It's a compliment
when someone asks you for another quilt....isn't it? Well my MIL asked for
another.
A couple of years
ago, when it seemed that my MIL (who lives in Europe) didn't understand what my
hobby really was, - I think in the translations, I wasn't explaining myself
well enough. So I decided then to make and send her a quilt of her own. She was thrilled.
At the end of last
year, she asked if it would be ok to request another quilt; said she'd love a
second one. Hm....well, OF COURSE..... I'd be happy to make a special quilt
just for her.
I'd seen a picture here of a quilt top that I thought was spectacular - my favourite quilts
to make are scrappy ones, and this one fit the bill.
Since we're still
settling in from our move, it took a while to get it all together; there
was no hurry, so I could take my time. Here's the front on the design wall
The front has 1872
pieces. 1" (finished) strips sewn into log cabin blocks.
I wanted to do
something not-so-ordinary for the back, and with the "star" theme in mind, I made
one big star for the backing.
I seem to have a bit of trouble when I'm
sewing narrow strips together, to get the blocks to be square. They tend to
become bowed on the sides which i couldn't use for this quilt so........
I have plenty a few "bowed
blocks" that I put aside and started over. They'll get used in another
project at some time in the future.
I liked the big
star on the back, but wasn't sure how to make it big enough to fit as backing. I had plenty of
the blue fabric (with stars on it) which I'd already planned to use for the
binding, so I chose it as a narrow border to frame the large star. Then I framed
that with a wide frame of little pixies who are tossing stars around.
It fit!
I FM stippled the
quilt....... and......Alas.... it was done.
To get a 'second' quilt centered on
the back was a new challenge for me, but with the help of DH, bro & sil we
got it done.
I am so happy with how the
whole thing turned out, and I'm sure my MIL will be happy too.
Simply beautiful and impressive! You've done a wonderful job on this. I'm sure she will feel the love.
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