See that teal and turquoise block? It's looking like "transparency", an effect I'm liking. The center blocks were all sewn and machine quilted traditionally, and I actually used a pattern. Because it's very large and I also had issues with "what machine can I use? (I hadn't purchased the Janome 6700P yet) so my plan was to make and quilt the borders separately, and add them QAYG, to eliminate some of the bulk. It's working quite well. I set up a large table in the middle of the room, to take some of the weight off my lap when finishing the last seams when hand sewing. Size is about 88" x 104" I'll make 2 pillow cases and send it off soon. May take me another 2-3 weeks for final finishing. The blocks were so much fun because while they are all almost the same, value alterations from block to block resulted in a myriad of different looks.
Here is the 3-fabric mitered border, not yet finished. I'll sew that last bias seam by machine and add a seam binding to cover seam.
I absolutely find it impossible to use just ONE machine quilting design -- gotta try them all! LOL
Elaine, your quilts always inspire me! How pretty...and super fun that you included lots of different quilting. Glorious!
ReplyDeleteWow! That's a great quilt. If you had mentioned that it is the same block I wouldn't have noticed. They look so different one from the other. Love your quilting designs. I'll have to try that on my quilt one day; different quilting designs for each side. Bravo! ;^)
ReplyDeleteYou are amazing, my friend. Another lovely quilt you have produced, and the clever way you figure out to make things work leaves me in awe.
ReplyDeleteAnd look at those lovely quilting patterns. You go, girl!
That is such an interesting block design, and the color changes make each look different. I like the shoofly effect of corners + sashing, too.
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