Monday, June 25, 2018

Now Quilting


Well, I was quilting, but now I'm done.


Every so often I get the itch to make a quilt. And then I've got it out of my system. I so admire the quilts made by dedicated quilters - all the precision and attention to every detail - but I can only manage to quilt in small doses. Then my attention wanders back to clothing.



This one was inspired by a car load of gifted fabric from a friend at church. The first batch required machine washing. By the time I finished that, I found that I actually liked some of the fabric. I felt it deserved to become part of a quilt. It is mostly older prints but by flipping it over, I had solids. I gravitate to solids more than prints.



The pattern I used (mostly) is a simplified courthouse steps. The quilting is simply vertical lines more-or-less an inch apart. I was actually a pretty satisfying make, in the end.


The back of the quilt is made from some white muslin included in the gifted fabric. It had a few flaws, so I added a bit of boro to the quilt back. I also used some of my remnants from thrifted men's shirts. Those too had some flaws requiring a bit of boro repair.


This is to be a present for DS. I wonder what he will think of boro repair!


The rest of the gifted fabric will be used in future sewing camps or go to my local American Sewing Guild chapter for redistribution. We will use it to make projects like this:




3 comments:

  1. I love your quilt! I’m sure DS will love it too. I know what you mean about getting it out of your system. Personally I can piece a quilt top but I run out of steam on the quilting part. Haven’t tried again for ages! The last one I made was a rag quilt which was much easier to assemble. But I think I’ll leave the quilting to others now.

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  2. That is absolutely wonderful, especially the boro. You are so accomplished!

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