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Saturday, 19 January 2013

Top finished

I have finished the top of my version of The Burnt Quilt - and it is a biggie - 109ins (233cm) long.

Hanging from the highest curtain rod it flows across the carpet

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 one or two quite a few "cut and pastes" to adjust the fit. Lucky I had quite a lot of the fabric to play with. And lucky no one was there to take photos of me scrambling around the floor making these adjustments - and sighing (yep, just sighing) loudly as I went...

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. 
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30 comments:

  1. Chris19 January 2013 at 14:29

    Wow Hilda it's so beautiful.
    The colours are brighter than some I've seen - much better.
    Good luck quilting it!

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  2. Janet19 January 2013 at 15:30

    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)

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  3. Quilting Babcia19 January 2013 at 15:35

    Absolutely lovely! You will never notice the border adjustments after this is quilted. Spectacular!

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  4. quiltsomore19 January 2013 at 16:04

    I 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

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  5. regan19 January 2013 at 16:17

    It's so beautiful! Well done!

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  6. Kimme19 January 2013 at 16:25

    Breathtaking! Just love your use of the chintz and border fabric.

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  7. Judy Dietrich19 January 2013 at 16:32

    OMG--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

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  8. Rachaeldaisy19 January 2013 at 16:33

    Wow! 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.

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  9. Sue19 January 2013 at 20:11

    That 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.

    Congratulations on finishing the piecing of this quilt. Shall watch with interest how you quilt it.

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  10. Jane in Cumbria19 January 2013 at 20:56

    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)
    But your end result is fantastic - who cares about some cutting and pasting? Once it's quilted you won't even notice.

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  11. Phebe and Jane19 January 2013 at 23:30

    What a lovely quilt this is. I really like the green you have used for the stars.
    Marian

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  12. Carla A Few Of My Favorite Things19 January 2013 at 23:37

    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.

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  13. Heather19 January 2013 at 23:56

    Absolutely beautiful. Is this ENglish paper pieced? It looks perfect!

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  14. Maureen20 January 2013 at 01:13

    Fabulous! I love those greens. Well done with the border - worth the effort.

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  15. Missie of Traditional Primitives 20 January 2013 at 02:06

    It's awesome! Congratulations on a great finish!!

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  16. Karen20 January 2013 at 02:39

    So beautiful. It will be a challenge to quilt it!!

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  17. Lori20 January 2013 at 04:26

    That is a huge quilt and you managed wonderfully on that border! It looks fabulous!!

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  18. Cherry Pie Designs20 January 2013 at 09:16

    What a wonderful quilt. The acid green fabrics look fantastic.

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  19. Carole~Quilter on the hill20 January 2013 at 18:59

    Congratulations 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!

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  20. audrey21 January 2013 at 05:39

    Your quilt is fabulous! Love the colors together and the wonderful border.:)

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  21. Mitt lille rosa syrom22 January 2013 at 02:49

    Fantastic! Gorgeous! Congratulations :-)

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  22. audrey23 January 2013 at 16:43

    Your 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

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  23. Dawn24 January 2013 at 02:25

    So pretty! You did a great job.
    Good luck with the machine quilting - love your binding choice.

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  24. Annemieke24 January 2013 at 23:22

    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;)
    Groetjes
    Annemieke

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  25. Miranda25 January 2013 at 20:02

    You did a great job! I just love it!

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  26. pandchintz29 January 2013 at 18:28

    Fabulous! Well done you!

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  27. Grit31 January 2013 at 00:31

    What a lovely quilt. Fantastic job.
    Greetings from Germany , Grit.

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  28. Elsbeth9 February 2013 at 17:30

    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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  29. henriette14 February 2013 at 09:14

    Hi,

    I 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.

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  30. Marie6 July 2013 at 11:52

    What a beautiful job - it was so worth all the sighing!

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