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Hey look it's a finished quilt!
It's 93x93 post wash and a big beast of a heavy thing. I did wind up making more than half the blocks b/c of those spacer or "H" blocks I used alternating with the others but many of the blocks were made by my fellow Shiny Bee recipients (as well as my mom, Carrie and Kate).
I loved how the pink squares in the spacer blocks created a pink diagonal grid around the other blocks and I tried to echo that by doing a 1x1 diagonal pink grid in the quilting as well
I did a very loose, organic grid though so there are lots of thicks and thins so to speak:
In order to include blocks from everyone, I made a pieced back also...
And yes I didn't have enough of that butterfly batik used near the middle (not NEARLY enough) but I really can't afford to buy any fabric right now so I had to make do from stash. You'll see I didn't quite make the back the right size so I had to add a skinny strip on the edge:
Those big plain blocks on the back are great for showing off the quilting too
I primarily used a batik-look print for the binding, but did include just a few pieces of other pinks from the blocks. I put the last stitches in the binding after midnight and had to immediately wash and dry it before I went to bed:
So it was 2:30 a.m. when I pulled all this lovely texture out of the dryer
I'm so excited about this quilt; it's more vibrant and colorful and just plain beautiful than I could possibly have ever imagined it would truly be.
And now on to the next. I have two finished tops and one top that's all laid out but not pieced together yet. Gotta get movin'. :) Oh wait, I have grading and lesson plans to do! That's right. Those other quilts will have to wait until after June 14 most likely! :)
Comments
That's absolutely spectacular. The color palette is beautiful. That's the kind of quilt that would make me want to fast forward through summer to the fall so I could enjoy it to it's fullest.
That is one of the most beautiful quilts I've seen. Great work!
That is a gorgeous quilt!! I love the pieced back too.
Super sweet man, just fits in your living room too!
Super sweet man, just fits in your living room too!
Oops want me to keep commenting over and over, since I have no patience and did not think it worked the first time :)
holy cow that is amazing!! So much colour and so much work! Spectacular :) You should be really pleased with this.