Finishing my Quesy quilt was my
September goal for
ALYOF. I also had some extra motivation, as the link-up for the Purge finishers over at
Stitched in Color ends this Wednesday as well. So I busted my hump to knock this one out. I did the back (all pieced from stash) last weekend, and then basted, quilted and bound it yesterday (and I'm paying for it today - man, am I sore - quilting should count as an upper body workout!).
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Quesy - the front |
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Quesy - the back |
I did simple, straight-line quilting over the top, going diagonally through each 4-patch. I added to the scrappy look by using four different thread colors for the quilting - teal, apple green, light blue and a buttery yellow. It went pretty smoothly, other than ripping out 8 lines of the yellow because I neglected to check the tension on the underside...won't make that mistake again! At least it was a loose tension problem, which made it pitifully easy to rip out.
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Teal and yellow quilting |
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Attempted artistic shot :) |
I also used pieces of leftover binding to use up some additional scraps, in addition to piecing more (yellow) binding from a strip I had in stash/scraps.
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One corner, five fabrics worth of binding. |
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Obligatory rolled quilt shot. |
I think I've got a recipient in mind for this crazy, Quesy quilt - it's my first finished Christmas present for 2014! It was also one of my fastest finishes to date (still a few months, but that's pretty good for a mostly weekend quilter).
Linking up with the other
Purgers, other ALYOF September finishers, and weekend
Whoopers!