Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Finally, A Patchwork Quilt

I finished my first patchwork quilt! It was on my to-sew list ever since I started quilting. Back in August I pulled out lots of blues, greens and greys. I used some of my treasured prints (that I received for my birthday) and some that were part of the first and only giveaway I ever won online (thank you Lizzy House!).

I cut them up into 5” squares.

And started to lay them out:

It was hard to place the squares randomly without repeating the colours/ hues or the prints. I think it took hours to lay out the squares and stack and label them neatly. When I was sewing them together I mixed them up (in the last 4 rows) and I was too lazy to sort that mess out again. I finished the flimsy at the end of August and it was put aside so I could start sewing christmas gifts.

Last week I took it out again. Pieced a backing. Predried the batting. And started basting while the receipient was doodling with crayons and felt tips. He kept showing off his pieces of art “accidentially” stepping on his future quilt.

Hues Quilt little Basting helper

(Note to self: Put that sweater away. It is too short for him now – or throw it away if the felt tip ink does not wash out)

Without further ado, here comes my “Hues and Values” Quilt (name inspired by the Value Added Quilt Along that started back in October, when I was already done with my quilt top…):

Hues Quilt bb

The pieced backing is made of flannel – super soft and super cozy.

Hues Quilt back bb

I was at a loss as to how to quilt it. I wanted to sew straight lines with my walking foot but after the disaster of Emma’s Quilt I opted for giant free motion circles instead. One circle per square. I didn’t mark them beforehand and they are far from perfect. But I don’t care, I hope that once the quilt is washed and dried the crinkles will conceal most irregularities.

Hues Quilt Detail Quilting bb

I love the look of quilting on the back (that’s apparently where I took my inspiration from in the first place (o: )

Hues Quilt Detail of Quilting and backing

I used white thread for the top and matching blue thread for the back.

Hues Quilt Tag and Binding

I chose a light grey print for the binding and attached it with my preferred triple zig zag stitch. It is almost invisible on the light grey binding, so here’s another photo where I accidentially stitched a bit too much into the square:

Hues Quilt Detail of Binding bb

All that’s left to do now is washing and drying. My favourite part.
Oh, and gifting. That’s even better (o:

Have a nice week!!!
Christine

19 comments:

  1. that's gorgeous, I really love the quilting, those circles are ace !!!

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  2. Beautiful! I'm sure the recipient is going to love his quilt. I have a patchwork quilt planned too, just need to find the time to start cutting. Love your circle quilting, might have to copy that ;-)

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  3. Congratulations. The Firestone is done so there will be no stopping you now! I like those fabrics very much!

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  4. Wunder wunderschön geworden!

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  5. Love it ! And your circles are lovely, mostly because they are NOT perfect ;-))

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  6. Such a happy, peaceful, calm quilt for a cute little boy!

    Your circles came out lovely!

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  7. Lovely your son is going to love snuggling under that!

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  8. Beautiful colour combo. You did a great job of quilting it too!

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  9. Looks fantastic, love this color combo, it's so perfect for a little (or big) boy.

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  10. Such a snuggly quilt and I love the photo of your little one grinning - he loves that quilt already! :)

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  11. What an adorable quilt! Perfect colors and combinations. Really lovely.

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  12. I love the big circles. Great quilt.

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  13. Love the big circles! No one will ever notice that they aren't perfect.

    What a great quilt. Love the back too!

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  14. love the colours and those circles just give so much wonderful texture to the quilt.

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  15. Great quilting...Love those circles! And the fabric colors are wonderful.

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  16. The circles are wonderful. No one will ever know they aren't perfect. And no one but you will ever care.

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  17. Congratulations! I like your back and the circles look great. Don't be looking for imperfections, take in the whole picture and enjoy it.

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  18. I love your quilt and especially your giant circle quilting!

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  19. What fantastic circle quilting!

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