I don't seem to have many these days so it's exciting to be sitting here announcing a QUILT finish!
Back in February I shared a wee peek of some blocks I was making and I haven't talked about them since. The blocks are from a Sampler Quilt by Pen + Paper Patterns.
The fabrics I used are from various Poppie Cotton ranges, and the sewing was for the New Year's Launch at The Country Yard (discussed *here*) .
Then I started on the background fill —
It was a silly idea to do such a busy fill, but once I'd started I had to keep going - unless I wanted to unpick it all!!
By the time the New Year's Launch came around I wasn't finished. However, I sewed a bit of binding on and tidied it up. It looked reasonably presentable - and I'd done enough for people to see - it was/is a Block of the Month for the shop.
Serious shot —
Close - up —
Orchard shot (with no chickens) —
'til next time,
happy stitches,
I LOVE the quilt, especially the butterflies! Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful quilt and you took some fun photos!
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt..worth all the work!
ReplyDeleteLots of work but such cute blocks and fun fabrics you chose--love the quilt!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Spring--
hugs, di
What a lovely finish. Great photo shoot out on the farm.
ReplyDeleteFabulous quilt and the quilting is perfect for it..... wonderful finish....
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A really cute quilt. Fun and fresh--nice work. The quilting looks great, and I enjoyed the variety of photos around your place. I'll bet it feels so good to have it finished.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun quilt and great to get it finished. I have some of those fabrics, and this week I had some girls here and one was doing that same binding! Now I have seen it twice in a week, does that mean I need to do it on one of my quilts??
ReplyDeleteWhat a beauty! I’m sure lots of ladies will join in the BOM. Your quilting and the flange binding are the perfect finishing touches. Thanks for the link to the tutorial. I may try it one day.
ReplyDeleteIt looks lovely. That should be a fun BOM.
ReplyDeleteGreat to have a finish.
Beautiful finish Raewyn, lovely colours and fabrics. xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots! This is a great quilt, lovely fabrics and colors, and beautiful blocks together. Your quilting is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThe flange binding by machine is demonstrated on Brenda's Conquering Mount Scrapmore YouTube channel, and I like it a lot. I don't like doing any binding, don't like machine binding the way it turned out before, but the flange does help and covers a multitude of sins, so to speak.
That's a gorgeous finish. Hadn't seen that Pen and Paper design before, off to look it up
ReplyDeleteThat’s such a fun quilt. I’ll bet the sewalong was a big hit. Your color choices are so pretty together and your quilting looks beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHi Raewyn, what a lovely quilt...and that quilting! I hope you had fun FMQ, even if you had to hurry along. Thanks so much for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks. I love all of those pictures :-) Take care.
ReplyDeleteWow! A beautiful finish Raewyn....worth the wait xx
ReplyDeleteLove your orchard shots of your beautiful quilt, well done on the finish.
ReplyDeleteA fabulous finish… all the blocks are lovely but the butterflies 🦋 are my favourite.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilting and the flange binding looks great.
It is spring in the northern hemisphere so your quilt is timed perfectly. Love all the fun blocks. The snail is so cute. Congratulations on a beautiful finish and a successful photoshoot. When I finish a quilt, I pick a park with a lake or go to the banks of the Potomac river, and sometimes to a botanical garden with paid entry for a photoshoot. So I am slightly jealous that you have so many fun places to shoot right in your backyard. The chickens make everything fun :-)
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt ... It looks great and I like the out door photos........
ReplyDeleteWow this is a real beauty Raewyn! That quilting—! I had to enlarge some of the pics so I could drool/gaze at the motifs more closely! I love the last shot, but the one with the chickens is terrific too. Are you going to keep this one?
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