Some quilts take time to finish. Mostly because those other quilt ideas get in the way. Sometimes even those quilts take awhile too. I’m pretty sure I have a box of those “ideas.”
When I looked at the November date on this photo and the rainy blustery day I was thankful that it looked like this today.
Nine-Boxed’s original story and making details are here, but as I said it sat for awhile and on a quilting exhibition to Sandie’s for another quilt I thought why not just quilt it too. She happen to have this design board already loaded so we went with it.
I’ll admit this quilt has grown on me a bit. I wasn’t so sure I liked it at first and am now kinda wishing as I look at the photo that maybe I could have at the very least thrown it in the dryer for a bit to decrease it, poor thing has been rolled up in the closet for a month or longer.
In person it is really the Carolina Chambray that makes all those bits shine. The blocks consist of a simple nine-patch made improvisationally. Links to a few tutorials on the technique are also available on the original post about this quilt.
My twist was adding in a block when creating the nine-patch block that was entirely made of strip-piecing. I’ve got a whole tote that contains scraps that are strips and they were calling me. There are some goodies in there.
I also added a block of background fabric into the nine-patch construction here and there. I always like that “floating” look.
Backing I bought ages ago on sale when Drygoods first opened and for the binding I revisited that scrap strip tote for scraps of binding left over from other quilts.
It has no home yet.
I’m off to market tomorrow and then teaching workshops with Jacquie on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Come join us if you can!
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wowowowow!
that is just gorgeous! I just love it.
I would definitely give it a home! 🙂
Thanks Terra, I’ll keep it in mind!
It’s wonderful! Love the quilting too ; )
I really like the simplicity of this one! Have a great time at Market and see you Monday in class!
This one is quite free. I like it!
I love the wonky little blocks with the straight edges. You are so good with “movement”.
I like this quite a bit!
It looks great! I like it very much!
I always liked it. 😉
I really like this. Silly me wondering why you would put it in the dryer to make it smaller …. oh, you meant to de Crease it. 😀 Sometimes I feel so dumb.
What a wonderful quilt! I really love the quilting!
that carolina chambray kicks is so great as a background! is it charcoal?
ebony.
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 1:43 PM, SEW KATIE DID
gah, i mean black?
beautiful . . .
i was going to ask about the Carolina Chambray too…I was wondering if it was ebony. id love to find ebony again…
i really like this quilt…i love the extra background collor within the patchwork…its very lively and playful!!
This is one of my favorites and we had so much fun making it! (Not that I made it with you, just there for moral support)
Ooo, I love the movement in the blocks!
This is beautiful. I love the way you did the blocks especially incorporating the background fabric and strip-pieced bits. I *may* just have to keep this in mind for my next quilt!
That’s such a neat layout for your quilt, and I absolutely love the quilting you did! 🙂
I love this quilt!
i love the kind of quilting on this quilt. could you share how you begin it?? do you quilt all of your own quilts??
i just found your blog today, and am amazed!!
xo
eva
Thanks Eva, This one was quilted on a long arm with a pattern board. It really just depends on the quilt whether I quilt on my home machine or a long arm. You can add you email to the sidebar to subscribe to posts if you want;)