This afternoon I finished hand sewing the binding on the Blogger's BOM quilt, which I will be giving to my sister-in-law as a very late Christmas present! My first finished quilt of 2013.
The sun came out briefly and I managed to get some pictures...
I am really happy with it now it's finished. I had a hard time liking some of the blocks and had no clue how to layout the final quilt.
Originally I was going to do a more traditional layout with sashing. I knew I wanted to put some orange in it because that's her favourite colour but I wasn't sure what would work with the grey/pink/greens of the quilt.
I called on a friend for help! Cindy is fantastic and her shop Fluffy Sheep Quilting offers swatches of fabric so you can actually see the designs and colours for real. She sent me a few strips of different Kona orange shades. That's when I realised it would be too much and wasn't what the quilt needed.
Instead I chose to use big pieces of the fabrics I used in the quilt to make a patchwork. I ended up picking Kona Orange for the binding and Kona Ash for the borders. I used 40wt Aurifil 1104 for the quilting - which Cindy very kindly matched with the Kona Orange perfectly for me!
Huge thank you to Cindy for her outstanding service and I strongly recommend visiting the shop, Fluffy Sheep Quilting. I credit her with how much I now love this quilt.
The orange quilting is the perfect touch and brings the quilt together. I love the modern overall feel it gives too. The quilt is backed in a purple 'jewels' fabric by Lizzy House and measures 54 x 54".
I also recommend checking out Susan's tips in this post for straight line quilting - mine is much improved! Thanks Susan :)
If you want to find out about the patchwork blocks or make your own quilt - click the button below to get all the tutorials:
This is the first finish from my FAL list and even if it's the only one I'm happy!
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It's lovely Lucy. And somehow that orange just seems to work. Love the orange thread too! I always go with coordinating and should really try contrasting some time.
it's so lovely - I really like the orange binding!
Your blocks came together beautifully! And since I'm catching up on some blog reading, from your last post --- Lois is lovely and happy anniversary!
I can't lie Lucy, this is one of those times that I admire your fabric choices because I know I would never have made those combos...and I love the result! I need to send you picks of my stash so you can pick a combo for me... Ooh that is actually a good idea! Wouldn't that be a great virtual challenge? Hmmmm....
It's wonderful!
Hooray! I'm not the only one finishing up late holiday gifts! This is really lovely, and I love the purple back. Nice!
Great stuff. The orange bind does a nice job of pulling in that favorite color without overwhelming the rest of the quilt.
i love the orange and purple combo - another lovely finish
Yeah to help from friends!
Looks great and I'm sure is worth the wait!
I love this quilt! Such a great finish. Believe it or not, I JUST purchased some of that purple jewels fabric online yesterday. I love it!
Congratulations on finishing such a gorgeous quilt!! Cindy sounds like a gem, it can be mind boggiling figuring out the right shade of a solid. The orange binding is brilliant, the perfect bit of zing!
What a lovely finish: how do you find the time!!
it is really lovely! and the orange just is perfect, gives it that extra little pop!!
what a lovely quilt, Lucy. I just love that orange thread quilting, a totally fantastic idea, it adds so much to the quilt.
You've done a grand job getting this finished, especially as a new mum with two other littlies! The touches of orange are perfect- it's a great quilt stitched with love!
Oh oh oh I really love this quilt!! Genious not to sash it and to add in the blocks of fabric. It's one of my favourite quilts I've seen this year - a great finish.
Gorgeous quilt, I love the big fabric blocks in with the pieced ones, great idea!
Perfectly finished xxx
Yay Cindy, and love the first quilt of the year :o)
It looks fantastic, and I love the orange! Thanks for the tip about straight line quilting. I am yet to try quilting on my machine, am building up my courage!
I love this quilt, it is so pretty. The sashing and the binding just make it better, sort of fun and unexpected.
Congratulations on the finish too!
It looks great! The orange binding is perfect!
Great finish, it looks fab, and you managed to finish a quilt before me too, and I haven't had a baby this year! :)
What a great finish! I love the way you used large patches of the prints amongst the pieced blocks, and the orange binding adds that final zing.
What a great finish! I love the way you used large patches of the prints amongst the pieced blocks, and the orange binding adds that final zing.
This is lovely. I like your layout and plain squares so much better than traditionally sashing the blocks:)
You have done a wonderful job! Great job on your second finish for 2013! (baby being a great first finish I think!)
This quilt is super deluxe! Excellent job! I love the color combos, and the back is awesome!
Thanks for sharing the link for doing straight lines! Very helpful!