It looks perfect!
ReplyDeleteFabulous! I love those greens. Well done with the border - worth the effort.
ReplyDeleteIt's awesome! Congratulations on a great finish!!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful. It will be a challenge to quilt it!!
ReplyDeleteThat is a huge quilt and you managed wonderfully on that border! It looks fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful quilt. The acid green fabrics look fantastic.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on this spectacular quilt!The border looks beautiful, I admire your perseverance on this. If you manage to quilt this on domestic machine you will have to write a tutorial!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is fabulous! Love the colors together and the wonderful border.:)
ReplyDeleteFantastic! Gorgeous! Congratulations :-)
ReplyDeleteYour work is amazing! Hope you don't mind, but I nominated you for the Liebster Award! You can get the details at http://quiltyfolk.blogspot.com/2013/01/11-great-quilt-blogs-and-liebster-award.html
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! You did a great job.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the machine quilting - love your binding choice.
It sure is a big one! And beautiful too. I like the Dutch fabric very much because of the colours but it isn't the easiest fabric to work with. Also difficult to handquilt, but with the machine will be oke I think. I used it only once, long ago, although the shop with that fabric is not far from my hometown. I will try it again, but safe some money first;)
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Annemieke
You did a great job! I just love it!
ReplyDeleteFabulous! Well done you!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely quilt. Fantastic job.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Germany , Grit.
Hello! This Burnt quilt looks very familiar to me:-)and so do the Dutch chintzes:-) as I am working in the shop in Amsterdam where we sell them. I love what you did with the green fabrics and the border! I will follow your blog too. Best wishes! Elsbeth
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ReplyDeleteI saw your comment by tovernaald, nathalie thats a friend of me. I lookt at your blog and you showed your version of the burnt. I'm also busy to make my own version. The middle is finished. I used the flowervase of the phebe. Now the first border and so on. I'm always surprised that the same quilt can have so many faces.
What a beautiful job - it was so worth all the sighing!
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